Re: svn commit: r1134489 - /subversion/trunk/tools/dist/release.py

hwright_at_apache.org wrote on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 00:14:03 -0000:
> +# About this script:
> +# This script is intended to simplify creating Subversion releases, by
> +# automating as much as is possible. It works well with our Apache
> +# infrastructure, and should make rolling, posting, and announcing
> +# releases dirt simple.
> +#
> +# This script may be run on a number of platforms, but it is intended to
> +# be run on people.apache.org. As such, it may have dependencies (such
> +# as Python version) which may not be common, but are guaranteed to be
> +# available on people.apache.org.

Why does the script need to be run on people.a.o? Infra hat on, unless
there is a good reason, please use some other a.o box for this (eg
subversion.zones.a.o, also FreeBSD).

Also: why does the script need to be run on a.o hardware? (rather than
on the release manager's hardware) Using a.o hardware has implications
on trusting the resulting tarballs in case people.a.o gets broken into.
Received on 2011-06-11 02:50:37 CEST