On 30.05.2009 16:30, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Two new targets: make export make tarball Both preserve svn revisions and the exported tree does not depend on subversion in any way or shape.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net
We need this for five reasons: 1. Packagers currently have to patch flashrom source to compile it on systems without subversion. We should make it easier for them. 2. Snapshot tarballs currently have a .svn 1.5 directory included but this will cause errors for users with older svn 1.4. Not requiring subversion for snapshot compilation is best. 3. Since packagers seldom the svn revision in their fixup patches, some packages out there have incorrect or no revision, only major version numbers. 4. Releasing a new version of flashrom needs too many changes to the makefile which have to be reverted instantly after the release. That is unnecessary churn. 5. Making a release is easy with the change. Update the major version, then run "make tarball".
Regards, Carl-Daniel