Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:18:33 +0000 From: "Joao Barros" <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: "John Birrell" <jb@what-creek.com> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <70e8236f0711170318m3070f059scee74df1969cadb8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071117032647.GA73440@what-creek.com> References: <200711161314.lAGDERAd027540@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071116220448.GA20435@FreeBSD.org> <1195264850.1257.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20071117032647.GA73440@what-creek.com>
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On Nov 17, 2007 3:26 AM, John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:00:50PM -0500, Ken Smith wrote: > > - Yes, people have asked about doing DVDs instead but > > I haven't had time and nobody else progressed past the > > question phase. :-) If nobody else does I'll start > > screwing around with it in HEAD after the releases are > > over so that it's feasible for 8.X but we're way too > > far along in the release cycle to consider it now. > > I have a prototype of a release makefile system in p4 that I'd > like to discuss with you when you break free of actually doing > releases. Will you ever break free? :-) > > I wanted a re-entrant release system that would let me type: > > make livedvd_iso > > (or something) and it would just build the things needed to make > that. And then if I changed a file it would incrementally > build like I always expect 'make'd things to do. > > It's also cross-build enabled; doesn't require a chroot; uses > installed doc build tools; and shares buildworld/universe > trees. That would be most welcome :) -- Joao Barros
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