Add preliminary support for using Base releases

- shorten BASE variable name (takes tag or branch name)
 - determine existence and type of BASE before cloning

.travis.yml.example-full

@@ -27,58 +27,66 @@ script:
 
 # Define build jobs
 
+# Well-known variables to use
+# BASE     branch or release tag name of the EPICS Base to use
+# EXTRA    content will be added to make command line
+# STATIC   set to YES for static build (default: NO)
+# TEST     set to NO to skip running the tests (default: YES)
+
 matrix:
   include:
 
 # Different configurations of default gcc and clang
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0
     compiler: clang
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 EXTRA="CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
+  - env: BASE=7.0 EXTRA="CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 EXTRA="CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
+  - env: BASE=7.0 EXTRA="CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
     compiler: clang
 
 # Trusty: compiler versions very close to RHEL 7
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0
     dist: trusty
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 EXTRA="CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
+  - env: BASE=7.0 EXTRA="CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
     dist: trusty
 
 # Cross-compilation to Windows using MinGW and WINE
     
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 WINE=32 TEST=NO STATIC=YES
+  - env: BASE=7.0 WINE=32 TEST=NO STATIC=YES
     compiler: mingw
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 WINE=32 TEST=NO STATIC=NO
+  - env: BASE=7.0 WINE=32 TEST=NO STATIC=NO
     compiler: mingw
 
 # Cross-compilation to RTEMS
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 RTEMS=4.10 TEST=NO
+  - env: BASE=7.0 RTEMS=4.10 TEST=NO
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0 RTEMS=4.9 TEST=NO
+  - env: BASE=7.0 RTEMS=4.9 TEST=NO
 
 # Other gcc versions (adding as an extra package)
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0
     compiler: gcc-6
     addons: { apt: { packages: ["g++-6"], sources: ["ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"] } }
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0
     compiler: gcc-7
     addons: { apt: { packages: ["g++-7"], sources: ["ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"] } }
 
 # MacOS build
 
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0
     os: osx
     compiler: clang
 
-# All above jobs can be defined for other branches of EPICS Base
-# by setting BASE_BRANCH to the branch name, e.g. 3.15
+# All above jobs can be defined for other branches or releases of EPICS Base
+# by setting BASE to the branch name or release tag name, e.g.
+# BASE=3.15      (to use the 3.15 branch of Base)
+# BASE=R7.0.3    (to use the 7.0.3 release of Base)

.travis.yml.example-mini

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ install:
 script:
   - ./.ci/travis-build.sh
 
-# Build using default gcc for Base 7.0 and 3.15
+# Build using default gcc for Base branches 7.0 and 3.15
 
 matrix:
   include:
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=7.0
-  - env: BASE_BRANCH=3.15
+  - env: BASE=7.0
+  - env: BASE=3.15

README.md

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ software modules, e.g. Device Support modules.
 
 By including this repository as a Git Submodule, your module will
 always use an explicit commit, i.e. a fixed version of the scripts.
-That way, further development of these scripts cannot break
+That ensures that further development of these scripts cannot break
 your setup.
 
 ## Travis-CI
 
 ### Features
 
- -  Compile against different version of EPICS Base
+ -  Compile against different branches or releases of EPICS Base
  -  Use different versions of compilers (gcc, clang)
  -  Cross-compile for Windows 32bit using MinGW and WINE
  -  Cross-compile for RTEMS 4.9 and 4.10

travis-prepare.sh

@@ -3,8 +3,26 @@ set -e -x
 
 CURDIR="$PWD"
 
+# determine if BASE is a release or a branch
+git ls-remote --quiet --exit-code --tags https://github.com/${REPOBASE:-epics-base}/epics-base.git "$BASE" && BASE_RELEASE=YES
+git ls-remote --quiet --exit-code --heads https://github.com/${REPOBASE:-epics-base}/epics-base.git "$BASE" && BASE_BRANCH=YES
+
+if [ "$BASE_RELEASE" = "YES" ]
+then
+  # TODO: use a cached location
+  BASE_LOCATION=$HOME/.source/epics-base
+else
+  if [ "$BASE_BRANCH" = "YES" ]
+  then
+  BASE_LOCATION=$HOME/.source/epics-base
+  else
+  echo $BASE is neither a tag nor a branch name for BASE
+  exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 cat << EOF > $CURDIR/configure/RELEASE.local
-EPICS_BASE=$HOME/.source/epics-base
+EPICS_BASE=$BASE_LOCATION
 EOF
 
 install -d "$HOME/.source"
@@ -25,7 +43,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 # not recursive
-git clone --quiet --depth 5 --branch "$BASE_BRANCH" https://github.com/${REPOBASE:-epics-base}/epics-base.git epics-base
+git clone --quiet --depth 5 --branch "$BASE" https://github.com/${REPOBASE:-epics-base}/epics-base.git epics-base
 (cd epics-base && git log -n1 )
 for modrepo in ${MODULES}
 do