Thanks Andrea, it was very informative. I am getting clear idea about the different releases. Although I need to get more information and work more on it. Thanks again
On Jul 4, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: >> Why aren't we building desktop integration in the snapshots? If our >> testing is to be meaningful it should be based on based on the same >> form of packages that the end users will run, right? > > Dev snapshots can be configured as "OOo-DEV" (no relation with the mailing > list, it is their historical name) or "OpenOffice.org". > > The first configuration is for interim releases, does not provide desktop > integration and is meant for packages that can be installed alongside a > stable version: I download them and I install them on my main system to check > bugfixes, but I continue using the stable version. > > The second configuration is applied in the pre-release phase and provides > desktop integration. These packages will overwrite a stable installation > (unless installed with special switches) and are meant for a full test. > > The separation makes sense because in a large majority of cases it's enough > to have the first kind of configuration to verify a bugfix or test > regressions, so that the snapshot can be removed or replaced with no worry to > damage the stable installation. > > Regards, > Andrea.
