Forum OpenACS Q&A: understanding openacs cvs repository

1: understanding openacs cvs repository

Posted by Yves Goldberg on 07/23/04 02:01 PM

I was browsing the cvs this morning and saw that the kernel version in 5.1 is newer than the one in 5.1.1

I am updating my site from the repository and I am at version 5.1.1

Am I misunderstanding how it is set and should stay with 5.1 (not 5.1.1)?

How can I profit from the corrected bugs in a stable installation of Openacs?

Is upgrading from the repository; the recommended way or would it be best to put it (again) under svc?

TIA

Yves.

2: Re: understanding openacs cvs repository (response to 1)

Posted by Giancarlo Luxardo on 07/26/04 02:31 PM

I guess the answer is that oacs-5-1 is a branch, while openacs-5-1-1-final is a release tag.

It would be nice if someone could provide more details... For instance, how to manage both methods on the same site: upgrade with the installer and update with CVS... this seems difficult because the installer creates new directories which are not under CVS control.

Giancarlo

3: Re: understanding openacs cvs repository (response to 1)

Posted by Jade Rubick on 07/26/04 06:45 PM

I'm not sure I understand your questions. How to upgrade depends on what way you've set things up.

If you have an area that is unclear in the install guide, please let us know, and we'll try to fix it.

4: Re: understanding openacs cvs repository (response to 3)

Posted by Giancarlo Luxardo on 07/26/04 09:17 PM

I noticed that when an upgrade is run from the openacs repository (with the APM installer), the old package directory is renamed to *.bak and a new directory is created but without the CVS subdirectories, which is confusing.... I realize now that "Upgrade from Local" should have been used if the intention is to work with CVS (which is clear reading the Administrator's Guide).

Anyway, I think that if the upgrade is done from the repository, the latest changes after the release tag are not taken (which was probably the initial question).

5: Re: understanding openacs cvs repository (response to 4)

Posted by Jade Rubick on 07/26/04 09:35 PM

Yes, this is a bug and is in bug-tracker. Someone has to volunteer to fix it!

6: Re: understanding openacs cvs repository (response to 1)

Posted by Yves Goldberg on 07/26/04 10:31 PM

Thank you very much Giancarlo and Jade for the explanation.

Yves.