How to create a new BOARD18 download

These instructions assume that you already have a board18 development environment and access to the branch for which the download is to be created.

This procedure really needs to be automated.

The command lines below assumme that a zip file for board18-0.1.0 is being created. This string should be modified to the correct release in all of the listed commands.

Perform these steps on your development PC

• If necessary, checkout the branch for the required board18 release.
• If necessary, checkout the branch for the required gamebox release.
• Start an edit session on the config.sh file in the BOARD18/makedist sub directory.

# This file must be updated with the proper parameters before
# BOARD18make is run to create a new BOARD18 distribution.

# Set versionNo to the version number of the new distribution
versionNo="0.2.0"

# Set BD18Root to the root of the BOARD18 directory structure.
BD18Root=~/NetBeansProjects/BOARD18/

# Set boxesRoot to the boxes directory in the GAMEBOX directory structure.
boxesRoot=~/NetBeansProjects/GAMEBOX/boxes/

• Perform the edits specified in this file as shown above.
• Save the edited file.
• Open a command line window.
• cd to the BOARD18/makedist sub directory.
• Enter on command line:

 
./BOARD18make

• This script should create a zip file in your root directory called something like board18-n.n.n.zip.
• Using FTP, move the new zip file to the download server.

Setup the Download on the BOARD18 WIKI

• Go to the BOARD18 WIKI.
• Upload the newly created zip file into the wiki.
• Edit the Download BOARD18 page and add the new release.