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Release management encompasses the practices and patterns required to deploy software to customers.

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How do we delete a release in TFS 2013 Release Management?

We are using the Release Management, TFS 2013 (previously InRelease) and have a lot of releases that we would like to delete. The problem is that the "Delete" button is always greyed out. What are we missing here?
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Which open-source projects use odd-unstable/even-stable style of versioning

One of my colleagues told me today that some projects use a weird, IMHO, way of versioning their releases. If the release is unstable, the minor version is an odd number, eg. 1.3, 1.5. On the other hand, stable releases have an even minor version…
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How to release often with Lean/Kanban?

I am quite new to Lean/Kanban, but have poured over online resources over the last few weeks and have come up with a question that I haven't found a good answer for. Lean/Kanban seems otherwise such a good fit for our company, who is already using…
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Managing releases on github

What's a good approach to handling software releases on github. My repo https://github.com/wheresrhys/jQuery-flickbook contains all the src and build files together with a built (minified) version of the javascript. But I would also like it to,…
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Where are the release notes for Microsoft nuget packages?

Does Microsoft publish release notes for individual nuget packages? I noticed a few nuget packages with a 'dot' release (which leads me to believe some bugs were resolved) but I can't find information about what exactly was fixed in these dot…
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How can i change the Package family name in uwp windows 10

I want to change the key mentioned in fig., when i change the certificate file it changes to the another temporary key, and the publisher folder is creating with this key as name. but i want it as a meaningful name. is it possible.? if anybody…
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Creating a multi-module maven build and releasing individual modules independently?

I'm currently working on optimizing a maven build of a multi-module maven project. The Project consists of about 90 Maven modules. In general there are some cross-cutting libs making up the core and then there are about 15 "application modules"…
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How do I enable undo in eclipse ant editor?

Undo is not working for me in ant editor in eclipse. When I press Ctrl-Z nothing happens. Is it possible to enable undo somehow or is this a bug? I am using Eclipse 3.4.2 (Ganymede) on Windows XP Professional.
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Proper usage of Tags in SCM

My co-workers and I are having an argument over the value and usage of Tags in release/SCM systems. We're looking to the StackOverflow community to put in their thoughts to help us resolve the issue. One side claims that Tags are a valuable addition…
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Excluding Page from Release Build in ASP.NET Project

I am using an "Inspector.aspx" to do some tests in my Debug build. In a Release build (and more importantly when creating an installer), I manually exclude the page (and it's related C# files) from the project. Is there a way to automatically…
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determining which branches in conflict during an octopus merge

We are trying to institute a process using git octopus merges to consolidate many topic branches for regular releases. When there is a conflict, it doesn't seem to output which branches were in conflict. Does anyone know a way to determine what…
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Targeting Java 6 with Java 9 JDK gives warnings

I'm trying to build a project using JDK 9, as using the --release argument to javac means it can build for older versions without needing the corresponding JDK/JRE installed. I need to support Java 6 so my preexisting set up requires Java 6 for the…
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TFS 2015 Release management access build variables

In TFS 2015 we have a build, that will automatically trigger a new release. It is realized with the new script based build definitions. Now I want to pass a user variable from build to release. I have created a variable "Branch" in the build. In…
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VSTS Release - Define custom variable in web.config and set at release time

I am trying to replace an appSetting at release time using VSTS Release. All post on the web refer to the old release management tool or refer to the new one but mention the replace tokens task. This task does not exist so I presume it is built in.…
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Locking a SubVersion branch in the days before a release

In the days before a release we'd like to be able to prevent developers from committing files to the SubVersion branch, unless a team leader has reviewed and approved the changes (in which case they would make a temporary change to allow…
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