Perhaps Sanket is an example of someone who would use a source download with .svn included to kick start a checkout?
Regards, Mark. On 4/11/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried just doing "svn co <URL>" in a loop? it should > eventually get you complete... > > > geir > > > Sanket Sharma wrote: > > Download a tar ball with a download manager seems to be easier, despite the > > size. Further, I believe, casual developers often refrain from downloading > > the source as they dont know svn tricks. > > My problem is a slow network connection. I have tried downloading via svn > > but it just freezes after downloading few initial files. :-( > > I'm just dying to get my hands dirty with Harmony code, but couldnt do so > > for past few weeks. It would be great if you guys can put up bzip/tar file. > > > > Regards, > > Sanket > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Hindess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tue 4/11/2006 4:31 PM > > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Source tarballs! > > > > I did briefly look at adding a source snapshot to the snapshot target > > but decided that trying to avoid picking up any non-source files was > > too error prone and that the only reliable way to make them is to take > > a clean checkout. > > > > While looking at this, I wondered about whether the source snapshot > > should include .svn directories. Having them might be useful to get > > the initial checkout that people could then update. However, the .svn > > directories do account for some 135M my harmony tree which comes to > > around 18M for a "gzip -9" tar - approximately double the size. > > > > Regards, > > Mark. > > > > On 4/11/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Sanket Sharma wrote: > >>> Hi.. > >>> > >>> Can anyone put up source tarballs on the site ? > >> Yes - we should do this in the future for our snapshots - include a src > >> tarball at the same time. > >> > >> If no one beats me to it, I'll do one for the latest binary snapshot > >> that's out there. > >> > >> I don't want to do one w/ HEAD as we have some regressions people are > >> looking into... > >> > >> geir > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Mark Hindess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > IBM Java Technology Centre, UK. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > This email may contain confidential or privileged information for the > > intended recipient(s) and the views expressed in the same are not > > necessarily the views of Zensar Technologies Ltd. If you are not the > > intended > > recipient or have received this e-mail by error, its use is strictly > > prohibited, please delete the e-mail and notify the sender. Zensar > > Technologies Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Mark Hindess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IBM Java Technology Centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
