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Date:      Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:18:33 +0000
From:      "Joao Barros" <joao.barros@gmail.com>
To:        "John Birrell" <jb@what-creek.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile
Message-ID:  <70e8236f0711170318m3070f059scee74df1969cadb8@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20071117032647.GA73440@what-creek.com>
References:  <200711161314.lAGDERAd027540@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071116220448.GA20435@FreeBSD.org> <1195264850.1257.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20071117032647.GA73440@what-creek.com>

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On Nov 17, 2007 3:26 AM, John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:00:50PM -0500, Ken Smith wrote:
> >       - Yes, people have asked about doing DVDs instead but
> >         I haven't had time and nobody else progressed past the
> >         question phase.  :-)  If nobody else does I'll start
> >         screwing around with it in HEAD after the releases are
> >         over so that it's feasible for 8.X but we're way too
> >         far along in the release cycle to consider it now.
>
> I have a prototype of a release makefile system in p4 that I'd
> like to discuss with you when you break free of actually doing
> releases. Will you ever break free? :-)
>
> I wanted a re-entrant release system that would let me type:
>
> make livedvd_iso
>
> (or something) and it would just build the things needed to make
> that. And then if I changed a file it would incrementally
> build like I always expect 'make'd things to do.
>
> It's also cross-build enabled; doesn't require a chroot; uses
> installed doc build tools; and shares buildworld/universe
> trees.

That would be most welcome :)


-- 
Joao Barros



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