On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
<barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:21:53 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
>> <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said:
>>
>> > This is bad. Either do 1.7.2 before next alpha, or at least 1.7.2-alpha1
>> >
>> > We really want people to test with the exactly same software. That's the
>> > way to avoid problems like this one, it should never ever happened at
>> this
>> > point!
>> >
>> > Wasn't discomfitor running from stable EFL to avoid these issues?
>>
>> he's runing from the 1.7 branch - which is what will be 1.7.2... but that
>> didnt have the fix until i added it today. the alpha shouldnt have passed
>> "make
>> distcheck".
>>
>
>
> running from the branch isn't enough. he must run from the last release
> tarball to be sure he has exactly the same as other users. If there need to
> be a fix in EFL before next alpha, he must firstly release new EFL snapshot
> or release, then get E17 on top of that.
>
> this is the only way to assure users will be able to compile. I'm being
> picky here because we're at alpha4 already, very close to end and these
> kind of things were not expected to happen. But you know, the default theme
> is far from complete and thus the development may introduce some
> breakages... then I recommend you, the theme maker, to also run the same
> setup.
>
> as for make distcheck, I have no idea... likely he did not run it? How is
> the alpha release procedure going on? Just make distcheck and it's gold?
> Asking more folks at #edevelop to give it a try to tarballs before doing
> the announcement? Testing with some pristine VM running standard distros
> (fedora and ubunut)?

I'm testing (post-release) the alphas on a pristine vm just to make
sure that the packages install ok and have no issues. Could help mike
with doing this pre-release as well.

But I agree, having to ask users to patch by themselves edje (or run
from the svn branch) is not a really good idea.

Best regards,
--lf


>
>
>
>
> --
> Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
> http://profusion.mobi embedded systems
> --------------------------------------
> MSN: barbi...@gmail.com
> Skype: gsbarbieri
> Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single
> web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware,
> SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial.
> Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov
> _______________________________________________
> enlightenment-devel mailing list
> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel



-- 
Luís Felipe Strano Moraes
http://www.strano.org

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single
web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware,
SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial.
Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov
_______________________________________________
enlightenment-devel mailing list
enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel

Reply via email to