On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:47 +0000, Michal Bielicki wrote: > Maybe I am missing something but why is packaging linked to > desktop-discuss ? I am putting quite some effort currently into > packaging a range of apps I am the solaris version maintainer for, and > they are all server apps for example. What about libraries etc ? > > Just my 2c EUR and I'll join desktop-discuss since that seems to be the > current sole choice available.
I think the only link is the use of pkgbuild as the build tool. We already have a large number of spec files in spec-files-extra and most of those were contributed by desktop contributors. Laca > Glynn Foster wrote: > > If you're interested in helping out the desktop team with various packaging > > efforts for Indiana, join [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get involved! > > > > > > Glynn > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > [desktop-discuss] SFE binary packages for OpenSolaris > > From: > > "Laszlo (Laca) Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: > > Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:14:55 +1300 > > To: > > OpenSolaris Desktop Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: > > OpenSolaris Desktop Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Some of us in the desktop team are looking into taking some > > of the spec-files-extra packages and making them available > > for OpenSolaris. I'd like to invite the people working on > > SFE to work with us on these packages. > > What we need to do is: > > - make sure the spec file builds > > - it's the latest available stable version > > - works reasonably well > > > > Ideally, we need an owner for each package, who will look > > after it: keeps it up-to-date, interfaces with the upstream > > community (reports bugs and/or submits fixes). This > > effectively means becoming the opensolaris maintainer of the > > package. > > > > We will also need help with testing and filing bugs -- this > > is far less commitment than maintaining a package. I suggest > > we use the new opensolaris.org bugzilla for tracking bugs. > > > > I'll post an initial list of packages that are under > > consideration shortly. To be officially part of opensolaris/ > > indiana, all this needs to be done under the opensolaris > > umbrella. We can do this in the JDS project or revive the > > pkgbase project and use its svn repository. In any case, > > people involved in this will need an opensolaris.org account > > (if they don't have one yet). More details about svn access > > will come later. This repository will have to be more > > controlled than SFE but still easy to contribute to. > > Again, I think the JDS/pkgbase approach of light-weight > > code reviews should work just fine. The Desktop Release > > Engineering team can do regular builds and the Desktop > > QA team will do some testing. > > > > Currently the process for integrating into indiana is not > > completely clear and not at all straight forward, unfortunately. > > Since Sun is involved in producing the binaries, we need to > > complete a lot of paperwork (legal reviews, etc) so things > > take longer than we hope. We are working on making the process > > smoother. The good news (for non-Sun people ;) is that this is > > something Sun employees will have to look after, so you don't > > need to worry about it. > > > > We will also need to complete ARC review. Again, this is > > something that the JDS team will look after, but help is > > appreciated (identifying imported and exported interfaces, etc.) > > > > As always, comments welcome. > > > > Laca > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-discuss mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > indiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > > > > > -- > -- > Michal Bielicki > CEO > http://www.voiceworks.pl/ > Voice Works Sp. z o.o. z siedziba w Warszawie przy ulicy Polnej 46/14, > 00-644 Warszawa, Polska > wpisana zostala do rejestru przedsiebiorcow prowadzonego przez > Sad Rejonowy dla M.ST.Warszawy w Warszawie, > XII Wydzial Krajowego Rejestru Sadowego pod numerem KRS 0000257259. > NIP 701-00-25-117 > Wysokosc kapitalu zakladowego: 51000,00 PLN > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
