Re: [wtp-dev] I-Build on Thursday

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding step 1, -
Review your components (plugins) and label them with the cvs tag "v20041118"
...
I know there was a little discussion
on this already, but guess I missed the conclusion. 

What's the reason/need to "label
them with the cvs tag "v20041118"".

If someone has already labeled their
component, say, v20041116, and have made no changes, or, just as important,
made changes
they do not want included in the I build,
then there should be no requirement for them to updated the version of
their component, as long
as the version in the map file has some
vesrsion (not the word 'head') such as v20041116 .... right?

BTW, using the Eclipse Release Tool
it's pretty easy to version a component, and have it update the 
map files. I just know from previous
experience, that some components won't change week to week, so should be

no need to version them, and sometimes
there might be some changed made in head that are not ready for an I-build.

(or example, there might be a known
bad bug in head branch that teams do not have time to fix before the I-build).

Am I missing something? 

I believe the Eclipse-based build will
simply get what ever version the map file says, right?

I do agree its a great idea that the
map files themselves be versioned with the day (and time) of the build,
since that 
allows anyone to "recreated"
what versions were used in the build. But there should be no reason all
the components
need the exact same version. (And, BTW,
using Release tool's "load map projects" on a particular version
of the map files, should 
pull all those versions into workspace.
The only thing important to avoid is a map file entry that says 'HEAD',
since then that 
would be un-recreatable. 

Please clarify the need, or if not one,
then confirm the "make sure all components are versioned" is
more appropriate 
first step.

Deniz Secilir <deniz.secilir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: wtp-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx

11/17/2004 04:21 AM

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Subject	[wtp-dev] I-Build on Thursday

Hi committers,

There will be an I-Build on thursday with the label v20041118. 
It will be triggered 8 AM EST.  Please prepare your components for
this build.  Here is a reminder list for the tasks: 

- Review your components (plugins) and label them with the cvs tag "v20041118"
- Review the entries in  org.eclipse.wst and org.eclipse.jst 
features make sure your plugins are listed if you want it to be included
in the I-build. 
- Review the entries in  releng maps make sure your plugins/features
are listed and has the proper label (v20041118).
- All plugins listed in feature.xml must have a corresponding entry in
the map file. Please do not forget to check that all requirements of your
plugins and their prerequired plugins are listed in build.cfg file. If
not, let me know.

Please take care of the urls in maps/build.cfg file. It must be direct
link to a zip file, and can be download without any redirections. 
So use this link  junitFileBuildURL=http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/drops/S-3.1M2-200409240800/eclipse-test-framework-3.1M2.zip
instead of  junitFileBuildURL=http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/drops/S-3.1M2-200409240800/download.php?dropFile=eclipse-test-framework-3.1M2.zip



Thanks,
Deniz