I haven't tried to build the debian .deb yet, but it should build from my branch at github[1]. I used git-dpm for the packaging. It should be enough to check out that branch and pbuild it or whatever preferred tools you use. The Ubuntu version is uploaded to a PPA [2].
If there's interest I'll roll a binary or source .deb on a debian chroot. Someone got to tell me which debian release I should use though (or several?). I'll also try to pull together a 1.2 package for the latest Ubuntu LTS release. I guess I should probably do debian stable and testing (but not unstable?) [1] http://github.com/tilgovi/couchdb/tree/debian [2] https://launchpad.net/~randall-leeds/+archive/couchdb/ On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:24, till <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember Randall had a launchpad repo to build CouchDB. (CC'd him, maybe > he can weigh in how far he got) > > Launchpad is probably not a 100% compatible with Debian (since it targets > Ubuntu distributions) but the 'basic formula' could be contributed to > something like dotdeb? > > Anyone have thoughts? > > Till > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Jens Rantil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi again everyone, >> >> I am happy to get a discussion going about this. I'd say Debian is a major >> platform for servers. Therefor, I believe CouchDB should exist there - with >> a reasonable modern version. Sure, you can install from source. However, >> with CouchDB and it's replication features it should be easy to roll it out >> to a multitude of Debian servers and kick off replication. >> >> Also, previously Couchbase was hosting a (sadly, buggy) Debian package. >> After the death of the Couchbase package[1] there is no modern Debian >> package alternative anymore. >> >> To keep this discussion going - what did you think of Jan's proposal to >> set up a Debian maintainer mailing list? As of the initial question, shall >> Debian stable installations be living with 0.11 for another ~6 months? I >> guess so. >> >> /J >> >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >> Från: Jan Lehnardt [mailto:[email protected]] >> Skickat: den 31 januari 2012 21:42 >> Till: [email protected] >> Kopia: Laszlo Boszormenyi >> Ämne: Re: backport of couchdb >> >> Hi Laszlo, >> >> On Jan 31, 2012, at 21:24 , Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > First, I'm an official DD and the maintainer of CouchDB. >> >> Pleased to meet you and thanks for weighing in on this discussion :) >> >> >> >> As for the back porting, Debian doesn't directly manage any packages. >> >> Everything has a package maintainer who may or may not be part of the >> >> Debian staff, so it really does land on the maintainer. And I don't >> >> see how you could back port fixes from, say, 1.x.x to 0.x.x. >> > Let me ask an other way. Is CouchDB expected to change a lot >> > internally? >> >> I think it is. The question, I think, is how much end-users will be >> affected by these changes (upgrade trouble, incompatibilities etc.) We are >> doing our best to not break BC (according to semver.org) and make upgrades >> seamless and well documented. >> >> > What about helping downstream with security fixes? >> >> We could start a new mailing list [email protected] >> where downstream folks can subscribe and get notified about impeding >> releases as well as security notices. Would that be a good first step? >> What else could we do to help you downstream? >> >> > When CouchDB 1.2.0 is expected to be released? >> >> We are expecting to call a vote in the next few days (pending release >> manager time). As per our process, it'll take 4-5 days after the initial >> call for voting to get the release out (if the votes don't go through and if >> issues are found, this process is reset). >> >> Let us know if you have any other questions and thanks again for helping >> out! >> >> Cheers >> Jan >> -- >> >
