[Pkg-ofed-commits] r435 - /trunk/misc/new-upstream.txt

[gmpc-guest at alioth.debian.org]

Author: gmpc-guest
Date: Fri Aug  7 16:59:02 2009
New Revision: 435

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-ofed/?sc=1&rev=435
Log:
Notes in intergrating new upstream

Added:
    trunk/misc/new-upstream.txt

Added: trunk/misc/new-upstream.txt
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-ofed/trunk/misc/new-upstream.txt?rev=435&op=file
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+Notes on intergrating a new upstream release.
+
+* Grab the OFED tarball and unpack.
+
+* extract the source from the SRPMS;
+-use alien -t to convert to .tgz.
+-extract the tarballs.
+
+* Work out what has changed from previous release.
+-Upsteam has a habit of not updating version numbers.
+-Tools such as  meld are useful to show all diffs
+ between new source tree and old.
+
+* Branch the svn trunk to create a tree to import into.
+
+* Import new .tar.gz with svn-upgrade
+-May need to force version number if upstream have not updated it.
+
+* Build packages,
+
+* tag the svn tree and merge back into the trunk.