Re: rdma-core package version schema

[Knut Omang <knut.omang-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On Wed, 2017-01-11 at 15:10 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 01:59:16PM +0100, Knut Omang wrote:
> 
> > It seems that interface is only available for those with write
> > access to the github repo which does not cover the (for me at least)
> > common use case that I want to built my own slightly modified test
> > .rpm of something. Then users will end up creating tarballs
> > manually, or outside the build logic, with potentials for mistakes,
> > not to mention the??  documentation need to tell users this.
> 
> Any user can run git archive and it will always create the correct
> result.
> 
> $ git archive --prefix rdma-core/ --output rdma-core-12.tgz HEAD
> 
> No other steps are required.

Wonderful, I'll add it to my git vocabulary,

Thanks,
Knut

> > Isn't a dist target a well established standard the rdma_core packages should??
> > support for simplicity and uniformity?
> 
> 'make dist' is kinda a GNUism where packages that use auto* require
> building pre-build auto* stuff into their tar files. We do not require
> that and our dist tar file is identical to what git archive produces.
> 
> For developers we have the buildlib/cbuild script. Install docker and
> it will automate building packages for you:
> 
> $ buildlib/cbuild build-images centos7  # One time
> $ buildlib/cbuild pkg centos7
> 
> It takes care of all the details and guarantees the build is done with
> the correct set of build time packages.
> 
> Jason
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