The ROPP Repository

The whole ROPP development system is divided into four areas:

• ropp_src : Deliverable code & supporting development system
• ropp_bld : Configure & build support scripts, distro builder etc
• ropp_doc : User and project documentation
• ropp_test : Test Folder (test system and its results)

The repository for ROPP can be accessed via the Subversion server at the URL

https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/

For a complete list of Subversion commands see the ​SVN reference manual

Checking out trunk

To ​checkout the latest development (trunk) versions:

svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_src/trunk  ./trunk 
svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_bld/trunk  ./trunk
svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_doc/trunk  ./trunk 
svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_test/trunk ./trunk

This will check out the source code, build support, documentation, and test folder, respectively to the local working directory.

Checking out old release versions

To checkout the older (tagged) release versions:

svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_src/tags/<ver>  ./<ver>
svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_bld/tags/<ver>  ./<ver>
svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_doc/tags/<ver>  ./<ver>
svn checkout https://svn.grassaf.org/ropp/ropp_test/tags/<ver> ./<ver>

This will check out the tagged source code, build support, documentation, and test folder, respectively to the local working directory. Here, <ver> is the tagged release version, e.g. 1.1, 2.0 etc. Note that ropp_bld is relatively new and does not currently have any tags set.

Tags

A ​tag is just ​copy or snapshot of a a particular revision of the repository. In the case of ROPP, a copy taken from the head of trunk at the time that the distribution files for a release were built. You could just as well checkout the revision number instead, but a tag is easier to remember!

Branches

Developments to ROPP should be made from, and committed to, a ​branch rather than directly to the latest trunk version. This allows changes to be tested before merging the required changes back into the trunk. The trunk therefore represents a stable 'next potential release' state for ROPP. Branches can be temporary and might be for working on resolving a specific Trac Ticket.

Instructions for developers working with branches in ROPP are available ​here.

Preparation for building

Having checked out ropp_src (trunk, tag or branch) some commands need to be run to locally create intermediate configuration and make files not in the repository, before the configure / make / make install sequence can begin:

aclocal -m4 --force
automake -a -c
autoconf

These commands need to be repeated in each of the ropp_tools, ropp_io etc modules. Thereafter, if any changes are made to the low-level configure.ac or Makefile.am template files, an autoreconf should be sufficient. The whole sequence needs to be re-run if any .m4 (macro) file is changed.