[dpdk-dev] how can I get a git version of Latest Major release? (18.02.1)

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hi,

25/04/2018 16:02, Andrii:
> Nice.
> 
> Thanks Harry.
> 
> Yep I got 18.02.1 from dpdk-stable
> 
> Is that possible to have tags like  v18.02.1 in http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk
> Because the only one I can get from it is v18.02

No, the main repo is not managing stable branches.
You will have backports and stable release tags only in dpdk-stable.
But you can have both in the directory by using "git remote add".

> That would be great also if dpdk.org would provide some link to dpdk-stable
> Because now it points only to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/refs/
> which shows only 18.02 as the latest release

Yes the webpage could point explicitly to it.

> So common user is just not able to get 18.02.1 from git anyhow if he is
> just
> browsing dpdk.org

Note that browsing allows to find it:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/

You will find also a repo dpdk-web to send a patch for such change on the
website. The mailing list is web at dpdk.org (Cc'ed).



> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Van Haaren, Harry <
> harry.van.haaren at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Andrii
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 2:45 PM
> > > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] how can I get a git version of Latest Major release?
> > > (18.02.1)
> > >
> > > I could get only 18.02 tag, which is from February.
> > > I want to see exactly which commits are in 18.02.1 and there is no such a
> > > git tag
> > > or github release etc.
> > > Downloading 18.02.1 tarball without git history and comparing sources to
> > > git tree seems quite stupid.
> > > Also the question is why there is no such a branch or at least tag
> > > which points to latest major? That seems strange.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > Hi Andrii,
> >
> >
> > All of the DPDK repos are available here:
> > http://dpdk.org/browse
> >
> > Please see the stable repo for various table releases:
> > http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/
> >
> > You'll find tags, branches and more at the above location, eg:
> > http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/log/?h=v18.02.1
> >
> >
> > Hope that helps, -Harry
> >
>