Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Failed to update xine-lib package

[Alexandre Bacquart]

On 07/09/2011 03:31 PM, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> Alexandre Bacquart schrieb:
> > But during the update of MCE, there was a little problem I'm just
> > wondering about. Basically, I made:
> >
> > $ hg pull -u
> >
> > ...
> >
> > $ make update
>
> Please note that "make update" is _not_ meant to be used by end users.
>
> Upgrading package versions always requires some testing, and often
> requires some hand-work, too. The "make update" mechanism is our
> attempt to automate as much as possible of this nasty task. Usually,
> a mingw-cross-env developer issues "make update" for all packages
> (or just for some subset of it), fixes remaining issues, and uploads
> those changes to the repository (or proposes it to the mailing list).
>
> Of course, you are welcome to help us with that task, if you like.

I already added tinyxml when I started working with MCE...it was not 
much, but in case I add other packages I'll be glad to share it again. 
After all, that's how open source gets along :)

> However, if you just want to get a working mingw-cross-env with the
> latest roughly checked versions of all packages, a simple "hg pull -u"
> is sufficient.
Ok, thanks for clarifying that point. I'll try to remember next time I 
just want to make it work.


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Alexandre