Hi All! Someone can possibly perceive the states below as a heresy, so, first of all, I want to declare: I have no intention to start new holywar here, I just propose a solution.
I have noticed that packages available at http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/downloads/ includes a kind of so-called Erlang "release". This release includes all Riak-related Erlang applications and Erlang VM in one package. Using such package produces several problems: - Erlang VM upgrade. Erlang VM, used by Riak installed, can be upgraded only with Riak code; - integration with 3d party Erlang code. I mean filesystem hierarchy usage - this "release" uses its own location for Erlang applications; - and again: integration with 3d party Erlang code on Erlang VM level - to include custom functionality I must patch existing "release". I know that such a "release" is generated by rebar, which used to build almost all Riak-related Erlang applications and libraries. My proposal is to make Riak packaging more system-friendly: - use Erlang OTP, provided by target distribution; - package each Riak-related Erlang application in separate RPM/DEB etc; - honor filesystem hierarchy of underlying OS. This includes (for each distro): - create a bundle of package specs; - create a package repo, based on packages built. I have already packaged most of Riak-related Erlang applications and libraries for OpenSUSE 11.4. RPM package repository with packages generated we already use in production. To package some applications I had replace usual "rebar compile" recipes, because there is no way to disable recursive dependency fetch from remote GIT repositories. All these packages was successfully built in chrooted clean environment which ensures RPM repository consistency. All these RPM specs are available at forked https://github.com/strikead/riakrepo: https://github.com/strikead/riak/tree/master/pkg.d/opensuse/specs P.S. Sorry, there is no possibility to public use of our RPM repo at all :(
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