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/doc/packagers.txt
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2.15 of this software has been released, you tested it, found it stable so you
packaged it. How to add it to the SvarDOS packages repository?
Add the new version of your package:
Duplicate the last version of the package into a new file:
$ svn add nasm-2.15.svp
$ svn add nasm-2.15.zip <-- optional (only if package has sources)
$ svn cp nasm-2.14.svp nasm-2.15.svp
$ svn cp nasm-2.14.zip nasm-2.15.zip <-- only if package has sources
Then overwrite the new version files with the actual new files (ie. overwrite
the nasm-2.15.* files in the example above).
Finally, review and commit your changes:
$ svn st
$ svn commit -m 'updated package NASM to version 2.15'
The repository server will automatically serve the latest available version as
the "preferred" version to users. The version strings are processed (and
compared with each other) through the PHP version_compare() function documented
here: <https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.version-compare>
An alternative way would be to simply svn add the new version of files and it
would work just as well, but going through the "svn cp" + overwriting steps
allows svn to store the new version of the files much more efficiently, as it
will store only the bytes that changed instead of the entire file. Subversion
makes use of the xdelta algorithm for storing changes, and this algorithm works
both on text and binary content.
Which version of the package will users get?
The repository server automatically serves the latest available version as the
"preferred" version to users. The version strings are processed (and compared
to each other) through the PHP version_compare() function documented here:
<https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.version-compare>
This function works relatively well, but it might fail on some exotic version
strings. For the time being, there is no way to flag a specific package version
as being "preferred".
88,10 → 101,10
=== REMOVING A PACKAGE ========================================================
On rare occasions it may be necessary to delete some packages. For example if
they proved to be harmful in some way, or if their licensing is not compatible
with SvarDOS distribution, etc. Removing a package means deleting it from the
svn repository and commiting the change. Example:
On rare occasions it may be necessary to delete a package. For example if they
proved to be harmful in some way, or if their licensing is not compatible with
SvarDOS distribution, etc. Removing a package is as simple as deleting it from
the svn repository and commiting the change. Example:
$ cd svardos-pkgs
$ svn del package.svp