Re: [PHP4BETA] pre-beta3

http://va.php.net/~sas/snapshots/ has daily snapshots. tc On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Eli Marmor wrote: > Hello, > > Following the pre-beta3 release for Windows, wouldn't it be useful > to have a similar package for UNIX (or more precisely, a ".tar.gz" > package of the SOURCE)? Such a snapshot, of course AFTER applying > the autoconf and all the other required builds, may add many other > users and testers to the process, and help the development to find > more bugs and/or problems. Even users who are familiar with CVS and > autoconf etc., sometimes are afraid of loading a broken mid-version > and a snapshot which is done in a "good" time may encourage them. > It is also common with many Open-Source projects, including Apache > ( http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/ ). Of course, > contrary > to some of these projects, I don't mean an auto snapshot generation > but choosing a time when the CVS version is not too unstable (more > or less), and building a .tar.gz file ready for configure and make. > > Is it possible to do? Maybe even today? > > [In case the "final" beta3 is planned for the following, let's say, > 24 hours, this snapshot is not relevant, of course, and I apologize > in advance if this is the case]. > -- > Eli Marmor > marmor@elmar.co.il > El-Mar Software Ltd. > > -- > PHP 4 Beta > > Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany