RELEASE file

[Florian Feldbauer via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

Dear all,

after the collaboration meeting last week, I would like to make the 
request that all EPICS modules (e.g. asyn, stream, snmp, ....)
include the lines

> -include $(TOP)/../RELEASE.local
> -include $(TOP)/../RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).local
> -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local

in their configure/RELEASE file. These lines were introduced in base 7 
and from my point of view this simplifies building EPICS via scripts!
Also I agree with Dirk Zimoch, who mentioned during the meeting, that 
configure/RELEASE is not the best place to store dependencies to 
specific versions.
In addition, such a line simplifies the collaborative work on a package 
via git, as you do not need to modify configure/RELEASE for your 
environment anymore. Thus creating merge/pull requests only contain 
changes to source files and no longer changes to the environment 
configuration. The file 'configure/RELEASE.local' should be included in 
the .gitignore file, of course.
Best regards,
Florian

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