Ralf, > On 04/18/2006 05:42 PM, Bill Page wrote: > > Ralf, > > > > I believe that it is/has been Tim Daly's procedure to first > > update the tla archive, as and when patches are applied but > > to only promote the code to CVS after more thorough testing - > > about once every two months or so. The same CVS is available > > at both Savannah and Sourceforge, with sourceforge as a backup > > site. So the tla archive is not always in synch with the CVS. > > The tla archive is more current but less tested. Right, Tim? > > Perhaps we should only call the CVS "gold". >
Tim replied: > The tla, sourceforge cvs, and savannah cvs are all updated > simultaneously with fully tested code. On April 18, 2006 12:06 PM you wrote: > Sorry for all the confusion that was introduced by my update > of http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomDownload, but you see > exactly this confusion should be resolved. > So what you wrote is fine and my understanding of the process was a little flawed. No problem. > No, I would not call the CVS stuff "gold". We have blessed > the gold and silver branches already. Let's call it "diamond". > ;-) It seems just that one can obtain "gold" in more than one way. :) > > Anyway, please let's make it completely clear what the > release cycles of the various archives are. Otherwise > nobody knows which source archive is good for which thing. So far it seems that they are only good for one thing. ;) > > > I am not sure (yet) what we should say about the "silver" > > svn version since it still seems highly experimental to me - > > at least until we have an active maintainer of this version. > > As of Tim's most recent patch-49, the code of the source in > > svn is out of date. > > Well, I am actually also waiting for Gaby to post some more > details about the process of how the development model for > Axiom should be. Yes. Is it also true that we have a "gold" branch in svn at SourceForge? > ... > Please let's reduce all this confusion. Suppose you are new > to Axiom knowledgable in CVS and you want to contribute code > to axiom. You look at FrontPage. AND THEN??? > This question is a good one although the scenario seems a little doubtful to me (i.e. someone new to Axiom contributing code ...), but I presume that before doing this they would first have at least visited: http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/BuildAxiom which has a link to: http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomDevelopment There is a also a link there from FAQ. Perhaps there should be a direct link from the FrontPage? Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
