[indiana-discuss] [Fwd: [desktop-discuss] SFE binary packages for OpenSolaris]

[Laszlo (Laca) Peter]

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:47 +0000, Michal Bielicki wrote:
> Maybe I am missing something but why is packaging linked to
> desktop-discuss ? I am putting quite some effort currently into
> packaging a range of apps I am the solaris version maintainer for, and
> they are all server apps for example. What about libraries etc ?
> 
> Just my 2c EUR and I'll join desktop-discuss since that seems to be the
> current sole choice available.

I think the only link is the use of pkgbuild as the build tool.
We already have a large number of spec files in spec-files-extra
and most of those were contributed by desktop contributors.

Laca

> Glynn Foster wrote:
> > If you're interested in helping out the desktop team with various packaging
> > efforts for Indiana, join desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org and get involved!
> >
> >
> > Glynn
> >   
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject:
> > [desktop-discuss] SFE binary packages for OpenSolaris
> > From:
> > "Laszlo (Laca) Peter" <laca at Sun.COM>
> > Date:
> > Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:14:55 +1300
> > To:
> > OpenSolaris Desktop Discussions <desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org>
> >
> > To:
> > OpenSolaris Desktop Discussions <desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org>
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some of us in the desktop team are looking into taking some
> > of the spec-files-extra packages and making them available
> > for OpenSolaris.  I'd like to invite the people working on
> > SFE to work with us on these packages.
> > What we need to do is:
> >  - make sure the spec file builds
> >  - it's the latest available stable version
> >  - works reasonably well
> >
> > Ideally, we need an owner for each package, who will look
> > after it: keeps it up-to-date, interfaces with the upstream
> > community (reports bugs and/or submits fixes).  This
> > effectively means becoming the opensolaris maintainer of the
> > package.
> >
> > We will also need help with testing and filing bugs -- this
> > is far less commitment than maintaining a package.  I suggest
> > we use the new opensolaris.org bugzilla for tracking bugs.
> >
> > I'll post an initial list of packages that are under
> > consideration shortly.  To be officially part of opensolaris/
> > indiana, all this needs to be done under the opensolaris
> > umbrella.  We can do this in the JDS project or revive the
> > pkgbase project and use its svn repository.  In any case,
> > people involved in this will need an opensolaris.org account
> > (if they don't have one yet).  More details about svn access
> > will come later.  This repository will have to be more
> > controlled than SFE but still easy to contribute to.
> > Again, I think the JDS/pkgbase approach of light-weight
> > code reviews should work just fine.  The Desktop Release
> > Engineering team can do regular builds and the Desktop
> > QA team will do some testing.
> >
> > Currently the process for integrating into indiana is not
> > completely clear and not at all straight forward, unfortunately.
> > Since Sun is involved in producing the binaries, we need to
> > complete a lot of paperwork (legal reviews, etc) so things
> > take longer than we hope.  We are working on making the process
> > smoother.  The good news (for non-Sun people ;) is that this is
> > something Sun employees will have to look after, so you don't
> > need to worry about it.
> >
> > We will also need to complete ARC review.  Again, this is
> > something that the JDS team will look after, but help is
> > appreciated (identifying imported and exported interfaces, etc.)
> >
> > As always, comments welcome.
> >
> > Laca
> >
> >
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