In my opinion, the back-compat tags are not really needed. The checkout command for test-tag should simply use a revision number to checkout. Whenever you commit something in the backwards branch, you set the revision number in common-build.xml and you are done. No need for a extra tag, for me this was always not clear, why we need tags.
What do others think? I could change the build script to do this. ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -----Original Message----- > From: George Aroush [mailto:geo...@aroush.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:00 AM > To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: RE: "back_compat" folders in tags when I SVN update > > I have http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/java/trunk/ and > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/java/tags/ checked out. > > I think having all this "back_compat" folders, under the "tags" can be > very > confusing, especially for someone who looks in "tags" in search of a > released version and finds all the "back_compat" folders not knowing what > they mean (there is more "back_compat" folders than actually release > tags!) > If we are using "tags" for back-compat testing, aren't we overloading the > meaning of the "tags" folder? > > I prefer to see "tags" used for what it is, a place to park an actually > released; it shouldn't be used for testing or its content changed > dynamically. > > -- George > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hostetter [mailto:hossman_luc...@fucit.org] > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:21 PM > To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: "back_compat" folders in tags when I SVN update > > > : Why do I see \java\tags\lucene_*_back_compat_tests_2009*\ directories > (well > : over 100 so far) when I SVN update? > > Are you saying you have "http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/java/"; > checked out in it's entirety? > > That seems ... problematic. New tags/branches could be created at anytime > -- it's even possibly to have Hudson autotag every build if we wanted. > Server side these tags are essentially "free" but if you checkout at the > top level you pay the price of local storage on update. > > I would rethink your checkout strategy. > > > > > -Hoss > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
