perfsonar development work

[Roman Lapacz <>]

Jeff W. Boote wrote:
> Roman Lapacz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > today I realized that our service tags on the SVN are not complete 
> > snapshots (pictures) of the services. I thought that we can treat 
> > them as stable and complete copies of our services but it's not true 
> > in 100%. The problem is that ggf classes don't exist in tags (the 
> > same problem we have in our STABLE branches). ggf part is only linked 
> > when the service sources are downloaded from the SVN (that time we 
> > see service sources and ggf sources as a one). But when something has 
> > changed in ggf part in the SVN then we can say that services in tags 
> > also have changed (but of course it's not what we want). The services 
> > need ggf classes that is why they should be present in tags as well 
> > in the shape from the moment when tags were created.
> >
> > I hope I presented this clear (not sure :)
> >
> > I think it's a problem to be solved. We need to expect that our 
> > services in tags are complete and unchanged but we don't have this 
> > now. What do you think? Can we have ggf classes somehow in svn tags 
> > (and STABLE branches as well)?
>
> To do this - you have to modify the external property that is linking 
> in the ggf part and modify it to link in a specific version number. In 
> trunk, we want the 'latest' trunk to be linked in. In your specific 
> stable versions - you want to use the specific version number of the 
> ggf links that were in use when you made the tag.
>
> Basically - do an svn status on one of the ggf files after doing the 
> 'copy' to create the tag. Then, modify the property to specifically 
> link in that version instead of trunk. (If this is not clear - let me 
> know and I'll create an example.)

I think I understand. I will try it tomorrow (it's my time to go home :)

thanks

Roman