Any comments on these or should I start with a prototype and see where it leads?
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Javier Fontan <jfon...@opennebula.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Now that we have a place where to work on new packages I think it is a > good time to find a way to install them. There are several ways we can > use to do so, like: > > * Stating in the documentation which files goes to what paths. > * Adding a script that installs the files. > * Creating packages for distributions that can be installed on top of > OpenNebula. > > As a long term solution I don't think that the documentation way is a > solution. For a 2/3 files addon this may be maintainable but it will > make upgrades an automation a pain in the ass. > > Creating packages seems like a great solution from a user stand point > but will raise the bar of requirements for people that wants to > contribute as they may need to learn how to make them. > > My proposal is to create a addon management tool that does this for > us. The idea is to have a manifest in all the addons with its > description, the OpenNebula version needed for the addon, external > dependencies and the list of files that need to be installed. The tool > will check that file, test the OpenNebula version installed, install > needed dependencies and copy the files in its place. > > What do you think about it? Is it too reinvent-the-wheel? Do you know > of an already made tool to do this? > > The tool could have some other features like addon discovery, upgrade > and such but I would start with just the needed features to install > the addons. > > Cheers > > -- > Javier Fontán Muiños > Developer > OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Data Center Virtualization > www.OpenNebula.org | @OpenNebula | github.com/jfontan -- Javier Fontán Muiños Developer OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Data Center Virtualization www.OpenNebula.org | @OpenNebula | github.com/jfontan _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@lists.opennebula.org http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/dev-opennebula.org
