On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, at 02:19 AM, Eli Stevens (Gmail) wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Eli Stevens (Gmail) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The intent was to hopefully have the build scripts, etc. folded back > >> into the main repo to make it easier for future releases to have > >> official packages, but I think that everyone was too focused on core > >> 2.0 issues to get too involved in packaging (and also enough changed > >> that it was probably too early to get it right). > > > > Hm...nice! Do you have these build scripts? We can put them into our > > repo now even for 1.6 state. That would be still better than start > > whole work from scratch and I think we can make these builds official > > via CI services that will run Ubuntu anyway. > > I don't have the scripts, as the only formal deliverable from earlier > was a working Ubuntu 12.04 package of 1.6.1 (and we wouldn't have had > a use for the scripts in any case, as we're not interested in building > CouchDB ourselves, hence contracting that out to someone who knows > what they're doing). > > I'll let Dave comment about the new work, once we've got a contract > hammered out, and he's been able to devote some time to the project. > Again, it might be a bit before that happens. > > Cheers, > Eli
The scripts are public[1] and we could merge them happily if it makes sense where they go to. I should explain briefly how these are built, as this is relevant. The repo master branch includes the unpacked couchdb release tarball in the root, and a /debian/ folder with all the magic pixie dust. On each new release (whether of couchdb, updating packaging, or re-packaging for a new ubuntu release), do the following: - spin up a compatible Ubuntu box - provision with ansible [2] - bare clone the repo - check out only the /debian/ packaging directory (patches, dependency info) - unpack the new couchdb release - commit the "changes" to git - futz around with init scripts, systemd and whatever until couchdb works There's no particular reason why this shouldn't work for 2.0, more detail in the associated wiki[3]. I updated the repo for 1.6.1 and supporting wily + xenial [4], the main change is integrating systemd changes and complying with the latest debian packaging tools, so this is a good base to continue from. I'm not sure where these scripts would go in our ASF world, but they should be kept in step with any releases. Finally, anybody wishing to contribute to the ppa or the build repo is welcome just email me (PPA) or send a PR (build repo). A+ Dave [1]: https://github.com/dch/couchdb-launchpad [2]: https://gist.github.com/dch/86982e187e97a9b23bf5 [3]: https://github.com/dch/couchdb-launchpad/wiki/creating-the-package [4]: https://launchpad.net/~couchdb/+archive/ubuntu/dev/ [5]: https://launchpad.net/~couchdb/
