Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:35:07 +0200 From: Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgng 1.1 beta best way to make people tests Message-ID: <CAPJF9w=aE4Bx3adw52EwNCJJhF_TKPCgHEiVt8Qa4YyFfBBKbg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130120234114.GD782@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130120234114.GD782@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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2013/1/21 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> > Hi all, > > As a first mail on this list, I want to open a discussion on what would be > the > best way to handle the beta phase of pkgng in the ports tree. > > We are about to enter in a beta phase and we want to add the beta to the > ports > tree so that people can test it easily. We also want the users to keep > having > the 1.0 as default. > > We have 2 possibilities here: > 1- add WITH_PKGNG_DEVEL=yes to the actual ports-mgmt/pkg port switching > the 1.0 > version to 1.1b1 a bit like WITH_NEW_XORG. bonus: really simple, can only > be > activated on purpose by the user. > > 2- add a ports-mgmt/pkg-devel with the new beta which will conflict with > ports-mgmt/pkg. > > As a difficulty remember that the local.sqlite smoothly upgrade from 1.0 > to 1.1 > but cannot be switch backward. > In any case, can we at least have some script/tool to convert 1.1 to 1.0 DB, while in beta? I think this approach could save lives. And with upcoming versions, ability to switch back to stable version would bring more testers. > > So far I plan a two month beta/rc phase for pkg 1.1 I think the code is > quite as > robust as the 1.0 branch is and should not bring too much surprises, of > course, > no date base release, it will be out when ready :) > > Regards, > Bapt > -- Regards, Alexander Yerenkow
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