[tex-live] unix/windows inst, binaries
Gerben Wierda
Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl
Thu Oct 7 08:23:13 CEST 2004
On 6 Oct 2004, at 23:16, Karl Berry wrote:
> As for binaries, may I suggest that for the final turn all
> platform build
> should be made from the updated source (not source.development).
>
> It would be a great deal of trouble for everyone to rebuild the
> binaries
> again. I see no purpose in doing so merely after copying
> source.development to source -- the generated binaries would be exactly
> the same.
>
> I would go so far as to suggest that we update source.development to
> source after the release, actually, so we can be sure that what is in
> source is actually what got released.
I think that not all binaries are in sync with the exact same
source.development time stamp.
I favour an absolute "code" freeze by moving to source, then a
recompile window for people to deliver and who does has delivered 100%
accurate and for the rest you use what you already have.
G
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