update pmd.bat, designer.bat, bgastviewer.*, cygwin-run.sh, cpd.jnlp, cpdgui.bat, build.xml to point to pmd-4.0rc2.jar
update PMD.java, xdocs/running.xml, compiling.xml, integrations.xml, installing.xml to reflect pmd-4.0rc2
update the release date in the changelog
update rulesets/rulesets.properties - add any new ruleset file names
update release number and tag name in project.xml

ensure all the new rules are listed in a rulesets/releases/4.0rc2.xml file

ant clean test
Check in everything

ant dist test
Do all the JUnit tests run?  OK, then:
ant dist                

TESTS: Can you
1) run 1 file and get a report
./pmd.sh ~/tmp/Test.java xml unusedcode
./pmd.sh ~/tmp/Test.java html rulesets/unusedcode.xml
2) run the Ant 'pmd' task and get a report
ant pmd

cd ..
./docs.sh all
cd etc

Prepare binary release:
rm -rf ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2
mkdir -p ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/etc
mkdir ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/bin
mkdir ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/lib
mkdir -p ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/java14/lib
mkdir ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/java14/bin
cp ../LICENSE.txt changelog.txt ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/etc
cd ../bin/
cp pmd.* cygwin-run.sh build.xml cpd.sh cpdgui.bat designer.* ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/bin
cd ../etc/
cp ../java14/lib/*.jar ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/java14/lib/
cp ../java14/bin/*.bat ../java14/bin/*.sh ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/java14/bin/
chmod 755 ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/java14/bin/*
cp ../lib/pmd-4.0rc2.jar ../lib/asm-3.0.jar ../lib/jaxen-1.1.jar ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/lib/
mkdir ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/etc/xslt
cp xslt/*.xslt xslt/*.js xslt/*.gif xslt/*.css ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/etc/xslt/
cp -R ../target/docs ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2
cd ~/tmp
zip -q -r pmd-bin-4.0rc2.zip pmd-4.0rc2/
cd -

Time to tag:

cd ../../
svn copy https://pmd.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pmd/trunk/pmd  https://pmd.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pmd/tags/pmd/pmd_release_4_0rc2

Prepare source release:
rm -rf ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2
rm -rf ~/tmp/pmd-src-4.0rc2.zip
cd pmd/bin/
ant jarsrc
cd ../../
rm -rf tmp/
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
svn export https://pmd.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pmd/tags/pmd/pmd_release_4_0rc2 pmd
mv pmd/ pmd-4.0rc2
cd ..
cp pmd/lib/pmd-src-4.0rc2.jar tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/lib/
mv tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/ ~/tmp/
cp pmd/lib/pmd-4.0rc2.jar ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/lib
cp -R pmd/target/docs ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/
rm -f ~/tmp/pmd-4.0rc2/etc/clover.license
cd ~/tmp/
zip -q -r pmd-src-4.0rc2.zip pmd-4.0rc2/

if you see a bug and fix it, you can delete the release using:
svn delete https://pmd.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pmd/tags/pmd/pmd_release_4_0rc2
and then retag it

ncftpput upload.sourceforge.net incoming/ pmd-src-4.0rc2.zip pmd-bin-4.0rc2.zip

Go to Admin, File Releases, Add release
Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes
Add the pmd-bin-4.0rc2.zip file
Add the pmd-src-4.0rc2.zip file
Classify the file
Click File Releases, Edit Release, set previous version to 'hidden'.

./docs all
cd ~/pmd/pmd
update the "download" and "what's new" link in navigation.xml
./docs.sh upload
scp target/pmd-*-bundle.jar tomcopeland@pmd.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/p/pm/pmd/htdocs/


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