[oi-dev] Release engineering // planing

[Jim Klimov]

On 2013-07-12 17:42, Erol Zavidic wrote:
> Important question over here:
>
> Are we ever going to promote hipster to /dev or /release then? This is
> question in particular due to gcc/sunstudio differences.

Why not? Code is code. /hipster can be compiled with GCC,
which is an easier entry point for assorted contributors
who did not get their hands on the one needed proprietary
SunStudio version back in the day, and can't legally get
it now, at least not for installation onto their PCs (may
be it is legal to let them access a compile-farm with SS).

Then when code is promoted to /dev and ultimately /release
it can be recompiled with SS. On one hand it would give
another tool's verification opinion about the code quality,
and on another (if SS-built code so far is assumed more
stable) - the less adventurous users would have more peace
of mind with their non-experimental machines running /dev
or /release.

Ultimately, when /hipster code experiences no hickups with
GCC-built code, maybe the higher-level repos might also
switch to GCC-built releases. This might break upgrades
of older SS-built systems though, especially if for some
reason these are done partially, from what I gather about
current hipster (mis-)adventures?..

My 2c,
//Jim