Re: question about svn/upload procedure
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 12:14:09PM -0400, dann frazier wrote:
> hey,
> I have a question about the upload procedure specified in our README
> in svn. It suggests exporting the package prior to upload, and the example
> it gives is an export from the svn repo (as opposed to an export from
> my working tree). This is before the step of checking in the changes.
>
> At this point, the target release specified in the repo (and therefore
> the exported tree) will still be set to UNRELEASED, and a build from
> this pristine tree wouldn't be uploadable. So my question is, how do
> others deal with this?
>
> If the procedure was changed to export from the local directory, then
> we could make these changes locally, prepare a build, then commit the
> tree used for the build. This leaves the race of a someone making a change
> to the repository between the time the local export happens and the commit
> of the changes occurs; however, this can be detected prior to upload
> if the tag happens first.
My reading is that you change UNRELEASED to unstable before
doing the export, but don't commit the change until after
exporting, building and uploading.
--
Horms
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