Re: [PATCH] notes/releases.txt

In a message dated: 15 Jul 2003 10:38:50 CDT
kfogel@collab.net said:

>> + Make sure httpd.conf is properly set up for DAV access:
>> +
>> + <Location /repositories>
>> + DAV svn
>> + SVNParentPath /path/to/new_release-X.YY.Z/subversion\
>> + /tests/clients/cmdline/repositories
>> + </Location>
>> +
>> + <Location /local_tmp/repos>
>> + DAV svn
>> + SVNPath /path/to/new_release-X.YY.Z/subversion\
>> + /tests/clients/cmdline/local_tmp/repos
>> + </Location>
>
>This is also a dup of information in INSTALL. Just reference it.

Actually, this is buried in subversion/tests/clients/cmdline/README,
to which I now point.

>Maybe most of the above could be compressed to
>
> "See sections 'Building the Latest Source under Unix' and 'BUILDING
> A SUBVERSION SERVER' in the INSTALL file."

I added this text.

>Don't say how to build Subversion, INSTALL already says it :-).
>
>> c) make
>> d) make check
>> - e) (start up Apache for testing, then) make davcheck
>> - f) (start up svnserve for testing, then) make svncheck
>> - g) subversion/clients/cmdline/svn co http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/t
>runk
>> + e) make install (this activates mod_dav)
>> + e) make davcheck
>
>Likewise, more or less.

Actually, I could find no documentation on running the various tests,
with the exception of a very brief mention in
subversion/tests/clients/cmdline/README.

>> + f) make svncheck
>>
>> + For this step, start up svnserve with special args:
>> +
>> + $ subversion/svnserve/svnserve -d -r \
>> + `pwd`/subversion/tests/clients/cmdline
>> +
>> + After svnserve is running as a daemon 'make svncheck' should run
>> +
>> + g) Then test that you can check out the subversion repository
>> + with this environment:
>> +
>> + subversion/clients/cmdline/svn co \
>> + http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk
>
>I don't know if this material is already in INSTALL, but perhaps it
>should be? The point is, testing is not something only release
>managers do...

None of this information is really documented anywhere. The svnserve
example was found in the toplevel Makefile. IMO, not the optimal
location for it :)

I'll be posting a new patch based on these changes shortly.

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Seeya,
Paul
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