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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Dr. Florian Feldbauer
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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