[horde] I've been confused about horde versioning since git partially took the place of cvs head.

[eculp]

Quoting Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

>
> Quoting eculp <eculp at encontacto.net>:
>
>> Since there have been many changes en FRAMEWORK_3, I want to update  
>> my horde installation.  For years I just ran cvs head without major  
>> problems.  I just backed up the working version, ran cvs,  updated  
>> database and configuration and if there were problems, restored the  
>> previous version and waited until things stabilized and tried again.
>
> If you mean you want to update your FRAMEWORK_3 based install, then  
> you can continue to do that without touching Git. Just use the  
> FRAMEWORK_3 tag when updating from CVS.
>
>>
>> I want to start doing something similar again to get the many  
>> changes that aren't in the last releases.
>>
>> I'm not sure what my options are.  I'm assuming that I could  
>> combine cvs head with git and get the very latest bleeding edge  
>> code or I could use the  FRAMEWORK_3 tag.
>
> Git code and CVS HEAD are for Horde 4 which is growing substantially  
> different from Horde 3 code. Which one you use depends on your  
> needs. I will say that you should not be using Horde 4 code in  
> production at this point.
>
>    I am assuming that the head version
>> on cvs needs to be combined with git.
>
> This is correct.
>
>   Could someone confirm that and
>> or other combinations.
>>
>> I don't plan to upgrade my old system but prefer to build in new  
>> from scratch both code and databases.  I'll only reuse my ldap for  
>> users.  I really don't care if a few tools are temporally broken I  
>> just want to get back to following horde development.
>
> Ah. Well, if your purpose is to just follow along and possibly help  
> on new development, then you definitely want Horde 4 code, which  
> means CVS HEAD/Git.
>
>
>> Any suggestions and/or links would be greatly appreciated.
>
> http://www.horde.org/source/git.php
> http://wiki.horde.org/Doc/Dev?referrer=ReleaseManagement#toc5
>
> These should help get you going with setting up your environment.

Thanks a lot, Mike.  I'm going to use both but head for a domain that  
my wife and I are the only users to start preparing for the future.

Thanks again,

ed