Almost Obsolete Fields

version_major = integer;

The major version number of this release of the project. Always one or more.

version_minor = integer;

The minor version number of this release of the project. Always zero or more.

Obsolete Fields

description = string;

This field contains a description of the project. Large amounts of prose are not required; a single line is sufficient.

owner_name = string;

This field is ignored.

group_name = string;

This field is ignored.

developer_may_review = boolean;

If this field is true, then a developer may review her own change. This is probably only a good idea for projects of less than 3 people. The idea is for as many people as possible to critically examine a change.

developer_may_integrate = boolean;

If this field is true, then a developer may integrate her own change. This is probably only a good idea for projects of less than 3 people. The idea is for as many people as possible to critically examine a change.

reviewer_may_integrate = boolean;

If this field is true, then a reviewer may integrate a change she reviewed. This is probably only a good idea for projects of less than 3 people. The idea is for as many people as possible to critically examine a change.

developers_may_create_changes = boolean;

This field is true if developers may created changes, in addition to administrators. This tends to be a very useful thing, since developers find most of the bugs.

forced_develop_begin_notify_command = string;

develop_end_notify_command = string;

develop_end_undo_notify_command = string;

review_pass_notify_command = string;

review_pass_undo_notify_command = string;

This command is used to notify that a review has passed. It will probably use mail, or it could be an in‐house bulletin board. This field is optional, if not present no notification will be given. This command could also be used to notify other management systems, such as progress and defect tracking. Defaults to the same action as the develop_end_notify_command field. All of the substitutions described by aesub(5) are available.

review_fail_notify_command = string;

integrate_pass_notify_command = string;

integrate_fail_notify_command = string;

default_development_directory = string;

The pathname of where to place new development directories. The pathname must be absolute. This field is only consulted if the field of the same name in the user configuration file is not set.

umask = integer;

File permission mode mask. See umask(2) for more information. This value will always be OR'ed with 022, because aegis is paranoid.

default_test_exemption = boolean;

This field contains what to do when a change is created with no test exemption specified.

copyright_years = [ integer ];

This field contains a list of copyright years, for use in copyright notices, etc. It is updated each integrate_begin, if necessary, to include the current year. Available as the ${Copyright_Years} substitution, and included in the version listing.

next_change_number = integer;

Changes are numbered sequentially from one. This field records the next unused change number.

next_delta_number = integer;

Deltas are numbered sequentially from one. This field records the next unused delta number.

src = [ { ... } ];

If you are writing a report, see aefstate(5) for the current documentation for this field. This field is a list of files in the project. Each list item has the form:

history = [{ ... }];

This field contains a history of integrations for the project. Updated by each successful 'aegis -Integrate_Pass' command.

change = [integer];

The list of changes which have been created to date.

administrator = [string];

The list of administrators of the project.

developer = [string];

The list of developers of the project.

reviewer = [string];

The list of reviewers of the project.

integrator = [string];

The list of integrators of the project.

currently_integrating_change = integer;

The change currently being integrated. Only one change (within a project) may be integrated at a time. Only set when an integration is in progress.

version_major = integer;

The major version number of this release of the project. Always one or more.

version_minor = integer;

The minor version number of this release of the project. Always zero or more.

version_previous = string;

The version number this project was derived from. This is of most use when producing "patch" files.