Thanks Jacopo, its a good OFBiz Committers Guide. Best regards,
Pranay Pandey HotWax Systems http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/ skype: pranay.pandey cell: +91 982.603.5576 On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Jacopo Cappellato < jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > Hi Christian, > > On May 19, 2015, at 3:37 AM, Christian Carlow <christian.car...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Should committers download the entire ofbiz repository to help with > > backporting? > > it is easier if you keep the trunk and the release branches in different > svn folders (i.e. different checkouts); for example: > > mkdir ofbiz > cd ofbiz > svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/trunk trunk > svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/release14.12 > release14.12 > svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/release13.07 > release13.07 > svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/release12.04 > release12.04 > svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/site/ website > > you will end up with the following folder layout: > ofbiz/ > ofbiz/trunk > ofbiz/release14.12 > ofbiz/release13.07 > ofbiz/release12.04 > ofbiz/website > > Then you can setup, with your favorite IDE, one project for each. > > > Is there a standard procedure new committers should follow > > for backporting? > > Only bugs should be backported to active release branches (if they happen > also there); it is not mandatory that you do but it is very much > appreciated! > Here is a simple workflow to backport a commit to a branch. > 1) commit the fix to trunk and note down the commit id; e.g. rev 12345 > 2) go to the release branch you want to backport to; e.g. cd > ofbiz/release14.12 > 3) run the following script (the script will apply the commit to your > local release branch): > ./tools/mergefromtrunk.sh/bat merge 12345 > 4) run the tests with: > ./tools/mergefromtrunk.sh/bat test > 5) it is also a good idea to start the instance and test manually > 6.a) if tests are unsuccessful, abort the process and clean your local > release branch: > ./tools/mergefromtrunk.sh/bat abort > 6.b) if tests are successful, and you want to commit the backport: > ./tools/mergefromtrunk.sh/bat commit > > > I was going to test my new committer privilege by > > applying my OFBIZ-6387.patch. Should I apply it to the release branches > > also? > > That is probably not a bug but it is a small change and could be a good > chance to practice with the above process, so please do if you like. > > Regards, > > Jacopo
