[Seaside-dev] [Seaside] Package conventions & monticello versioning

[Avi Shefi]

Thank you.
I'm just trying to keep track of all the changes I'm doing while working on
issues.
It seems like you have to work your way around this, since Monticello
doesn't provide you with a tool/methodology for this use case.


Avi.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com> wrote:

> Avi,
>
> I am suspicious about using a '-' to separate the author name and issueXXX
> .... I don't recall the exact rules that Gofer/Monticello uses in
> interpreting mcz file names, but I think that using the '-' where you
> suggest will cause issueXXX to be interpreted as the author name ... also
> you need to include an integer count of some sort before the .mcz extension
> or you will get into even more trouble.
>
> I have had success over the years using the following pattern:
>
>  Seaside-Core.IssueXXX-<initials>.<count>.mcz
>
> This pattern will not be inadvertently interpreted as a Seaside-Core
> package by Gofer/Monticello and is very readable.
>
> Dale
>
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Avi Shefi wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> Assuming you are working on fixing several issues on the Seaside-Core
> package, what's the best way to work on issues & patches using Monticello?
> The best option I can think of is:
> 1) do your work on the issue
> 2) save it to a mcz file named: Seaside-Core-<initials>-issueXXX.mcz
> 3) reload the original ancestor from which you started
> 4) keep working on other issues without having the code of the previous fix
> inside the image
>
> This way, if you make multiple changes on the same package you will be able
> to send each one of them in a different file, without getting the code
> mixed-up along the fixes you submit.
>
> Is this the right way?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Avi.
>
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