Hi Mike; Am Freitag, 5. Mai 2006 19:24 schrieb Mike Noyes: > On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 09:10, Martin Hejl wrote: > > Mike Noyes wrote: > > > Tagging the release in cvs is easier. > > > > > > http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_4.html#SEC48 > > > > Adding the tag is not the problem. > > Martin, > Agreed, and this is probably causing me confusion. > > > Updating buildtool to use the tag/branch is. That's why creating a > > snapshot of a buildenv "base" (all the sources downloaded, but nothing > > compiled yet) is much easier for us than tagging the release, creating > > a maintenance branch (up to here I agree that it would be painfully > > easy) and modifying buildtool to be able to use the tags/branches for > > downloading filew via viewcvs. the way it is right now, buildtool > > simply downloads everything from HEAD - the code to let buildtool know > > which release branch to download packages for is simply not written at > > this point, > > Ok. I think I finally see the issue. > > Is buildtool able to use a checked out working copy to build from? Isn't > building from checked out working copies best? I can't imagine pulling > content from anonymous/developer cvs during the build process is > painless.
It isn't; and even using the restricted area can be harmful (broken downloads). But it is the current approach. And it was a step forward to build a LEAF router from the sources. > > and I don't see anybody who has time/is willing to write that code > > right now. > > I wasn't asking for that. I thought it was a simple matter of adding the > cvs tag for releases. I mistakenly(?) thought buildtool used a working > copy for building. I will test, if it's possible... kp ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
