[Openmcl-devel] Re: docs FAQ and CVS/build cycle sections need revamping

[Lars Rosengreen]

On Aug 5, 2004, at 8:30 PM, Gary Byers wrote:

> The "stable" tree (clozure.com:/usr/local/tmpcvs/ccl-0.14) should
> contain sources that correspond to the most recent binary release +
> "simple" bug fixes.  It should always be possible to follow the heap
> image build procedure [link] to generate an up-to-date heap image,
> using the heap image from the most recent binary release and these
> "stable" sources.
>
> Binary releases are based on the contents of the "stable" tree as
> of the time of release.  "Simple" bug fixes (those that don't involve
> significant changes to OpenMCL's ABI) are usually checked into the
> stable CVS tree [sometimes with some nagging involved.]

Based on this information, and unless there are objections, I plan to 
change the way I maintain fink's package for OpenMCL.  From now on I 
will roughly track the ccl-14 tree instead of only updating the package 
every time there is an official release.

-Lars Rosengreen