Re: Release tag & "Re: HEADS UP! Upcoming work in HEAD and other events!"

[Raphael Marmier <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Appart from security/important fixes, nothing will ever go to RELEASE.

The work done in HEAD will go to PREVIEW, then with time will become a 
_NEW_ release.

Each release has its own branch of code in cvs.

Raphael

Jurij Kovacic wrote:
> Hello!
>
> It is my understanding that work currently being done in HEAD will 
> eventually be commited to the RELEASE tag.
>
> Since we are tracking DragonFly RELEASE on one of our production servers 
> I am concerned that at some time in the future I would need to recompile 
> all the installed ports after a system upgrade - is this really the 
> case? And if so, when can we expect this?
>
> Even though I KNOW this probably is a BAD idea - would a sym-link
>
> libc.so.4 -> libc.so.5
>
> fix the problem? This temporary measure would give us enough time to 
> rebuild the ports in all jails as we cannot afford any downtime.
>
> Keep up the bood work!
>
> Jurij Kovacic
>
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> > :On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:12:09AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > :>     PREVIEW TAG SLIPPED:
> > :
> > :Will DragonFly_Stable stay in sync with DragonFly_Preview, or is it
> > :going to be removed sometime later?
> >
> >     It will be removed sometime later.  At the moment it *is* in sync.
> >
> >
> > :>     MAJOR WORK ON HEAD:
> > :
> > :>     Joerg is going to start bringing in the citrus framework and 
> > working
> > :>     on libc revision bump issues.  LIBC MAY BREAK!  LIBC MAY BREAK 
> > SEVERAL
> > :>     TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IN FACT!  There could also be 
> > :>     buildworld/installworld issues and other things.
> > :
> > :I noticed that you need to rebuild perl port(if you have that) after
> > :the citrus import, otherwise it complains failing to set the locale.
> >         It's likely that just about everything would need to be rebuilt,
> >     including ports.   Multiple times.   Everyone should be aware that
> >     the work on HEAD is creating a moving target for libc and system
> >     calls.
> >
> >                     -Matt
> >                     Matthew Dillon                     
> > <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>