Releasing Binaries in the Incubator
Josh Fischer
1904labs
@joshfischer1108

● A little backstory
● Learning the “Apache Way” with Heron
● Releasing in the incubator
The big rocks

A little backstory

What is Heron?
A realtime,
distributed,
fault-tolerant
stream processing
engine

What is Heron?
Blah… blah… blah…
blah...

2014:
Development Began
2018:
Donated
2021:
Apache Incubator

2014:
Development Began
2018:
Donated
2021:
Apache Incubator
This is where
I came in

2014:
Development Began
2018:
Donated
2021:
Apache Incubator

2014:
Development Began
2018:
Donated
2021:
Apache Incubator
Built the ECO
API

2014:
Development Began
2018:
Donated
2021:
Apache Incubator
Invited to
become
committer

2014:
Development Began
2018:
Donated
2021:
Apache Incubator

Learning My
Apache Way

The Apache Way is a living, breathing
interpretation of one’s experience with
our community-led development
process.

Problems
Bazel issues Automation issues
Licensing issues

Problems
Bazel issues Automation issues
Licensing issues
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Problems
Bazel issues Automation issues
Licensing issues
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Problems
Bazel issues Automation issues
Licensing issues
S
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Problems
Bazel issues Automation issues
Licensing issues
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Community
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Ease of adoption

What’s my Apache Way?

Providing a level playing field.

The Heron Release
Process

Oh, how far we have come..

tag
sign /
upload to
dist.a.o
create
artifacts
Vote
heron@a.o
Vote
general@a.o
release
announce!

Vote heron@a.o
tag
sign /
upload to
dist.a.o
create
artifacts
Vote
heron@a.o
● List of commits
● Version
● commit hash
● Source checksum
● Build instruction
● 72 hours
minimum

Vote general@a.o
tag
sign /
upload to
dist.a.o
create
artifacts
Vote
heron@a.o
Vote
general@a.o
● commits
● Version
● git hash
● checksum
● instruction
● 72 hours

Release
tag
sign /
upload to
dist.a.o
create
artifacts
Vote
heron@a.o
Vote
general@a.o
release

Release
● Install scripts
● Tar.gz - Debian
● Docker image
● Maven artifacts

Release
dist/
dev/incubator/heron/0.2-incubating-rc1
release/incubator/heron/0.2-incubating-rc1

Release
dist/
dev/incubator/heron/0.2-incubating-rc1
release/incubator/heron/0.2-incubating-rc1

Release
● Install scripts
● Tar.gz - Debian
● Docker image
● Maven artifacts
Uploaded
to dist.a.o

Release
● Install scripts
● Tar.gz - Debian
● Docker image
● Maven artifacts
Uploaded
to dist.a.o DockerHub

Release
● Install scripts
● Tar.gz - Debian
● Docker image
● Maven artifacts Uploaded to
repository.a.o

Release
● Install scripts
● Tar.gz - Debian
● Docker image
● Maven artifacts
TODO:
Additional
Docker
Images
PyPi
Artifacts
Releases
are
manual
:-/

Mistakes I’ve made
● Forgetting to clean up after myself
● Not asking questions
● Consistent artifact naming
● The list goes on and on…

Thank You!
Josh Fischer
josh@joshfischer.io
@joshfischer1108