[Opencxx-users] Re: [opencxx] Release?

[Grzegorz J. <ja...@he...>]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, James Michael DuPont wrote:

> > > if you need anything done, send me a mail with the specifics,
> > > i am also on the project, dont know if I have the rights...
> >
> > Should work now.
> >
> > It would be great if you can take care of that.
> >
> > This is what needs to be done:
> >
> > (1) change version number in configure.in to 2.6
> > (2) ./bootstrap (to regenerate Makefile.in's)
> > (3) commit
> > (4) tag rel_2_6
> > (5) export -r rel_2_6 (to get the version without CVS dirs)
> > (6) change the dirname from 'opencxx' to 'opencxx-2.6'
> > (7) tar
> > (8) release using SF release system
> >
> > 'make dist' will not work, since the version of Boehm's gc we are
> > using
> > does not support it yet (hopefully soon it will).
>
> hmm, I will look at the makefiles.

I did it already. I sent a patch to Hans Boehms some time ago (6 weeks),
but he seems to be quite busy, after two weeks I got a reply saying "I am
behind on my e-mail". I do not want to make another "branch" of gc
package, since we do not have resources to maintain it and merge bugfixes
from official releases. So I think the most reasonable solution is to wait
for the official gc to catch up.

> I have gotten very good
> at debian packaging lately, maybe the best will be to create the deb
> and alien it into a tgz, that should be fine.

I do not see any problem, as long as the resulting .tar.gz is just the
same as the one packaged by hand. If it is not, it means that intermediate
debianization either lost, added or renamed something, which is obviously
bad.

To put it shortly: I fail to see what you gain by going through .deb
to obtain .tar.gz . However feel free to do it as you like, if you are
sure the result is going to be OK.

On the other hand, I strongly encourage you to release not only .tar.gz,
but also .deb . It usually makes a package much more accessible to the
users (I know it, I use Debian myself!).

Best regards
Grzegorz

> >
> > Let me know if any issues.
>
> Ok, I will give it a try, within the next 3 days.
>
> mike
>
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