toby cabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/04/2005 01:12:42 AM: > Jeremy, > > I agree with the first few bullets. > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 07:40:13AM -0800, Jeremy Boynes wrote: > > * verification that the src bundle actually builds and results in the > > same binary as we are distibuting > > Is a src bundle is useful to anyone at this stage of the game? For > "real" releases, sure, but for now it might make more sense to release > binaries only and point people at the source code control system if > they want to build. The problem with people building from the source > bundle is that if they try to do anything interesting (like make > changes to the code) then they're in trouble since they won't have a > mechanism to stay in sync or submit patches that apply cleanly. I > think that we've got good enough instructions on the wiki so building > from svn isn't much more complicated than building from a tarball. > > Regards, > Toby
Is there a reason why we don't include the svn files in the source tarball (we didn't in M3). Wouldn't that make it easier for people to make patches or see a comparison to HEAD to see if a problem they have encountered has been fixed? John This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential, proprietary or non-public information. This information is intended solely for the designated recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any review, dissemination, use or reliance upon this information by unintended recipients is prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author personally.
