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  • From: "Jeremy A. Kolb" <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>
  • To: Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>
  • Cc: Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>, Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT go-nix.ca>, sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] Gnome section - Updating to Beta.
  • Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 23:16:18 -0400 (EDT)

But if the spell is stable then why not put it into test? Even if the
software is devel, if the spell is stable then shouldn't it go into test?
isn't that what test is all about (assuming that the spell doesn't destroy
other spells of course!!!). That's what i gathered the switch was about.

Jeremy

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Hamish Greig wrote:

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> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 04:51, Geoffrey Derber wrote:
> > Dufflebunk wrote:
> > > So perhaps we need 4 devel grimoires to handle that: devel-spells,
> > > devel-software, devel-both, and just devel... no I'm not serious. I
> > > don't
> > > see why there should be another grimoire, devel is already supposed to
> > > be
> > > the lunatic grimoire, isn't it?
> >
> > Bah, ment to send this to everyone
> >
> > Well, IMO, that's if we do it at all. From the what was discussed a
> > while back, the grimoires represent the stability of the spell more than
> > the stability of the software the spell installs. The stability of the
> > software is supposed to be the latest stable release.
> >
> > devel grimoire = devel spell, not devel software the spell installs
> > test grimoire = tested spell
> > stable grimoire = stable spell
> >
> > this referes back to this thread:
> > https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2003-July/003824.html
> >
> > where Eric Sandall commented on those definitions above:
> > https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2003-July/003860.html
> >
> > Geoff
> >
> I think this is what the new grimoire system is for.
> Devel == lunatic
> Things you want tested by willing masochists go into devel but not into
> test.
> test is for stable releases and bugfixes.
> This may need a new tag in p4 like DEVEL_ONLY so that anyone integrating
> won't
> move them into test grimoire until the DEVEL_ONLY tag gets removed.
> The only issue is access to the devel repository. I am happy using p4 but i
> have an account. Is the cvs repository ready yet, are their scripts in
> place
> to sync p4 and cvs ?
> If cvs is ready then we should give out the details of how to use cvs for a
> devel grimoire and all these gnome spells could go straight into devel.
> Hamish
> ps i have just woken up so i hope this makes sense.
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