Proposal: Split libtalloc, libtdb, libtevent and libldb into a separate upstream project

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 01/10/2011 09:21 AM, Stefan (metze) Metzmacher wrote:
> Am 10.01.2011 13:26, schrieb Stephen Gallagher:
>> 1) Libtalloc, libtdb, libtevent and libldb should see upstream tarball
>> releases on a much faster basis. I will be discussing with my management
>> at Red Hat whether I can volunteer to take this responsibility on.
>>
>> 2) As an addendum to the above, we should look into automating the
>> release process for these libraries, based on changes to the version
>> variable in the wscript file.
>>
>> 3) Include git tags for each of these library releases, instead of only
>> for samba releases.
> 
> Autogeneration of the tags and release tarballs would be the simplest
> approach.
> 
> The only need to think about how to generat gpg checksums.
> Or we just generate emails to a release manager to let him do the final
> sign off.


I think the latter makes the most sense. It's never a bad idea to have
any automated process double-checked by a human being.

Do you have some suggestions as to how the automation could be handled?

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