Releasing a new module

If you are planning to release a new version of a module:

Get privileges to deploy to mavenrepo.openmrs.org
Actually release the module, using mvn release:prepare release:perform - more in Maven release

Update openmrs-distro-referenceapplication to refer to the (new) latest snapshot

Automation could be done ...

Steps made to release/commit from Bamboo

Releasing and Commiting from Bamboo

Should the referenceapplication have latest?

Upload the built omod file to modules.openmrs.org

Details...

The steps you ran above with the mvn release plugin will have created your official module-x.y.omod file under omod/target, and deployed this to our maven repository so that developers can access it programmatically. For implementers to be able to access it manually, you need to upload it to the Module Repository. (You can log in using your OpenMRS ID.)

Automation could be done ...

Using a REST call to modules.openmrs.org

Release the version in JIRA, and create the next fixVersion.

Automation could be done ...

Using a REST call to JIRA

Email the dev-refapp mailing list so that other interested parties can upgrade their distros (e.g. Mirebalais would need to switch from 1.3-SNAPSHOT to 1.4-SNAPSHOT)

Automation could be done ...

Should it be automated?