From: Paul G. <pga...@at...> - 2003-04-07 01:08:29
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What's the difference between an "experimental" release and a "release candidate"? Paul G. > Individual developers, > > Is what Nathan is suggesting below something we could live with? I've > asked Nathan to create something that is dynamically updated based on > the uploads of files; so, don't look over this lightly as it will > affect the UI on www.mingw.org for download information. > > Nathan, are your suggested file extentions strict? For instance a > Release Candidate can contain .tar.gz as well as .exe. > > I have to give more thought to the "Contributed Packages" one. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [MinGW-editor] I've updated the www.mingw.org with recent > changes. Date: 02 Apr 2003 07:40:14 -0500 From: Nathan Fisher > <na...@ya...> Reply-To: min...@li... To: > MinGW Editor mailing list <min...@li...> > References: <3E8...@ya...> > <1048851795.1188.3.camel@natbobc2> <3E8...@ya...> > <1048981583.930.28.camel@natbobc2> <3E8...@ya...> > > Hello Earnie, > > I've set the cronjob to run every 4hrs. This is the crontab I > entered: > > 0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * ~/mingw/scripts/makeRelease.pl > > ~/trialdocs/ssi/release2.html && cp ~/trialdocs/ssi/release2.html > ~/trialdocs/ssi/release.html > > I also noticed that there are some inconsistencies in the file naming > convention. I have dealt with them in the script, but if it were > possible to ensure they were followed more strictly I might be able to > modify the script to scan the entire sf page and not require any > configuration file. I'm not certain how much of a pain it would be to > change the current names, but I thought of this general naming scheme > which could allow for easy scanning: > > Latest Release: > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.exe > > Package Upgrades: > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.tar.gz > > Release Candidates: > pkgname-rc-MAJ.MIN.SUB-YEAR.MONTH.DAY-REL#.tar.gz > > Experimental: > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-YEAR.MONTH.DAY-REL#.exe > > Contributed Packages: > pkgname-contrib-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.exe > pkgname-contrib-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.tar.gz > > If all of the files in the MinGW sf files page followed the above > naming scheme it should be trivial to do an automatic scanning that > doesn't require updates to the configuration file. Let me know if > this is possible or if you have any other suggestions. > > Regards, > > Nathan > > PS As an aside do you know where I could find some good tutorial's on > writing parsing engines and finite state machines? > > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 20:44, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > Nathan Fisher wrote: > > > > > > Also I can't write to trial/htdocs/ssi/release.html because the > > > permissions on it are 644 could you change them to 664 please. I > > > will setup the cronjob to work in the trial site after the > > > permissions have been changed. For the time being I have created > > > a sample output in trial/htdocs/ssi/release2.html. I have > > > included the script for your review, should I also post it to the > > > developer list? > > > > > > > I've modified the attributes on the *.html I own. I'll look at the > > script later, I've got kids to put down for the night. > > > > Thanks, > > Earnie > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! > > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en > > _______________________________________________ > > MinGW-editor mailing list > > Min...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-editor > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ MinGW-editor mailing > list Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-editor > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ MinGW-dvlpr mailing > list Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr |
From: Nathan F. <na...@ya...> - 2003-04-07 04:13:03
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Hello Paul, My understanding of the difference between a release candidate and an experimental package is that a release candidate applies to software that is already part of the current release of MinGW and is still in a functional/conformance testing phase. While an Experimental package is a supplimentary package that is useful for developers, however it is not slated and may never be included as part of the MinGW package. Is this an appropriate explanation Earnie? Regards, Nathan On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 21:06, Paul G. wrote: > What's the difference between an "experimental" release and a "release candidate"? > > Paul G. > > > Individual developers, > > > > Is what Nathan is suggesting below something we could live with? I've > > asked Nathan to create something that is dynamically updated based on > > the uploads of files; so, don't look over this lightly as it will > > affect the UI on www.mingw.org for download information. > > > > Nathan, are your suggested file extentions strict? For instance a > > Release Candidate can contain .tar.gz as well as .exe. > > > > I have to give more thought to the "Contributed Packages" one. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [MinGW-editor] I've updated the www.mingw.org with recent > > changes. Date: 02 Apr 2003 07:40:14 -0500 From: Nathan Fisher > > <na...@ya...> Reply-To: min...@li... To: > > MinGW Editor mailing list <min...@li...> > > References: <3E8...@ya...> > > <1048851795.1188.3.camel@natbobc2> <3E8...@ya...> > > <1048981583.930.28.camel@natbobc2> <3E8...@ya...> > > > > Hello Earnie, > > > > I've set the cronjob to run every 4hrs. This is the crontab I > > entered: > > > > 0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * ~/mingw/scripts/makeRelease.pl > > > ~/trialdocs/ssi/release2.html && cp ~/trialdocs/ssi/release2.html > > ~/trialdocs/ssi/release.html > > > > I also noticed that there are some inconsistencies in the file naming > > convention. I have dealt with them in the script, but if it were > > possible to ensure they were followed more strictly I might be able to > > modify the script to scan the entire sf page and not require any > > configuration file. I'm not certain how much of a pain it would be to > > change the current names, but I thought of this general naming scheme > > which could allow for easy scanning: > > > > Latest Release: > > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.exe > > > > Package Upgrades: > > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.tar.gz > > > > Release Candidates: > > pkgname-rc-MAJ.MIN.SUB-YEAR.MONTH.DAY-REL#.tar.gz > > > > Experimental: > > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-YEAR.MONTH.DAY-REL#.exe > > > > Contributed Packages: > > pkgname-contrib-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.exe > > pkgname-contrib-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.tar.gz > > > > If all of the files in the MinGW sf files page followed the above > > naming scheme it should be trivial to do an automatic scanning that > > doesn't require updates to the configuration file. Let me know if > > this is possible or if you have any other suggestions. > > > > Regards, > > > > Nathan > > > > PS As an aside do you know where I could find some good tutorial's on > > writing parsing engines and finite state machines? > > > > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 20:44, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > Nathan Fisher wrote: > > > > > > > > Also I can't write to trial/htdocs/ssi/release.html because the > > > > permissions on it are 644 could you change them to 664 please. I > > > > will setup the cronjob to work in the trial site after the > > > > permissions have been changed. For the time being I have created > > > > a sample output in trial/htdocs/ssi/release2.html. I have > > > > included the script for your review, should I also post it to the > > > > developer list? > > > > > > > > > > I've modified the attributes on the *.html I own. I'll look at the > > > script later, I've got kids to put down for the night. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Earnie > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > > > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! > > > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! > > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MinGW-editor mailing list > > > Min...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-editor > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ MinGW-editor mailing > > list Min...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-editor > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ MinGW-dvlpr mailing > > list Min...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-dvlpr mailing list > Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr > |
From: Danny S. <dan...@cl...> - 2003-04-07 10:18:58
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> > > > > > Package Upgrades: > > > pkgname-MAJ.MIN.SUB-REL#.tar.gz > > > > > > Release Candidates: > > > pkgname-rc-MAJ.MIN.SUB-YEAR.MONTH.DAY-REL#.tar.gz > > > This name-convention difference will cause extra work. Currently it is fairly simple to change a RC into a release simply by changing the package in the list box on the upload page. If we really want to also change the tarball's name it means uploading again ( binary and source) with a new name. At least I haven't found an obvious way to rename an uploaded file. Danny Danny Danny |