[Uml-devel] Project coordination

[Jonathan Riddell]

> is there a way to set SF to notify to the list automatically when cvs gets
> updated? (paul??) if yes, we need to turn it on.

I agree, this would be very useful.

> I still have my copy of cvs which I sent to paul a few days ago (file name
> uml-luis2.tar.bzw) that file fixed the line terminator problems, fixed the
> code generator problems and added a couple of new features (Esc and Shift) ) but
> I dont really know if that code ever made it to CVS or if Paul's crash
> happened before that.

I think the version Paul was committing when he had his problem was your
version plus some dialogue stuff he'd done.

I get the following error on compile
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `selectlanguagesdlg.cpp', needed by
`selectlanguagesdlg.o'.  Stop

Which I think is a file that was never committed.

> Anyways.. I know it sounds like a lot of work, but I think this is what
> should happen:
> The "coordinator" should temporarly block cvs, and then get a fresh copy
> from it.
> I can send him my file and he can compare / merge the files.
> Anyone else who has done some code and is not sure it made it to cvs does
> the same (send it to the coordinator)
> the coordinator tests that everything is working (should build and install
> without any problems) if this is the case, he makes a distclean, removes
> Makefile.in, configure, and all other files that are automatically generated and
> then cleans cvs (copy the whole repository to a back up place) and does a new,
> fresh import with the fixed code.

I will try to do this if there's no complaints.  It will probably just be
a revert to Luis' archive and then any of Paul's changes which are
salvageable can be merged after.

> >From this point on, people writing to cvs must notify changes to the list
> (should not take too long to write a two lines email) and take care not to add
> files which should not be in cvs, like Makefiles and the such. Those should
> be generated locally and shold stay local.

There's a file called .cvsignore or something similar that blocks some
files from being uploaded, I'll investigate that.

> There was a volunteer to take over project coordination. Do you think you
> can do it?

Well, I'd be honoured.

Jonathan Riddell