Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Please Compile the ethereal once on window before every release

["Naveen Kumar Kaushik" <naveenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Richard Sharpe" <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Naveen Kumar Kaushik" <naveenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Please Compile the ethereal once on window
before every release


> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Naveen Kumar Kaushik wrote:
>
> > I am ready to do this . Let me just know the code freeze date for a
> > particular version so that i can download and compile.
>
> Thank you for offering to take this on.
>
> Typically Gerald announces a week before a release is about to happen that
> he is about to make a release. This is usually done on the Ethereal-dev
> mailing list.
I am a member of ethereal devolopment list so i will know if release is
going to happen.

>
> Depending on the actual release cycle, we might have to freeze the tree
> for a day or so to allow the test builds to be done, or we might have to
> split off the release branch and so on.

>
> Why don't you make some suggestions around how you would like to approach
> the task for the next release.

Won't it we good if Gerald announces date of code freeze for the version .
Or can we put the freezed code tar on website ,so that compilation problem
can be found out, can be put on dev list and fixed before the release.  I
can download

> Typically we know that the CVS tree builds on a range of UNIX-like
> platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, perhaps Solaris, etc, but we do not
> have a build-farm, so we can't guarantee that it builds on all platforms.
thats good I am also not a big fan of microsoft ,i generally works on linux
and FreeBSD but my work requirs me to compile ethereal  so it will help me
and others interested in compiling ethereal on win32.
> Regards
> -----
> Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
> sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
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