Re: Question on release process - making release public by svn move

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 2:03 PM, sebb <sebbaz_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 March 2012 12:48, Daniel Shahaf <danielsh_at_apache.org> wrote:
>> sebb wrote on Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 12:30:53 +0000:
>>> On 3 March 2012 09:29, Daniel Shahaf <danielsh_at_apache.org> wrote:
>>> > Greg Stein wrote on Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 04:20:33 -0500:
>>> >> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 04:02, Daniel Shahaf <danielsh_at_apache.org> wrote:
>>> >> >> >>> The release tarballs and signatures can be svn mv'ed from the
>>> >> >> >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/httpd/ repository across to the
>>> >> >> >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/httpd/ repository.
>>> >> >> >>> <<
>>> >> >> >>>
>>> >> >> >>> I've tried using svn mv directly on a test repo (i.e. not using a
>>> >> >> >>> workspace), and it does not seem to be possible to move multiple files
>>> >> >> >>> at once.
>>> >> >> >>>
>>> >> >> >>> Can I ask for a bit more detail on how you actually do the move?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 1)
>>> >> > svnmucc -m logmsg -U https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/   \
>>> >> >        mv dev/subversion/subversion-1.7.4.tar.bz2         \
>>> >> >           release/subversion/subversion-1.7.4.tar.bz2     \
>>> >> >        mv dev/subversion/subversion-1.7.4.tar.bz2.asc     \
>>> >> >           release/subversion/subversion-1.7.4.tar.bz2.asc
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 2)
>>> >> > svn mv https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/subversion-1.7.4.tar.bz2 \
>>> >> >       https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/subversion-1.7.4.tar.bz2.asc \
>>> >> >       https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/subversion/
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 3)
>>> >> > svn mv https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/1.7.4/ \
>>> >> >       https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/subversion/
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 4)
>>> >> > svn mv https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/1.7.4/ \
>>> >> >       https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/subversion/1.7.4/
>>> >> >
>>
>> There is also
>>
>> 5)
>> svn co --depth empty https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/
>> cd dist
>> svn up --parents --set-depth infinity dev/subversion release/subversion/
>> svn mv dev/subversion/* release/subversion/
>
> Won't that download every single prior release and all release
> candidates for subversion?
> That is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
>
>>> And when might one use the different options?
>>> For example, how does 4) differ from 3)?
>>> Won't 4) end up creating subversion/1.7.4/1.7.4/ ?
>>
>> The semantics are the same as unix mv: if the 2nd argument already
>> exists, then the first argument is moved to a child within the 2nd
>> argument named like the basename of the first argument; otherwise,
>> the parent of the 2nd argument must exist.
>
> Probably safer not to recommend 4 then; as its behaviour changes
> depending on the repo state.
>
>>>
>>> Also 1 & 2 seem to relate to different directory layouts compared with 3 & 4.
>>> As far as I can tell, 3&4 assume each release has a different
>>> subdirectory, which is not the case with httpd at present.
>>> Using a separate sub-directory per release makes it trivial, but is
>>> not going to suit all projects.
>>
>> Who said per release?  You can use
>>
>> /release/$tlp/foo/
>>
>> with directory moves, where "foo" is some constant string.
>
> Well of course, but that's not the point.
>
> If foo contains multiple versions, renaming foo will rename all the
> files contained therein, which is not what is required.
>
> I also asked:
>
> How was the following commit acheived?
>
> svn log -r397 -v https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/
>
> Whatever was used to generate that commit is good because it shows
> clearly that the release files were derived from the dev files, for
> example:
>
>  R /release/httpd/CHANGES_2.2 (from /dev/httpd/CHANGES_2.2:396)
>  A /release/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.21 (from /dev/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.21:396)

Just following from a distance here, but from the looks of it, I think
option 2 from Daniel's suggestions would work quite well for projects
which don't have a directory per release (and if you want the move to
be done server-side). From 'svn help move':

    usage: move SRC... DST

So you can simply give multiple sources and one destination directory. As in:

    svn mv ^/dev/httpd/CHANGES_2.2 ^/dev/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.21 ^/release/httpd

However, I'm not sure about your exact example. I don't think you can
do the R (replace) without a working copy.

-- 
Johan