[GRASS5] 5.3/5.5 CVS snapshots - was: Re: [GRASSLIST:4980] Re: Info about 5.4cvs and nviz on 5.7cvs

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 07:35:25PM +0100, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 03:26:22PM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 09:19:51AM +0000, Paul Kelly wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Lorenzo Moretti wrote:
> > > 
> > > >After Grass 5.4.0 release I have download the new cvs version 
> > > >(grass53src_cvs_snapshot_exp_2004_11_20.tar.gz) but I have seen that this 
> > > >version is like old 5.3 with static libraries for OS X not like 5.4.0 with 
> > > >shared libs.
> > > 
> > > Yes some of the changes on the 5.4 branch could/should be backported into 
> > > the CVS HEAD. But there is not much point in using the CVS HEAD as new 
> > > development has now been moved to 5.7.
> 
> > better to disable the CVS snapshot cronjobs for pre-5.7 code?
> 
> Why? If there is a 5.4.x CVS with bug fixes (like there should be)
> then snapshots would make sense.

Currently the 5.4.0 release contains fixes which are not present
in CVS HEAD (5.3/5.5).

Or do you mean a 5.4.x-release-branch CVS snapshot?

Markus