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Hi,

my current setup is the first version of Synchronet that I'm using.
I've installed the latest stable release (3.18b) from the git repository.

But as I'm watching the echos here, there is quite some development going on and also the documentation wiki evolves, but (naturally) documents the latest versions of the modules instead of the latest "stable" version.

So my question is:
How often are new stable releases coming out normally?
Or: Is it predictable when the next release will be ready?

Thank you very much!

Regards,
Anna

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To: acn
Re: Release cycle?
By: acn to All on Tue Feb 23 2021 03:21 pm

So my question is:
How often are new stable releases coming out normally?
Or: Is it predictable when the next release will be ready?

Not very often. The developers could answer better but I am not sure.

I have always kept up to date with the current version, the master branch.

That means the BBS goes down for 5 or 10 minutes while I "git pull" and "make symlinks setcap" once or twice a week.

It's not a bad thing to install a stable version and wait for the next but I always want to see these new developments as they appear. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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To: acn
Re: Release cycle?
By: acn to All on Tue Feb 23 2021 03:21 pm

So my question is:
How often are new stable releases coming out normally?

There's no fixed schedule, but you can see the history of releases here: https://wiki.synchro.net/history:versions

Or: Is it predictable when the next release will be ready?

Lately it's been about one release a year and I do expect that v3.19 will be "released" this year, some time after it hits the master branch in git and has extensive testing.
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To: acn
On 2/23/2021 7:21 AM, acn wrote:

my current setup is the first version of Synchronet that I'm using.
I've installed the latest stable release (3.18b) from the git repository.

But as I'm watching the echos here, there is quite some development going on and also the documentation wiki evolves, but (naturally) documents the latest versions of the modules instead of the latest "stable" version.

So my question is:
How often are new stable releases coming out normally?
Or: Is it predictable when the next release will be ready?

Well, 3.18b was pretty recent, 3.17b was January 2019,
and 3.15c was August 2015... so every few years or so.

I tend to prefer to track to nightlies... that means on occassion
you get a broken one, but it's still often better for working against.
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To: Digital Man
Re: Release cycle?
By: Digital Man to acn on Tue Feb 23 2021 11:18 am

Lately it's been about one release a year and I do expect that v3.19 will be "released" this year, some time after it hits the master branch in git and has extensive testing.

I was thinkin... you could release like Oracle does ... Synchronet v3.21 (because it is the year 2021). Next year, Synchronet v3.22. And you could even get darker ... Synchronet v3.21.2.23 (you know, February 23, 2021 release).

Okay, I'm done.

Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
Caught in a Dream | caughtinadream.com a Synchronet BBS

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To: Tracker1
Re: Re: Release cycle?
By: Tracker1 to acn on Tue Feb 23 2021 01:08 pm

I tend to prefer to track to nightlies... that means on occassion
you get a broken one, but it's still often better for working against.

Every three days. :)

Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
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To: Digital Man
Hi,

There's no fixed schedule, but you can see the history of releases here: https://wiki.synchro.net/history:versions
Lately it's been about one release a year and I do expect that v3.19 will be "released" this year, some time after it hits the master branch in git and has extensive testing.

Okay, thank you.

Can the "master" branch be considered somewhat stable and ready for testing or is it more like a "dev" branch?

Regards,
Anna

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To: acn
Re: Release cycle?
By: acn to Digital Man on Thu Feb 25 2021 11:01 am

Hi,

There's no fixed schedule, but you can see the history of releases here: https://wiki.synchro.net/history:versions
Lately it's been about one release a year and I do expect that v3.19 will be "released" this year, some time after it hits the master branch in git and has extensive testing.

Okay, thank you.

Can the "master" branch be considered somewhat stable and ready for testing or is it more like a "dev" branch?

It's a dev branch for sure (bugs are often committed, but usually quickly fixed).
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To: poindexter FORTRAN
On 2/24/2021 7:55 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:

Dream Master wrote to Digital Man <=-

DM> I was thinkin... you could release like Oracle does ... Synchronet
DM> v3.21 (because it is the year 2021). Next year, Synchronet v3.22. And
DM> you could even get darker ... Synchronet v3.21.2.23 (you know, February
DM> 23, 2021 release).

DM> Okay, I'm done.

Synchronet Vista! Who's with me?

docker pull bbsio/synchronet:nightly-20210223

;-)
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To: Tracker1

Tracker1 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

docker pull bbsio/synchronet:nightly-20210223

I set up a Linux VM on my Proxmox server and loaded Docker on it - planning
on trying out Synchronet in a container this morning...


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To: poindexter FORTRAN
On 2/26/2021 6:02 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:

docker pull bbsio/synchronet:nightly-20210223

I set up a Linux VM on my Proxmox server and loaded Docker on it - planning on trying out Synchronet in a container this morning...

Hopefully you didn't encounter the broken nightly yesterday... I force
pushed a different nightly-20210227 and re-ran for nightly and nightly-20210228 about an hour ago... both are working now... I also
removed
some of the in between tags that may have had a couple issues.

If you're running "latest", you'll want to copy the latest ecweb or
runemaster web directories (see backup/default/web-runemaster) into the
./web directory. By default it copies ecweb4, but that isn't in the
1.1b repo so it doesn't get installed.

I added x00 download/install into xtrn/dosutils as well as
added/configured node and deno (other JS runtimes) to store/cache data
in xtrn/.cache, _deno and _node respectively. Not used by default but available...

My next change will be to also add xtrn/bin to the path so that external executables (linux) can be placed there. After that, going to work on
getting an easier to access shell sbbs-dosemu or something as a command
to get drive mounts that match what a door uses, so configuration apps
can be accessed/used more easily.

If you want to use nightly, might pin (see docker-compose.yml) the image
to :nightly-20210228 for now, unless/until you're ready to
change/upgrade again.
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