First time user trying to check out the latest 'stable' version of QuantLib matching version 0.3.8 or better

[Chin Ling]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to checkout the latest 'stable' copy of the quantlib/QuantLib library, but have a hard time identifying the right CVS branch/ trunk to checkout. Can someone give me a guidance on this?

 

I can see all CVS files within http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/quantlib/

 

I'm currently assuming that R000308f0-branch is a direct one-to-one mapping with Version 0.3.8 of the download page (QuantLib-0.3.8-installer.exe or QuantLib-0.3.8.zip), which is the 'stable' version?

 

I need to directly pull from the 'correct' branch as http://quantlib.org/cvs.shtml instruction would only pull the skeleton directory structure of the library. Besides, may be a good idea to assist me with keeping track of the 'stable' version from CVS.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Regards,

Chin

 

 

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[Luigi Ballabio]

On 01/11/05 18:23:39, Chin Ling wrote:

>
> I'm trying to checkout the latest 'stable' copy of the quantlib/QuantLib
> library, but have a hard time identifying the right CVS branch/ trunk to
> checkout. Can someone give me a guidance on this?
>
> I can see all CVS files within  
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/quantlib/
>
> I'm currently assuming that R000308f0-branch is a direct one-to-one
> mapping with Version 0.3.8 of the download page
> (QuantLib-0.3.8-installer.exe or QuantLib-0.3.8.zip), which is the
> 'stable' version?

Chin,
        there's no "stable" copy yet.  The code on the 0.3.8 branch was  
released and forgotten---there will be no 0.3.8.1.  Development is now  
being done on the CVS trunk.  At some point, a 0.3.9 branch will be  
created, checked, released, and forgotten.  Until now, we had no reason to  
support a stable branch as the project is relatively young.


> I need to directly pull from the 'correct' branch as
> http://quantlib.org/cvs.shtml instruction would only pull the skeleton
> directory structure of the library.

What command did you use?  "cvs checkout -P QuantLib" should give you the  
whole she-bang. If you didn't specify the -P option, you might have found a  
number of empty directories in the root folder but those are no longer used  
and -P should prune them. All code should be in the ql/ directory.

Later,
        Luigi

[Chin Ling]

Thanks Luigi. What I mean by 'stable' is the branch tag that has a one-to-one mapping with your current release 0.3.8 of the direct download page (in zipped, exe and other format). I manage to finally find it, it's tagged under  "R000308f0-branch-merge1"; did a diff between direct download copy and cvs download, and they're more or less the same.

 

As for the checkout,cool, the "-P" option works great!

 

Thanks again,

Chin

Luigi Ballabio <[hidden email]> wrote:

On 01/11/05 18:23:39, Chin Ling wrote:

>
> I'm trying to checkout the latest 'stable' copy of the quantlib/QuantLib
> library, but have a hard time identifying the right CVS branch/ trunk to
> checkout. Can someone give me a guidance on this?
>
> I can see all CVS files within
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/quantlib/
>
> I'm currently assuming that R000308f0-branch is a direct one-to-one
> mapping with Version 0.3.8 of the download page
> (QuantLib-0.3.8-installer.exe or QuantLib-0.3.8.zip), which is the
> 'stable' version?

Chin,
there's no "stable" copy yet. The code on the 0.3.8 branch was
released and forgotten---there will be no 0.3.8.1. Development is now
being done on the CVS trunk. At some point, a 0.3.9 branch will be
created, checked, released, and forgotten. Until now, we had no reason to
support a stable branch as the project is relatively young.


> I need to directly pull from the 'correct' branch as
> http://quantlib.org/cvs.shtml instruction would only pull the skeleton
> directory structure of the library.

What command did you use? "cvs checkout -P QuantLib" should give you the
whole she-bang. If you didn't specify the -P option, you might have found a
number of empty directories in the root folder but those are no longer used
and -P should prune them. All code should be in the ql/ directory.

Later,
Luigi

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