ANNOUNCE: Tinderbox 3.2 Release Candidate 1 Available

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:39:56 -0500
Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 12:20 +0200, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> > On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:17:25 -0500
> > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Tinderbox 3.2 Release Candidate 1 is now available.  This release
> > > is a new feature and bug fix release primarily focused on
> > > enhancing the web interface.  The changes include:
> > > 
> > > * A new tc function, ``tbversion'' has been added to print the
> > > version of Tinderbox.  This command relies on a ${pb}/.version
> > > file which is generated when the Tinderbox release distribution
> > > is created.  Be sure to copy this file if you copy the contents
> > > of the Tinderbox release to another location.
> > 
> > Installing the RC doesn't seem to install this file. Is this
> > intentional because is RC?
> 
> The file is in the RC distribution.  If you are installing files from
> the dist dir, then be sure to copy .version as well.

It is, sorry. The port was copying WRDSRC/* which doesn't match .*

 [..]

> > > * A new tc function, ``copyBuild'' has been added which allows
> > > one to copy attributes (e.g. env files, ports, packages, etc.)
> > > from one Build to another.
> > > 
> > > * Quiet tinderd if a port in the queue does not exist.
> > 
> > Like if I have an nosuchcat/nosuchport in the BuildPortsQueue?
> > 
> > If so this isn't the best solution IMO. Better have addPort and the
> > equivalent in the webui check if the port that is requested to be
> > added exist in the PT for that build. Else tindy nicely tries to
> > build a package called .tbz, which is a lost of time.
> > 
> > > * The log file header lines in port build logs have been
> > > reordered for easier (human) reading.  If this changes causes too
> > > much consternation for existing scripts, it can be reverted.
> > 
> > Hmm, hmm.
> > Can we please decide if it's going to remain like this or not? I
> > want to know if I start to change QAT scripts or not.
> 
> I haven't heard any overwhelming objections.  I think you're the most
> intense consumer of these logs, so if you're okay with this order,
> then that will be The Order.

Probably I am. OK, then let's keep it like this.

 [ .. ]

> > > Contributors to this release are Beat Gätzi, Frank Wall, Boris
> > > Samorodov, Martin Wilke, Cory R. King, Ion-Mihai Tetcu, and Aron
> > > Schlesinger.
> > > 
> > > http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/tinderbox-3.2.r1.tar.gz
> > 
> > I've updated on of my tindys (mysql-backed) to this and will report
> > any problems.
> 
> Good.  Beat said he's been running TINDERBOX_3_X for a while without
> issues, and I have been running some of the patches as well.

Me and the other port users also (all the patches MFH until 20081227).

> However, as history has shown, we generally don't get as much
> pre-release testing as we need.  It will be good to get more this
> time through.

Heh.

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