Hello Thorsten, Thorsten Ziehm schrieb: > Hi, > > in the past some requests came up to have also DEB packages beside RPM > packages, when a build from a Child Work Space (CWS) has to be tested > by the community. > > This is a valid request, because the Linux Distributions with DEB > packages increased. But does it make sense to increase the time > for packaging the install sets on Linux, because two packages has > to be delivered?
That is a good compromise. But exclusive for CWS builds. > > The CWS tooling supports the functionality to pack a CWS as tar.gz > on Linux. Isn't this a valid format on Linux to exchange CWS builds > between community members? I think the menbers of Qa are abled to untar it and copy it to a directory they want > > The Proposal : > The default format for CWS builds on Linux should be tar.gz (instead of > RPM). It should still be possible to create install sets as RPM or DEB > or both. > > The benefit : > - could be installed on Linux distros with RPM or DEB package management > systems (only untar the files) > - easy to remove > (only delete the directory/files) > > The negative aspects : > - no system integration > - no testing of the Java Setup > - perhaps some automated installation tooling has to be adapted If one of these things should be tested we need RPM _and_ DEB > > In most cases the system integration and the Java setup are needed for > special testing areas only. So it shouldn't hinder testing general > CWS builds. And if it is needed the CWS owner can create RPM or DEB > packages on request. > > If there aren't major objections, this will and can be changed soon. We can test it and give feed back e.g after next localisation CWS build test. One suggest for the localisation CWS build. Most time it is enough to do it as langpacks. This also spares server space and disk space. Regards Mechtilde -- Dipl. Ing. Mechtilde Stehmann ## http://de.openoffice.org ## Ansprechpartnerin für die deutschsprachige QA ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris ## Meine Seite http://www.mechtilde.de ## PGP encryption welcome! Key-ID: 0x53B3892B --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
