RSB Releases (was Re: Beagleboards)

[Gedare Bloom]

Will this just be for "RTEMS" packages? Else 3rd party packages might
not build correctly e.g. qemu has a VERSION file in its git.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
> On 1/12/2015 8:29 AM, Chris Johns wrote:
>>
>> My question is not about tagging the release it is asking if we should
>> be using a tarball and not the git repo for releases?
>>
>
> I am going to update the RSB to provide an easy way for us to create a
> release tarball and switch to a release build. I will teach the RSB what
> a release is and have it automatically change its behaviour. A git clone
> of the RSB will behave as is.
>
> To make a release add a VERSION file to the root directory of the
> tarball package. This file must never exist in the git repo. The release
> process is to create a tarball ready tree and add the VERSION file
> manually. The file contains a single line that is the release version
> string, eg 4.11.0.
>
> When the VERSION file is present the RSB assumes it is a release and
> where configured switches to using a release tarball, for example the
> RTEMS kernel and RTEMS tools. The RTEMS kernel will be built for a
> released RSB automatically.
>
> I will also add support so the RSB first attempts to download source and
> patches from the RTEMS ftp server under the RTEMS release path before
> looking to the specific project's home site.
>
> The VERSION file does not effect other version information in the RSB
> configuration files, for example the RTEMS version of 4.11. Those
> versions are controlled by the git repo and traceable via git's history.
>
> I have open #2480, #2481 and #2482.
>
> Chris
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