On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Mark Hinkle <mark.hin...@citrix.com> wrote: >> +1 >> >> I think this is probably one of the most important things we can do to make >> it easy for users to install and important for us to help distribution (no >> pun intended) of CloudStack. >> >> Wido's concern about time to bundle is important but if we get into the >> distros we get much wider distribution and I think we'll get many more >> interested users and some portion fo them will work on packaging and IMHO >> we'll net more development resources above and beyond work needed to >> packaging. Also as CloudStack gets more popular we'll see more people whose >> security policies will forbid the use of the community run repos. >> >> It's a huge PIA to do and the guidelines for each distribution are usually a >> one-off but I think it's critical for widespread adoption. >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Since packaging is a theme yet again (and we seem to be headed in a >>> direction that is useful for a distro packager), I wanted to raise the >>> idea of trying to work with various Linux distros to get CloudStack >>> into their official package repos. I see the 4.1.0 release as being >>> the ideal release >>> >>> I know that we have had various packagers represented on this list on >>> and off, and I suspect that there are quite a few lurkers hanging >>> around. >>> >>> My question to the community is: does it make sense for the Apache >>> CloudStack community to reach out to various linux disto communities >>> and see if they would be willing to include the software (as well as >>> offer packaging help if needed)? >>> >>> My questions to folks that might be on this list representing >>> different distros: Are you interested? If so, how can we work with >>> your community most effectively? Last, CloudStack is obviously still >>> a podling (and our release numbers still reflect "-incubating"). Is >>> our graduation a prerequisite in your opinion? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -chip >> >> > > Does anyone in the community want to drive an initiative like this? > This might be a great way for someone new to help out on the project, > and get lots of kudos for the work. ;-) I am not exactly new to CloudStack but I have the contacts at almost all of the distributions and would be glad to help project manage the process. My coding kung fu is pretty weak but I would love to team up with the packagers to lighten the bureaucratic load for those guys who have real skills :) Mark
