diff -r 6d3c3db11e72 -r eab8a264a833 dbrtools/dbr/intro.py --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/dbrtools/dbr/intro.py Wed Mar 03 17:22:06 2010 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# Copyright (c) 2009 Symbian Foundation Ltd +# This component and the accompanying materials are made available +# under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0" +# which accompanies this distribution, and is available +# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html". +# +# Initial Contributors: +# Symbian Foundation Ltd - initial contribution. +# +# Contributors: +# mattd +# +# Description: +# DBR intro - displays some introductory information + +def run(args): + help() + +def help(): + l1 ='\nDBR tools are simply a way of checking what has been changed in the build you are using.' + l2 ='\n\nUnlike CBRs, they intentionally make no attempt at understanding components,' + l3 ='and subsequently they do not have the restrictions that CBRs require.' + l4 ='\n\nGenerally speaking all developers work from builds of the whole platform,' + l5 ='and developers want to change the build, and know what they have changed,' + l6 ='what has changed between builds, or what they have different to other developers' + l7 ='with as little hastle as possible.' + + l8 ='\nThere is a patching mechanism for developer providing patches to eachother for the short-term,' + l9 ='but the idea is that patches are short-lived, unlike CBRs where they can live forever.' + l10 ='\n\nIn short, you get most of the benefits of CBRs without the hastle.' + print l1,l2,l3,l4,l5,l6,l7,l8,l9,l10 + + s1='\nHow To use\n\n' + s2='Starting Method 1:\n' + s3='\t1. Unpack all your zips on to a clean drive\n' + s4='\t2. Ensure you\'ve extracted the MD5s into epoc32/relinfo\n' + s5='\t3. Run \'dbr checkenv\' to generate a database\n\n' + s6='Starting Method 2:\n' + s7='\t1. Run \'dbr getenv \' to install a full build and configure the database\n\n' + s8='If you want to know what you\'ve changed, run \'dbr checkenv\'\n' + s9='If you want to clean the environment run \'dbr cleanenv\'\n' + s10='If you want to compare two baselines run \'dbr diffenv \'\n' + + + print s1,s2,s3,s4,s5,s6,s7,s8,s9, s10 +