2008/5/19 Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 07:29:54PM +0200, Olivier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Today I'm building Asterisk using steps like this : > > > http://mikeoverip.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/asterisk-compilation-and-installation-on-debian-etch/ > > > > As you can see, the first requirement is to download various dependencies > > such as gcc, g++. > > > > As I'm trying to centralize everything (configuration files, source codes > in > > an SVN repository), I'm wondering if there is a smarter way to build > > Asterisk. > > For configuration this is indeed very useful. For source: a bit less. > > Do you keep the whole Asterisk source tree in a subversion?
not at the moment but I'm wondering if we should ... What do you > do when a new version comes along? People tend to keep just patches and > build instructions in the subversion. > > You can check the astlinux SVN repository for a working build system. > > We maintain the Debian Asterisk-related packages (and some others) in a > subversion repository: > > http://pkg-voip.alioth.debian.org/ > > As you can see, most of the packages there have just a debian/ > subdirectory, where they keep the administrative files needed for > packaging. Many of them also have the subdirectory debian/patches/ where > patches to the source package are maintained. > > But some people keep saying that a a version control system that has > better support for merging should allow you to store the source inside > it and just merge new upstream versions (or rather: consider your > changes as feature branches). This sounds cool, but may be tricky to > implement. I agree : if we edit files somewhere, upload changes in repository and then download them in target system, things are manageable but it's easier to work directly on target system when tracking a bug or tweaking some configuration. Then things become more difficult to handle > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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