Re: Current Directory structure ?

Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > ["Tomas V.V.Cox" <cox@idecnet.com>] > > Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > > > > > [Christian Stocker <chregu@phant.ch>] > > > > > > > > the script /pearweb/cron/make-packages.php creates .tgz files of all > > > > packages plus a xml-file (Packages.xml) with some relevant > > > > information about these packages. the WebInstaller uses already this > > > > xml file. the make-packages.php will run on pear.php.net in the > > > > (hopefully) near future. > > > > > > Btw, there is a problem with the make-packages script as long as > > > there are no CVS tags in any modules. The code you check out the next > > > day may give you a package with the same version number but different > > > files. > > > > > > > I guess this last should be done by a shell script in cron, that finally > > calls the make-packages. Or you are thinking in doing this directly from > > php like chora? > > Two options: a script like make-packages.php, or generating the > tarballs on the fly as long as they are CVS-hosted at cvs.php.net. > But that'd only be for bootstrapping really, in the future when people > do releases through the web interface, the tarball will either be > uploaded as part of the release, or generated from a CVS release > checkout. > I see only problems on generating the packages on the fly: loadaverage, mirrors, all-packages-download, ... A cron job and even a "do the cron now" button seems to me better. Tomas V.V.Cox