Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> To: tmacchant Mike Miller 
> Cc: "octave-maintainers
> Date: 2016/7/26, Tue 10:04
> Subject: Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
>>  From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
>>  To: Mike Miller 
>>  Cc: "octave-maintainers
>>  Date: 2016/7/26, Tue 09:40
>>  Subject: Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
>> 
>>>   From: Mike Miller 
>> 
>>>   To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
>>>   Cc: "octave-maintainers
>>>   Date: 2016/7/26, Tue 02:05
>>>   Subject: Re: [mxe-octave:dev] default-octave on hydra site
>>> 
>>>   On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 15:55:59 +0900, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>>>    If mxe-octave is configured with --enable-octave=default, 
> mxe-octave 
>>  is set 
>>>   to build default branched source.
>>>>    If one did not make tar ball by oneself, the mxe-octave will 
> download 
>>>   default branch source from the hydra site
>>>> 
>>>>    
> http://hydra.nixos.org/job/gnu/octave-default/tarball/latest/download
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>    However, this tar ball has two demerits:
>>>> 
>>>>    1. It is not the latest. (Some delays always happen.)
>>>>    2. Contents of the file HD-ID is "unknown" and 
> ChangeLog is 
>>  empty 
>>>   so that 
>>>>       one cannot know to which commit is applied to the source tree.
>>>> 
>>>>    Of course, as is written in the wiki about mxe build,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer#Step_2:_To_build_your_first_Octave-for_Windows_development_version:
>>>> 
>>>>    It is better to build octave on Unix family (linux etcs.) and 
> make tar 
>>  ball 
>>>   by make dist.
>>>> 
>>>>    The tar ball using this procedure has not unknown HD-ID and not 
> empty 
>>>   ChangeLog.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>    Perhaps the procedure that the mxe-octave downloads tar ball 
>>>>    from hydra site when octave-x.x.x+.tar.gz does not exist in the 
> pkg 
>>>   directory
>>>>    is considered to be users' convenient.
>>>>    However, demerit is not so small, I think.
>>>> 
>>>>    In my opinion, it is better that use of tarball from hydra site 
> will 
>>  be 
>>>   optional.
>>> 
>>>   I agree with your assessment of the problems with the source
>>>   distribution from hydra.
>>> 
>>>   I don't know if it's possible, but maybe mxe-octave could be 
>>  changed to
>>>   just report an error if the user tries to build default-octave and 
> there
>>>   is no tarball.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Thank you for the reply.
>>  I can add explanation to the wiki about default branch tar ball.
>> 
>>  My English is poor so that I will report here when I will finish the modify 
> the 
>>  wiki.
>> 
>>  Tatsuro
> 
> 
> http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer#Step_2:_To_build_your_first_Octave-for_Windows_development_version:
> 
> I have add caution fo the above for hydra archives. 
> Please correct it.
> 
> Tatsuro


Mike

I have confirmed your change the page.
It is very comprehensive revise.

I appreciate your help.

http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer#Step_2:_To_build_your_first_Octave-for_Windows_development_version


Tatsuro