Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:49:10 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: CeDeROM <tomek.cedro@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Shoud devel port be RC or GIT based? Message-ID: <4B880996.1080109@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <3fcfb0ba1002141645h532fc790h96a93d1737673c23@mail.gmail.com> References: <3fcfb0ba1002141645h532fc790h96a93d1737673c23@mail.gmail.com>
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On 15/02/2010 01:45, CeDeROM wrote: > In a moments of hard testing just before a software release, releases > of a RC (Release Candidate) packages are done to alow some final > tests. I am wondering if it is convenient to create the devel port, to > allow better testing for non-freebsd-aware users. Would that be more > convenient to base such devel port on a RC releases, or directly the > GIT repository? This approach is not very popular. An RC release is fine, but if you want to test builds right from a repository, you are well advised to create snapshots, package them and base your ports on these. An example for this is the games/ioquake3-devel port: ftp://deponie.yamagi.org/freebsd/distfiles/ioquake3/ I update that whenever significant changes occur on SVN. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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