[mapguide-internals] Anyone need a build server? multi platform build system - YES PLEASE

[Paul Spencer]

In the OpenLayers model, the sandbox directory is typically organized  
by the users with a folder for each user and then the users manage  
their own copies of the repository within that structure - but in the  
end, it is totally free-form.  Users decide when to sync their sandbox  
with trunk or whichever branch they copied, there is no automation to  
this and I don't think there should be.

Only users with commit rights to trunk/branches are able to merge code  
from the sandbox back into the main repository but this almost never  
happens since users are expected to generate patches against trunk and  
submit the patches.

I would highly recommend NOT having any sort of auto update of a  
sandbox from the repository.  The process for sync'ing a copy in a  
sandbox with trunk is simple and the process for generating patches  
based on a diff between two locations is equally simple - not obvious  
perhaps but it can (and has) been documented in the OpenLayers project  
and a large number of people now have sandbox accounts that would  
otherwise not contribute.

Obviously for simple changes, a sandbox is overkill - but for larger  
changes, like refactoring code or sweeping documentation updates it is  
very convenient to be able to check changes in, collaborate with  
others, and all the other benefits of a revision control system apply  
too.

Cheers

Paul


On 19-Mar-09, at 9:47 PM, UV wrote:

> Any submit to the master repository is also submitted to the sandbox  
> repository/branchy. This way they stay in sync.
> (some further brainstorming might be useful to organize this in the  
> best manner)


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    Paul Spencer
    Chief Technology Officer
    DM Solutions Group Inc
    http://research.dmsolutions.ca/