+1 using a svn revision would make things cleaner. (3 positive german votes :)
simon On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Michael Busch <busch...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > I don't like the tags either. > > Michael > > On 1/6/10 10:49 AM, Uwe Schindler wrote: >> >> In my opinion, the back-compat tags are not really needed. The checkout >> command for test-tag should simply use a revision number to checkout. >> Whenever you commit something in the backwards branch, you set the >> revision >> number in common-build.xml and you are done. No need for a extra tag, for >> me >> this was always not clear, why we need tags. >> >> What do others think? I could change the build script to do this. >> >> ----- >> Uwe Schindler >> H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen >> http://www.thetaphi.de >> eMail: u...@thetaphi.de >> >> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: George Aroush [mailto:geo...@aroush.net] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:00 AM >>> To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org >>> Subject: RE: "back_compat" folders in tags when I SVN update >>> >>> I have http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/java/trunk/ and >>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/java/tags/ checked out. >>> >>> I think having all this "back_compat" folders, under the "tags" can be >>> very >>> confusing, especially for someone who looks in "tags" in search of a >>> released version and finds all the "back_compat" folders not knowing what >>> they mean (there is more "back_compat" folders than actually release >>> tags!) >>> If we are using "tags" for back-compat testing, aren't we overloading the >>> meaning of the "tags" folder? >>> >>> I prefer to see "tags" used for what it is, a place to park an actually >>> released; it shouldn't be used for testing or its content changed >>> dynamically. >>> >>> -- George >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Chris Hostetter [mailto:hossman_luc...@fucit.org] >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:21 PM >>> To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: "back_compat" folders in tags when I SVN update >>> >>> >>> : Why do I see \java\tags\lucene_*_back_compat_tests_2009*\ directories >>> (well >>> : over 100 so far) when I SVN update? >>> >>> Are you saying you have "http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/java/"; >>> checked out in it's entirety? >>> >>> That seems ... problematic. New tags/branches could be created at >>> anytime >>> -- it's even possibly to have Hudson autotag every build if we wanted. >>> Server side these tags are essentially "free" but if you checkout at the >>> top level you pay the price of local storage on update. >>> >>> I would rethink your checkout strategy. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -Hoss >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
