On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 17:36 +0200, Niels Breet wrote: > Hi all, > > > A while ago we discussed the idea of an autobuilder for the extras > repository. [1] We
"We" is Nokia/Maemo, right? > have been working on creating such an autobuilder and > have been testing it in private. As a result we now think it is time to > do a tests with a larger group and make it publicly known. I love you. > Please give > it a try and tell us your results. > > - What does the autobuilder do? > > The autobuilder takes a source package from the incoming queue and tries > to build it in a fresh environment. The builder fetches all dependencies > from the extras-devel repository. If it can't find the dependency in > extras-devel, it will fail and send a mail to the extras-cauldron-builds > list. [2] > > If there are no problems with the package, the builder can create armel, > i368 and source packages. Those will be put in the extras-devel > repository after a successful build. > > Instructions for the builder can be found at here[3]. > > The builder only handles building one package at a time. If you have > dependencies that are not present in the extras-devel repository, please > upload these first. > > - web-based assistant > > We have also created a web-based assistant[4] to help you with requesting > rights to upload and creating/uploading of source packages. You can upload > packages to the builder with either dput or the assistant. > > - How do I get my package into extras? > > After a successful build a package will appear in the extras-devel > repository. You can move your packages from extras-devel to extras with > the promotion interface[5]. Instructions for the promotion interface > can be found here.[6] > > We would like to invite all developers to take a look at the autobuilder > and promotion interface and try it out. Please discuss problems and > feature requests on the maemo-developers list.[7] > > More information about our effort can be found at the extras-cauldron > website[8]. > > > > - Niels > > > [1] > http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2007-November/thread.html#12600 > and others. > [2] https://garage.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/extras-cauldron-builds > [3] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/HOWTO.html > [4] https://garage.maemo.org/extras-assistant/index.php > [5] https://garage.maemo.org/promoter-beta/interface.py > [6] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/devel-mover.html > [7] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > [8] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
