Actually, I have a package build script now that pulls most current version of emacspeak from the new git repo. So that part is coming along but I do have another problem however... During the "make install", I get errors about sawfish/*.jl not being found. When I looked around a bit, I noticed that the sawfish stuff is in obsolete now. Shouldn't the install: recipe be modified to not install sawfish? On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 07:34:54PM -0700, T. V. Raman wrote: > the emacspeak-svn package you are likely refering to on github > was a mirror of the googlecode svn repo that someone else had > created. Am sure things will catch up once the announcement has > perculated through the various networks. > >>>>> "Steve" == Steve Holmes <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Steve> This is good news indeed. I like git but could learn a > Steve> lot more about development in a git environment. > Steve> > Steve> Note to Arch Linux users: I plan to build an > Steve> emacspeak-git package to place in the AUR within the > Steve> next day or so. This will make it easier for Arch > Steve> package users to pull emacspeak from git in the > Steve> future. Someone else owns the emacspeak-svn package in > Steve> AUR but I would think that package would eventually go > Steve> away since svn will no longer be used here. > Steve> > Steve> Thanks again for such a neat package for emacs. > Steve> > Steve> On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 03:39:08PM +0000, T. V. Raman > Steve> wrote: > >> Emacspeak Development Is Moving To GitHub > >> > >> > >> 1 Summary: > >> > >> > >> Emacspeak development is moving from Google Code Hosting > >> to GitHub. If you have been running from the SVN > >> repository, I recommend you switch to the GitHub version > >> by executing: > >> > >> > >> git clone https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak.git make > >> config make -j > >> > >> > >> > >> If using Outloud TTS: > >> > >> > >> cd servers/linux-outloud && make > >> > >> > >> > >> If using Espeak TTS: > >> > >> > >> cd servers/linux-espeak && make > >> > >> > >> > >> After this, all you should need to stay up to date is a > >> periodic > >> > >> > >> git pull; make config; make > >> > >> > >> 2 A Brief History > >> > >> > >> > >> The first five years of Emacspeak development used a local > >> RCS repository on my home machine (1994 -1999). The first > >> few releases of Emacspeak were distributed through the Web > >> site and FTP server at Digital Research; they were also > >> mirrored at Cornell. After moving to Adobe Systems in the > >> fall of 1995, Emacspeak was distributed exclusively > >> through my Web page on the Cornell CS Department Web > >> server, which also hosted my personal Web site. In 2000, I > >> created Emacspeak On SourceForge > >> > >> and used that site for both hosting the Emacspeak source > >> code as well as the Web site -- coincidentally, I lost the > >> ability to update my Web site at Cornell CS around the > >> same time. > >> > >> > >> Over time it became harder and harder to publish new > >> Emacspeak releases through the SourceForge > >> interface. Luckily, Google Code Hosting came along a few > >> months after I joined Google, and moving the source code > >> repository to Google Code SVN was a no-brainer. My friend > >> and colleague Fitz helped me migrate the 5+ years of CVS > >> history to SVN; this meant that the source code repository > >> on Google Code also recorded all of the development > >> history that had been built up on Sourceforge. Now, it's > >> time to move to GitHub. I've been using Git for most of my > >> work the last few years, but was simply too lazy to move > >> Emacspeak development from SVN to Git on GoogleCode. But > >> over time, the advantages present in Git as a source > >> control system and GitHub as a hosting service have > >> increased -- primary among these -- a rich set of Emacs > >> tools that have been written to leverage the GitHub > >> API. For Git integration in Emacs, my personal preference > >> is package Magit available through Elpa -- > >> > >> > >> Mx package-install magit in Emacs. > >> > >> > >> > >> The GitHub Web site itself is fairly heavy-weight in terms > >> of its use of scripting, ie performing all operations > >> through the github.com Web site from within Emacs is > >> fairly unpleasant. But the afore-mentioned GitHub API > >> makes this a non-issue at this point with respect to the > >> type of workflow I prefer. So this week, I did the work to > >> migrate Emacspeak development to Emacspeak On GitHub. > >> > >> > >> 3 Status Of Migration > >> > >> > >> > >> With help from some of the kind folk at Google Code > >> Hosting, I've successfully migrated the source code > >> repository including all release tags to GitHub. I am now > >> checking in changes into GitHub; the SVN repository on > >> Google Code Hosting is now frozen, and I do not plan to > >> make any commits there. I presently have no immediate > >> plans to start using features of GitHub like the Issue > >> Tracker; for now we will continue to use the Emacspeak > >> mailing list which has served us well for 20 years. I have > >> also taken this opportunity to prune out legacy portions > >> of the Emacspeak codebase by moving modules to obsolete at > >> each level of the directory tree. Since starting the > >> Emacspeak Blog in late 2005, I have published a sequence > >> of articles describing Emacspeak features and usage > >> patterns; I felt that having these articles for local > >> reference made a useful supplement to the emacspeak online > >> documentation. Toward this end, I have downloaded all > >> articles published so far and checked in both XML and HTML > >> versions into sub-directory blogs. Note that newer > >> articles are also available as .org files under > >> sub-directory announcements. > >> > >> > >> 4 Next Steps > >> > >> > >> > >> I still need to learn how to do software releases on > >> GitHub. > >> > >> Share And Enjoy! > >> > >> > >> Date: <2015-03-06 Fri> > >> > >> Author: raman > >> > >> Created: 2015-03-07 Sat 08:12 > >> > >> Emacs 25.0.50.1 (Org mode 8.2.10) > >> > >> Validate > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Posted By TV Raman to EMACSPEAK The Complete Audio Desktop > >> at 3/09/2015 08:39:00 AM > Steve> > Steve> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Steve> To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your > Steve> address on the emacspeak list send mail to > Steve> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of > Steve> "unsubscribe" or "help".
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