Re: [Gramps-users] applying a "fix" to GRAMPS

[Alex R. <sh...@gr...>]

Laura,

On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:43 -0500, Laura Mellen wrote:
> I have been reading here:
> http://bugs.gramps-project.org/my_view_page.php
> and specifically here:
> http://bugs.gramps-project.org/view.php?id=3D1075 because I too, have had=
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> same error message many times.
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> In the NOTES section, someone named "shura" fixes this problem. Here is t=
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> quote in part:
> "I fixed this in SVN 8621."
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> So my question becomes...just what is "SVN 8621" and how can I apply it t=
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> my program so I no longer get this error message either? If it is somethi=
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> to me as well.

SVN is the version control system. In other words, a repository that
stores snapshots of every change made to the code. We use SVN to track
changes we make between the releases. Normal users usually see the
releases, and the new release may incorporate tons of small changes.

SVN 8621 is a revision number corresponding to the state of the code
when that particular fix was made.

You could run from the SVN, but since you are very new to Linux
and Ubuntu and gramps, I would not recommend it. Unless you are
really feeling adventurous and won't mind wasting a lot of time
learning new things :-)

If you are, then read this page:
http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=3DBrief_introduction_to_=
SVN
(the "Stable version" section).
To build from SVN you will need to install some packages that
are probably not installed on your machine right now.
Let me know if you want further instructions.


About the warning: next release of gramps will fix it.
Until then, please ignore it. It does not harm, only
being annoying.

Hope this helps,
Alex

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Alexander Roitman   http://gramps-project.org