Re: [Ros-release] How to pre-release before 1st time release

>>     Hey Tully!
>>     `
>>     Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately, I don't think this solves my
>> problem.

>>     I am able to trigger the pre-release, but it currently fails with the
>> first task of building, which is building the metapackage. It tries to get
>> the metapackage's dependencies (the other packages
>>     in the repo) via apt-get, which of course is not possible. Is that a
>> setup issue on my side or is some logic missing/broken in the pre-release
>> script?

>>     Regarding the pre-release instructions, I believe we need to add the
>> other steps to prepare a pre-release as well.
>>     For example, I did:
>>     * Created a pull request for rosdistro/hydro/release.yaml to add
>> repo/package information, but without a version number
>>     * Configured the release repo using git-bloom-config
>>     * Started with bloom-release, but stopped before creating a pull
>> request for rosdistro/hydro/release.yaml. This was need to get the required
>> tags pushed to my release repo

>>     I am not sure, if the above is the correct/recommended way to prepare
>> a pre-release. For example, after using the new highly automated tools,
>> such as git-bloom-config and bloom-release, it feels
>>     awkward to do similar things manually and also to interrupt a process
>> halfway through.

>>     Marcus

>>     On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Tully Foote <tfoote@osrfoundation.org<mailto:
>> tfoote@osrfoundation.**org <tfoote@osrfoundation.org>>> wrote:

>>         Hi Markus,

>>         If you add it to the index without a version and wait ~ 15-30
>> minutes for the distro caching to run you will be able to run a prerelease
>> of unreleased stuff.  (It may be slightly longer if the
>>         farm is heavily loaded. The job is here:
>> http://jenkins.willowgarage.**com:8080/job/_rosdistro-build-**
>> cache/buildTimeTrend<http://jenkins.willowgarage.com:8080/job/_rosdistro-build-cache/buildTimeTrend>
>> )

>>         If you could add this to the docs that would be great.

>>         Tully

>>         On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Marcus Liebhardt <
>> marcus.liebhardt@yujinrobot.**com <marcus.liebhardt@yujinrobot.com><mailto:
>> marcus.liebhardt@**yujinrobot.com <marcus.liebhardt@yujinrobot.com>>>
>> wrote:

>>             Hello fellow releasers!

>>             Wanting to bring in my first bloom release as smooth as
>> possible, I tried to do a pre-release before releasing my package for the
>> first time. However, after several failed attempts I
>>             finally gave up and did a normal release.

>>             We wrote down some instructions  about how to do this in
>> Groovy, but they seem to be outdated by now. Furthermore, the instructions
>> about doing a first time release don't mention the
>>             option of pre-releasing. Hence I wonder, if such instructions
>> for the new release pipeline exist? If not, could we write them down?

>>             Best regards,
>>             Marcus

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>>             Marcus Liebhardt
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>>     Marcus Liebhardt
>>     Control Engineer
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