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Tom: /* How to get it */

2016-01-10T21:58:01Z

‎How to get it

Tom: /* What is it? */

2016-01-10T21:57:04Z

‎What is it?

Dirk: link to Jenkins article

2011-05-28T21:36:40Z

link to Jenkins article

Dirk: added a link to the Jenkins lastSuccessfulBuild page so you can see the latest commits that made it into the tarball

2011-05-28T21:11:11Z

added a link to the Jenkins lastSuccessfulBuild page so you can see the latest commits that made it into the tarball

Dirk: whoops, I wanted the URLs to be visible

2011-05-28T21:04:02Z

whoops, I wanted the URLs to be visible

Dirk: New page: == What is it? == The (somewhat incorrectly named) Nightly Tarball contains the latest version of Geeklog, directly off of our [http://project.geeklog.net/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/geeklog/ Me...

2011-05-28T21:03:19Z

New page: == What is it? == The (somewhat incorrectly named) Nightly Tarball contains the latest version of Geeklog, directly off of our [http://project.geeklog.net/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/geeklog/ Me...

New page

== What is it? ==

The (somewhat incorrectly named) Nightly Tarball contains the latest version of Geeklog, directly off of our [http://project.geeklog.net/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/geeklog/ Mercurial repository]. This version should '''only be used for testing''' - it is not ready for use on a real website.

The Nightly Tarball is bundled just like a proper Geeklog release, i.e. you can download and unpack it and then simply follow the [http://www.geeklog.net/docs/english/install.html installation instructions].

:'''Important:''' Please keep in mind that the Nightly Tarball is just a snapshot of the current state of Geeklog development. Some things may not be working, features may be missing or may be removed before an official release.

== How to get it ==

You can get the Nightly Tarball from this URL:

[http://project.geeklog.net/nightly/geeklog-nightly.tar.gz]

Alternatively, you can also get it directly from Jenkins:

[http://project.geeklog.net:8080/job/geeklog-nightly/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/geeklog-nightly.tar.gz]

Both archives should always be identical.

== Why it's not nightly ==

Originally, the Nightly Tarball was really only created once during the night. Having a "nightly build" available is a tradition in software development - it's useful for testing or to allow users to play with new features early.

However, sometimes you simply want to have that latest version much earlier. We could simply create the tarball after each commit to our repository. Since creation of the tarball puts some load on the server, we settled on a compromise and create it every hour (but only when something did actually change in the repository). If required, we could probably create it more often, though.

Well, and the name "Nightly Tarball" stuck, mostly out of tradition.

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 http://project.geeklog.net/nightly/geeklog-nightly.tar.gz
-Alternatively, you can also get it directly from Jenkins:
+Alternatively, you can also get it directly from [[Jenkins]]:
 http://project.geeklog.net:8080/job/geeklog-nightly/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/geeklog-nightly.tar.gz
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 === What's in it ===
-You can also check in Jenkins when the latest tarball was created and which commits made it into that latest version:
+You can also check in [[Jenkins]] when the latest tarball was created and which commits made it into that latest version:
 http://project.geeklog.net:8080/job/geeklog-nightly/lastSuccessfulBuild/

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		+	You can also check in Jenkins when the latest tarball was created and which commits made it into that latest version:
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		+	http://project.geeklog.net:8080/job/geeklog-nightly/lastSuccessfulBuild/

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 You can get the Nightly Tarball from this URL:
-http://project.geeklog.net/nightly/geeklog-nightly.tar.gz
+(Currently not available)
 Alternatively, you can also get it directly from [[Jenkins]]:
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 http://project.geeklog.net:8080/job/geeklog-nightly/lastSuccessfulBuild/
 == Why it's not nightly ==

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 == What is it? ==
-The (somewhat incorrectly named) Nightly Tarball contains the latest version of Geeklog, directly off of our [http://project.geeklog.net/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/geeklog/ Mercurial repository]. This version should '''only be used for testing''' - it is not ready for use on a real website.
+The (somewhat incorrectly named) Nightly Tarball contains the latest version of Geeklog, directly off of our [https://github.com/Geeklog-Core/geeklog Git repository]. This version should '''only be used for testing''' - it is not ready for use on a real website.
 The Nightly Tarball is bundled just like a proper Geeklog release, i.e. you can download and unpack it and then simply follow the [http://www.geeklog.net/docs/english/install.html installation instructions].
 :'''Important:''' Please keep in mind that the Nightly Tarball is just a snapshot of the current state of Geeklog development. Some things may not be working, features may be missing or may be removed before an official release.
 == How to get it ==