[FLINK-33833] Build Release Candidate: 1.18.1-rc1

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.18.0
• Release Note: canceled
• Assignee: Jing Ge
• Reporter: Jing Ge
• Created: 14/Dec/23 15:20
• Updated: 19/Dec/23 23:15
• Resolved: 19/Dec/23 23:15

Description

The core of the release process is the build-vote-fix cycle. Each cycle produces one release candidate. The Release Manager repeats this cycle until the community approves one release candidate, which is then finalized.

Prerequisites

Set up a few environment variables to simplify Maven commands that follow. This identifies the release candidate being built. Start with RC_NUM equal to 1 and increment it for each candidate:

RC_NUM="1"
TAG="release-${RELEASE_VERSION}-rc${RC_NUM}"

Issue Links

• blocks: FLINK-33838 Finalize release 1.18.1
• is blocked by: FLINK-33824 Prepare Flink 1.18.1 Release
• is cloned by: FLINK-33885 Build Release Candidate: 1.18.1-rc2

Sub-Tasks

• Build and stage Java and Python artifacts: Resolved
• Stage source and binary releases on dist.apache.org: Resolved
• Propose a pull request for website updates: Closed
• Vote on the release candidate: Closed