On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:11:03 +0100 (CET) Vincent Torri <vto...@univ-evry.fr> said:
> > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:34:14 -0500 Mike Blumenkrantz <m...@zentific.com> > > said: > > > >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:09:28 +0100 > >> Ralph Sennhauser <gentoo.s...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:36:32 -0500 > >>> Mike Blumenkrantz <m...@zentific.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> We have a lot of users who would benefit from more frequent snapshots > >>>> of e17. Since snapping e by itself is not much effort, how would > >>>> people feel about doing a new snap every two weeks? Someone would > >>>> have to make dist-bzip2 every 2 weeks and upload somewhere, and it > >>>> would probably take 20-30 seconds. Hell I'd even do it myself if it > >>>> would reduce the number of times a week I tell people to switch to > >>>> latest svn from snapshots. > >>>> > >>>> Thoughts? > >>>> > >>> > >>> I would rather do a snapshot if it's worth it and not after a specific > >>> schedule. I mean a packager is likely not keen on packaging e17 every > >>> second week just because the new snapshot is two weeks newer. For him > >>> it's more than the 20-30 seconds usually. And if you don't get them on > >>> board nothing is gained. > >>> > >>> I get the impression from your view a new snapshot would currently be > >>> worth it. > >> There have been 1000+ commits since the last snap. HAL is now actually > >> optional in e, gadman sucks slightly less, lots of randr bugs fixed, etc. > > > > snaps dont fix the issue. as above. look how long it takes for alpha, > > beta1,2, 3 to get into debian. it takes weeks - or even months. it wont > > solve your problem as debs wont even be in by the next snapshot cycle given > > current rates. > > > > i dont suggest we replace the official packagers - but for something where > > we regularly snap "on a schedule" we should just make an automated build to > > cover MOSt of the users as packages - they can apt-get install. gentoo can > > just build from svn already in an ebuild. cover the users that are scared > > of svn. (i'd say do fedora too if that can be done and provide a yum repo). > > i guess it can be done with ebuilder, no (on e3 or e4) ? it can just be done on my or your or anyones desktop... doesn't need anything special (other than a build env - probably an install of the specific distro in a chroot). -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
