From: YuLianqing <yu...@li...> - 2012-12-19 16:55:26
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I've made a tag. Please check this https://vxl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vxl/tags/. > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:34:22 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Vxl-maintainers] FW: VXL Book? > From: mat...@ki... > To: yu...@li... > CC: vxl...@li... > > Lianqing, > > Making a tag in the svn repository for an official release is > important. Could you please do that. It is important because 1) we > want to know what SVN revision was used to generate the official > release, and 2) the automated scripts for building the documentation > look for that tag to determine the most recent stable release. The > tag should be vxl-1.17.0 and tags ending with a -b are not considered > stable releases by the scripts. > > In addition to the VXL homepage being way out of date, the sourceforge > download page is also out of date. When I click the "files" tab it > says "Looking for the latest version? Download vxl-1.14.0.zip (36.0 > MB)". I was eventually able to locate a download for vxl-1.17.0, but > a new user would easily assume that 1.14.0 is the latest version. > There must be some way to indicate on the sourceforge page which > version should be considered the latest release. > > Does anyone know how to updated the VXL homepage and sourceforge file > download page? Better yet, does anyone know how and have permission > to do it? > > Thanks, > Matt > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:10 AM, YuLianqing <yu...@li...> wrote: > > Matt and Joe, > > > > The vxl-1.17.0 release is an official release and an attempt to revive the > > regular release pace of twice a year. It was precedented by two release > > candidates (may sound like beta release as the filename is post-fixed with > > letter 'b') 1.17.0-b and 1.17.0-b2. Quite a few issues in these two RCs were > > fixed before several key maintainers agreed to make a new release. > > There are two causes that may result in your misunderstanding. First, web > > pages are not updated to reflect the new release. Links in the page still > > refer to the old release and I do not know who is responsible for the > > update. Second, I am not sure if I ever made a new tag in the repository or > > not. I apologize if I forgot to do that. > > > > Lianqing > > > >> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:40:34 -0500 > >> Subject: Re: VXL Book? > >> From: mat...@ki... > >> To: mu...@le... > >> CC: yu...@li... > > > >> > >> Joe, > >> > >> If there is a subversion tag created named vxl-1.17.0 (without the -b > >> suffix), then the book will automatically update to that. If 1.17.0 > >> is the official release then a package should be made available to > >> download it and the home page should be updated too. > >> > >> The script calls the following to check the tags for the latest release: > >> > >> svn list https://vxl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vxl/tags/ > >> > >> --Matt > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Joseph Mundy <mu...@le...> > >> wrote: > >> > Matt, > >> > It seems that the 1.17 version is good to go. It was built successfully > >> > recently on a lot of platforms in a project we are involved in. Maybe > >> > Lianqing Yu can move it to the official "latest release" I assume then > >> > the > >> > book will follow? > >> > Thanks, > >> > Joe > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Matt Leotta [mailto:mat...@ki...] > >> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:44 AM > >> > To: Joseph Mundy > >> > Subject: Re: VXL Book? > >> > > >> > Joe, > >> > > >> > The vpgl chapter does appear under the "Current development version (SVN > >> > snapshot)" link: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://public.kitware.com/vxl/doc/development/books/core/book_14.html#SEC173 > >> > > >> > It does not appear under the "Latest Release". The latest release is > >> > determined automatically by looking and SVN version tags. The greatest > >> > release version is selected that does not end with a '-b*' > >> > (presumably these are beta releases). Currently the latest release tag > >> > is > >> > vxl-1.14.0, which is almost 2 years old. There is a vxl-1.17.0-b tag, > >> > but > >> > that is assumed to be a beta release by the script. It seems vxl-1.17.0 > >> > was > >> > never officially released either by creating a SVN tag or by uploading > >> > the > >> > zip file. The current downloadable version is vxl-1.14.0 (though the > >> > home > >> > page states 1.13.0). > >> > > >> > It seems efforts to maintain regular releases of VXL have died off. > >> > Somewhat understandable given the maintenance headache for such a large > >> > subversion repository. Recently many other repositories including > >> > OpenCV, > >> > FFMPEG, and all of Kitware's software have migrated to git for version > >> > control. This makes release management much easier. I made a push a > >> > while > >> > back for VXL to take this direction, but there was strong resistance > >> > from > >> > Peter and mild resistance from a few other key developers. > >> > > >> > --Matt > >> > > >> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Joseph Mundy <mu...@le...> > >> > wrote: > >> >> Matt, > >> >> > >> >> I noticed that the vpgl chapter doesn't appear in the current version > >> >> of the VXL book hosted by Kitware. However it is checked in. > >> >> > >> >> What's up? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> > >> >> Joe > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > > Discover what IT Professionals Know. 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