[Rivet] Move bootstrap into main repository for versioning?

[David Grellscheid]

Hi Frank,

I think we can use tags in the bootstrap repo for that, so instead of
the current

 http://rivet.hepforge.org/hg/bootstrap/raw-file/tip/rivet-2-bootstrap

it will be

 http://rivet.hepforge.org/hg/bootstrap/raw-file/2.0.0/rivet-2-bootstrap

See you,

  David


On 06/02/14 09:05, Frank Siegert wrote:
> Actually, these two issues just got me thinking whether it would be
> wise to move the bootstrap script into Rivet main such that it can
> remain working for older versions. The download would then be from
> something like
> 
> http://rivet.hepforge.org/hg/rivet/raw-file/rivet-2.0.0/rivet-2-bootstrap
> 
> and would simply remain as it is even if we have to change something for 2.1.0.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Cheers,
> Frank
> 
> On 6 February 2014 10:00, Frank Siegert <frank.siegert at cern.ch> wrote:
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>>>>> Frank, I've merged some extra changes into the bootstrap scripts, to move the autotools building into the dev mode only. When we release 2.0.1 do you want to remove mention of yaml-cpp completely, or just set INSTALL_YAMLCPP=0 by default?
>>>>
>>>> I would do the latter, and remove it at some later point, just to make
>>>> it possible for users to install 2.0.0 at all.
>>>
>>> Ok. So it will require some special treatment to apply --with-yaml-cpp
>>> if version < 2.1.0, otherwise without :-/
>>
>> Ah, right, I forgot about that. I would suggest to remove the
>> --with-yaml_cpp from the configure and set INSTALL_YAMLCPP=0, but
>> leave the installation block in, such that it's a simple one-line
>> change in case somebody wants to install 2.0.0. When we release 2.2.0
>> I think we can remove it.
>>
>>>> One more point about the "getting started" for new users: would you
>>>> mind replacing the URL of the "Get Rivet" link on the homepage such
>>>> that it points to the GettingStarted wiki page? I think currently it
>>>> might be a bit misleading for users to be transferred directly to the
>>>> download page.
>>>
>>> Done! Thanks.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> (I hope users will notice the distinction between "Get Started" and
>> "Download source code".)
>>
>>> However, the bootstrap scripts need to install cmake if it's not
>>> found: it's needed to build Rivet due to the built-in yaml-cpp, and the
>>> build from rivet-2-bootstrap-lcg currently fails on lxplus because there
>>> isn't a system cmake installation (really?!?)
>>> [I guess hg could be reverted to install on failed autodetection rather
>>> than explicit request, since I don't think there is any version
>>> sensitivity -- unlike for Cython.]
>>
>> Right, I'll update the bootstrap script now such that there is cmake
>> autodiscovery/install also for the release version.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Frank
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