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[myhdl-list] 0.6dev9

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

Development version 0.6dev9 is available from here:

     http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com/doku.php/dev:snapshots#snapshots

This is the first one after the change to mercurial. (I noticed I forgot
to tag the 2 previous development versions.)

Is it still meaningful to release development snapshots, now that there
is a public mercurial repository?

Jan

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Re: [myhdl-list] 0.6dev9

[Günter D. <dan...@we...>]

Jan Decaluwe wrote:
...
> 
> Is it still meaningful to release development snapshots, now that there
> is a public mercurial repository?

I think now that the repository is there, it is just fine to use it for
following the latest development.

Guenter

Re: [myhdl-list] 0.6dev9

[Christopher L. F. <cf...@uc...>]

I agree the repository works for development snapshots.

The only thought would be for new users.  Is it as easy to pull from  
the repository (new users not familiar with hg etc) as downloading a  
zip.  I think there are enough instructions etc on the wiki and hg is  
python based for easy to install.  The cost of entry is slightly more  
than downloading zip files.

On Aug 26, 2008, at 4:29 AM, Günter Dannoritzer wrote:

> Jan Decaluwe wrote:
> ...
>>
>> Is it still meaningful to release development snapshots, now that  
>> there
>> is a public mercurial repository?
>
> I think now that the repository is there, it is just fine to use it  
> for
> following the latest development.
>
> Guenter
>
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Re: [myhdl-list] 0.6dev9

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

Christopher L. Felton wrote:
> I agree the repository works for development snapshots.
> 
> The only thought would be for new users.  Is it as easy to pull from  
> the repository (new users not familiar with hg etc) as downloading a  
> zip.

Once a tracking repo is setup, it's easier to stay current: "hg pull -u".

 > I think there are enough instructions etc on the wiki and hg is
> python based for easy to install.  The cost of entry is slightly more  
> than downloading zip files.

Yes, the initial setup is more difficult. However, for truly new users
there should be a stable release on sourceforge. I realize that there
should be stable releases more often - once the VHDL hurdle has
been taken ... (mainly a question of documentation)

Given all this, let's make development snapshots obsolete and use the
hg approach instead. I may still tag from time to time. This should
also make the development loop more efficient and productive.

Jan

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