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Re: [PATCH 1/5] Restore and fix up the rules for building and uploading snapshots
On 24/04/2011 17:13, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 02:05:53PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> Restore and fix up the rules for building and uploading snapshots
>> removed in version 2.81 of Makefile.am
>>
>> 2011-03-30 Jon TURNEY <jon.turney-GrJqePx9RPPAJUdA+FbntA@public.gmane.org>
>>
>> * Makefile.am (release, snapshot, clean-local): Restore and fix up the
>> rules for building and uploading snapshots
>
> See Change #2.81 (which you apparently already know about).
I guess I misunderstood the check-in comment to mean "Remove these rules
because they have been broken by other changes" rather than "Remove these
rules because testing is unnecessary" :-)
> I don't think setup.exe snapshots are very useful. I never see much
> indication that anyone uses them which is why I removed the code to
> begin with. I'd rather not raise setup.exe to the level of a "product"
> which we have to beta test.
I wrote a lengthy response here, but it's your decision, so, patch withdrawn.