Sorry for the top post (Outlook). I would argue that it ain't released until it is "released". One could further argue that the official release should be built from the location, but I know there are issues related to that.
As for using SVN in this case, it is part of our automated build process. I can manually trigger a build of Wireshark on all our supported platforms, independent of whether the release is official or not (by specifying a URL and revision). True, I do not get the benefit of compression. However, our build system handles Subversion repositories nicely, and I (typically) only need to do the download/build when a new release is made. My only problem is easily determining what to point our system at (URL, revision). Thanks for clarification on releases. I was confused because of the jump between 1.0.8 and 1.2.0, with a (yet unreleased) 1.1.x. -Bryant -----Original Message----- From: wireshark-dev-boun...@wireshark.org [mailto:wireshark-dev-boun...@wireshark.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Morriss Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:18 AM To: Developer support list for Wireshark Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Subversion Repository Layout, or, How to Confuse People Bryant Eastham wrote: > All- > > This is going to sound more harsh than I mean it to. I appreciate that > people have differing opinions on this subject. > > To the core developers: please use Subversion in a more standard way. > > Yes, Subversion can be used in many different ways. However, just > because it can doesn't mean that it should, and to those of us who try > to use your repository (at least from my point of view) what you have > done is extremely confusing. > > Let me just walk you through my experience today. Wireshark 1.2.0 is now > released, and I must build my plugins based on it for internal > distribution. To do this I need to download the source code > corresponding to the build, both Windows and Linux. I need to determine > what to check out. I think Gerald generally creates the /releases stuff a few days after the release. That may be more delayed than usual because of Sharkfest. But one fundamental question I have is: why use SVN to get the source of an official release in the first place? I do that for latest-SVN builds (when things are constantly changing) but for the official releases I grab the tarball. It downloads faster (bzip2 :-)) and if I think I messed something up I just "rm -rf" and untar it again. ________________________________________________________________________ ___ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
