[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.3.0RC1 released

[Glynn Clements]

Carlos Dávila wrote:

> >> I looked at your announcement for the 6.3 release. It is excellent. I
> >> noticed several new modules that have been missed in the menu and need to be
> >> added. Can I just add them to the current grass6 cvs source I've been
> >> working with for 6.3 or do I need to check out another source tree for a
> >> release branch to add them?
> >
> > Add them to the head first, then back-port to the release branch after
> > testing.
> >
> > The quickest way to get the release branch is to make a copy of the
> > head (cp -a) then run "cvs update -r releasebranch_6_3" in the copy.
> >
> > To sync changes from the trunk to a branch, use "cvs update" with two
> > -j switches, e.g.:
> >
> > 	cvs update -j releasebranch_6_3 -j HEAD
> >
> > This is roughly equivalent to:
> >
> > 	cvs diff -r releasebranch_6_3 -r HEAD | patch -p0
> 
> I followed your instructions to send some changes to both head and 
> release branch. Files were updated in my local releasebranch copy, but 
> doesn't seem to have changed in repository (or I'm looking in the wrong 
> place).

Both of the above only update the local copy; you need to use
"cvs commit" to actually commit the changes.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>