I like the idea, and I think the capture agent install scripts need some
revision for improve their usability.

+1 to the idea of the Matterhorn packages! Ping me if you need any help!

2011/11/28 Ruediger Rolf <[email protected]>

> Hi Chris,
>
> I attempt to adress some of these issues for 1.3 (or shortly after 1.3
> already).
>
> I currently try to improve the capture agent install script to install a
> core system (under Ubuntu or Centos) as an all in one or distributed
> system, too. This means some more questions in the installer but less to
> know about matterhorn I hope. And we have to QA this, but I hope that many
> people are willing to do this in the community. I'm currently 50% done with
> this, I hope I finished it by the end of the week.
>
> And Denis and Lars are currently investigating on how to setup
> repositories for Ubuntu and Centos (Red Hat, Fedora). I would not make this
> part of the release process, as this will be a first attempt to do this and
> we may encounter unpredictable problems...
>
> I guess it will be a good idea to revisit these attempts and build a real
> strategy for installation and distribution.
>
> I would suggest early January for a meeting of such a taskforce, but
> probably sometime in December is okay too.
>
> Thanks
> Rüdiger
>
> Am 28.11.2011 05:59, schrieb Christopher Brooks:
>
>  We have installation issues.  Some of these issues inlcude: operating
>> system and library issues, lack of clarity from adopters on how to install,
>> a lengthy installation proceedure, etc.
>>
>> Lots of suggestions have come up in several discussions; make deb and rpm
>> packages, provide vms, write a core install bash script, don't advertise
>> support for certain OSes, etc.
>>
>> I'd like to #propose a working group of folks be charged with considering
>> these issues holistically, and determining our best course of action, which
>> we can then aim to implement for 1.4.  I'd suggest that a reasonable
>> timeline is to get a clear understanding of the tasks (in jira) and form MH
>> 1.4 installation will take before Christmas, then we can assign those tasks
>> in January.
>>
>> Folks I think should be on this working group ("all of us" doesn't sound
>> like an ideal number for getting things done!) include:
>> - Rubencino (has written much of the CA installation scripts)
>> - Ruediger or someone from Oz (Ruediger has mentioned an interested in
>> building OS-specific packages)
>> - Greg (who has investigated the VM building script and has participated
>> in the CA installation scripts)
>> - Matjaz (menu3p ftw)
>> - Tobias (or someone else from Entwine, who has useful feedback from a
>> variety  of adopters on the current install process)
>>
>> This group is already big, but I hope it will be made up of the right
>> folks to be effective.  Comments welcome!
>>
>> (I won't be at the dev meeting this week because I'll be presenting on
>> Matterhorn, but I hope it can make the agenda and the people above can
>> discuss it)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
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