Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom silver branch

[root]

Ralf,

> On 04/12/2006 03:46 PM, root wrote:
> >> I would like to discuss the organization of branches and procedures.
> > 
> > I'd suggest that you create a new branch in the root version
> > of Makefile.pamphlet called 'silver'. So someone who wants to
> > build the silver version would use something like:
> > 
> > export AXIOM=~/mnt/silver
> > 
> > or 
> > 
> > export AXIOM=~/mnt/linux-silver
> 
> Sorry, I cannot see any point in doing this. If somebody checks out from 
> the SVN silver branch to ~/silver then the compilation result is a 
> SilverAxiom and it lives under ~/silver/${MNT}/${SYS}.
> 
> Exactly the same if you check out from the axiom--main--1 (gold) archive 
> to ~/gold you get a GoldAxiom under ~/gold/${MNT}/${SYS}.

The point is that a 'silver' section of the root Makefile.pamphlet
would allow you to completely change the build behavior of the system.
So you don't have to build lisp, for instance.

t