Hey I'd like to give an update on where we are with refreshing the Checkbox Stack in Debian.
Currently the stack is composed of the following source packages: - plainbox - checkbox-support - checkbox-ng - plainbox-provider-resource-generic - plainbox-provider-checkbox As of tonight, plainbox-provider-resource-generic and checkbox-support are ready in SVN and I've sent RFS[1] to get them refreshed. The plainbox package is also ready but I haven't sent the RFS since I'm waiting on the status of my de-vendorization query. As you know, plainbox bundles a number of smaller libraries so that we don't have to create Debian packages up front for everything. I'm in the process of de-vendorizing everything but this will take time (roughly two months). I hope that we can still get the stack as-is relatively quickly (3 weeks) and proceed with de-vendorization in the background. The remaining checkbox-ng and plainbox-provider-checkbox packages are blocked and I cannot send RFS for that yet. They will become unblocked as the packages mentioned earlier land and become available. I haven't completed plainbox-provider-checkbox updates yet. That will be my goal for tomorrow. The update to checkbox-ng is trivial but due to dependencies, it will land last. Now for the de-vendorization story. I've devised a number of new packages that we currently ship as vendor modules. They are: - python-morris (the signal / event library) - python-padme (the small proxy library) - python-pyglibc (glibc API) - python-textland (ncurses-like api) There is one more library but I haven't finished making it yet. It contains the essence of creating text applications (clitools + logging + sphinx-manpage). It will materialize sometime later this week. Out of the group, I've sent RFS for python-padme and I've already sent ITP[2] for python-morris which will actually be called python-zyga-morris or something like that due to a clash with morris [3]. Since all of those will take a long time (month or two) to clear NEW [4] it is important to start early so that we can get them in time for Ubuntu N+1 and well in time for 16.04. All of the packages here will end up in DPMT [5] and PAPT [6]. All of the code is commited to the SVN repository. Refer the the Vcs-Browser header in each control file for details. If you have any questions, please let me know, thanks! Best regards ZK [1] RFS - request for sponsorship [2] ITP - intent to package [3] https://packages.debian.org/sid/morris [4] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html [5] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonModulesTeam [6] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonAppsPackagingTeam -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
