From: Peter M. <scr...@mo...> - 2010-06-20 03:23:58
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On 20/06/2010 13:03, Barry Gerdes wrote: > Hi Peter > > Its OK now. I used another computer to do the big download I let it > complete this time. and the last 40+ MB was the source code. The lap > top I was using (in bed) was "running out of steam" and I could not > wait for the battery to go flat. > > I built the code without any further bother using MSYS. I gave up Qt > Creator some time ago. The change in build numbering is a bit > confusing. I did not check to find the change point > > I also found an easy way to update using the TortoiseBZR Shell. Just a > couple of clicks in the source folder. > I am not interested in patching, changing or having my own branch. I > just compile the source to see how the program is progressing. > > I did read through the tutorial but it did not mean a great deal to me > without some practical testing. > > > Barry Gerdes > Beaumont Hills Observatory > S 33' 41' 44" E 150' 56' 32" > Not that it really matters, but it shouldn't "download the source code" per se; it should download the repo and then construct the working files (source code, etc.) from that. Even with a lightweight checkout (which is source only, no repo) I think this is pretty much how it works - it creates a kind of temporary local repo and then generates the code from there. But I stand to be corrected. I know you've compiled older versions for bug testing, etc., which is why I suggested you probably want a copy of the repo - makes switching between versions much faster. If that's all you want to do, then 'bzr checkout lp:stellarium' should be right for you. Then just 'bzr pull' to update. (If you're doing something different, I'd be interested to know what - still trying to get my head around the 'bzr way' of doing things, as opposed to git of hg.) And nothing beats actually doing it (except our rather sad download speeds and quotas...) |