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Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
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Tatsuro MATSUOKA |
Subject: |
Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site |
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Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:48:58 +0900 (JST) |
----- Original Message -----
> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
> To: tmacchant Mike Miller
> Cc: "octave-maintainers
> Date: 2016/7/26, Tue 10:04
> Subject: Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
>> To: Mike Miller
>> Cc: "octave-maintainers
>> Date: 2016/7/26, Tue 09:40
>> Subject: Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
>>
>>> From: Mike Miller
>>
>>> To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
>>> Cc: "octave-maintainers
>>> Date: 2016/7/26, Tue 02:05
>>> Subject: Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 15:55:59 +0900, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>>> If mxe-octave is configured with --enable-octave=default,
> mxe-octave
>> is set
>>> to build default branched source.
>>>> If one did not make tar ball by oneself, the mxe-octave will
> download
>>> default branch source from the hydra site
>>>>
>>>>
> http://hydra.nixos.org/job/gnu/octave-default/tarball/latest/download
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However, this tar ball has two demerits:
>>>>
>>>> 1. It is not the latest. (Some delays always happen.)
>>>> 2. Contents of the file HD-ID is "unknown" and
> ChangeLog is
>> empty
>>> so that
>>>> one cannot know to which commit is applied to the source tree.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, as is written in the wiki about mxe build,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer#Step_2:_To_build_your_first_Octave-for_Windows_development_version:
>>>>
>>>> It is better to build octave on Unix family (linux etcs.) and
> make tar
>> ball
>>> by make dist.
>>>>
>>>> The tar ball using this procedure has not unknown HD-ID and not
> empty
>>> ChangeLog.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the procedure that the mxe-octave downloads tar ball
>>>> from hydra site when octave-x.x.x+.tar.gz does not exist in the
> pkg
>>> directory
>>>> is considered to be users' convenient.
>>>> However, demerit is not so small, I think.
>>>>
>>>> In my opinion, it is better that use of tarball from hydra site
> will
>> be
>>> optional.
>>>
>>> I agree with your assessment of the problems with the source
>>> distribution from hydra.
>>>
>>> I don't know if it's possible, but maybe mxe-octave could be
>> changed to
>>> just report an error if the user tries to build default-octave and
> there
>>> is no tarball.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for the reply.
>> I can add explanation to the wiki about default branch tar ball.
>>
>> My English is poor so that I will report here when I will finish the modify
> the
>> wiki.
>>
>> Tatsuro
>
>
> http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer#Step_2:_To_build_your_first_Octave-for_Windows_development_version:
>
> I have add caution fo the above for hydra archives.
> Please correct it.
>
> Tatsuro
Mike
I have confirmed your change the page.
It is very comprehensive revise.
I appreciate your help.
http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer#Step_2:_To_build_your_first_Octave-for_Windows_development_version
Tatsuro