On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Herbert Duerr <h...@apache.org> wrote:
> Rob Weir wrote: > > Every time we release we need to generate quite a few files related to > > the release. > > > > Here's the list I know of: > > > > 1) The ASC/SHA/MD5 hashes and signature files, one for every released > file > > We're using scripts for these of course. With the more than 400 packages > we're providing everything else would be insane. The checksums should > and are created on the machines they are built on to help protect the > gigabytes of data as early as possible. > > > 2) A CWiki page listing all the built files with hyperlinks to hashes, > etc. > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-AOOSnapshot > > > > This is used when voting on a Release Candidate. > > Jürgen uses a self written script for that. AFAIK it is not publically > available yet. If needed it can be rewritten with a few lines of a > script language. > > > 3) release_matrix.js, used by the download page's logic to decide what > > file to recommend based on user's locale: > > [...] > > 7) The XML files used by the upgrade notification server, one XML file > > per release: > > Don't know about these. It would be stupid to do all of it manually. I > suggest the owners of these tasks share their scripts, e.g. in the > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/devtools/scripts/ directory. > A good idea...even better if there were some Apache service (server) that would allow access for cron jobs to do maybe a lot of this...we could pretty creative. Perl and bash scripts are our friends. :) > > How close are we to this? Is any part of this automated already today? > > The parts I'm aware of are automated. > > Herbert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." -- "Following the Equator", Mark Twain
