Automated builds of OSLib (CI)

[Steve Fryatt]

On 29 Sep, Justin F wrote in message
    <alpine.DEB.2.21.2109291956160.2900 at work.gerph.org>:

> However, this code still exists and trivial though it is, it would allow
> OSLib to be built and tested automatically on GitHub, and it would mean
> that it would be possible for people to submit PRs against it, and have
> them reviewed. I know there's not exactly a glut of change going on with
> RISC OS or OSLib, but a more modern approach to the management of the
> sources might mean that it was less maintenance and easier to accept
> changes...
> 
> So is there any interest in that?

Definitely!

I'm conscious that the whole subject of source control, and Git especially,
can be a bit sensitive in the RISC OS world, so I'd not raised the question
because I don't actively dislike Subversion. However, I'd personally be
happy to see OSLib move over to Git if that helped automate things at all.

I'm just one voice of many, however, so what do other people think?

> At the very least it would be simple to set up a static mirror to allow
> people to give PRs that can be manually updated using the existing
> mechanism.

That's another option, which might be a useful half-way house.

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Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

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