Re: Release plan

Stefan.Fuhrmann@etas.de wrote:

> > * change the build to use VS.NET2005 (that also means that people
> > using the free VC-Express can build TortoiseBlame, SubWCRev, ResText,
> > ... without any problems)
>
> Great! Things will be much easier for me then. Could you please
> keep me informed as soon as the project files have been converted?

I've ordered MSDN prof. three weeks ago, but the DVD's haven't arrived
yet because MS has problems with delivery. Obviously, they didn't expect
such a run for VS2005 and simply don't have that many DVD's to ship
ready. But I've started the VS2005 download in the office today, which
should be (hopefully) finished tomorrow. So I'll install the new version
this weekend and will then start to convert the project files.

That will also mean that I will provide the nightly builds from then on,
unless of course Russell has VS2005 too and wants to do the builds himself.

> > * Maybe even get it to build for 64-bit
>
> That will depend on whether the SVN projects can be patched automatically.
> For the TSVN projects, we just need to check how the additional, unknown
> platform (x64) is handled by VC-Express.

That depends on how many files need changing. I already automatically
patch apr-iconv by keeping the changed file in the TSVN repo and copying
it over to the iconv directory just before the build.

> > Then, when Subversion 1.3.0 gets released:
> > * create a branch from trunk, named "1.3.x".
>
> Perhaps, we should wait (just as an additional constraint) until we
> are sure about the VC2k5 port (i.e. no unforseen obstacles arise) and
> have decided about the x64 integration. (Please note, that VC2k5 does
> not depend on the x64 issue.)

I know that these two don't depend on each other. But I think a week
will be enough to test this conversion - I guess MS didn't change the
crt/MFC/ATL/... libs that much, after all they have to be compatible.

> Since both changes are neither trivial nor "bugfix only", they should
> not take place on 1.3.x but on the trunk. If they are ready before 1.3.x
> gets branched they will be available in 1.3. Otherwise, they have to
> wait for 1.4.

That's why I want to do the conversion before the 1.3 release. Otherwise
I'll have to keep VS2003 installed just to build the 1.3.x releases.

Stefan

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