Shiv, Please count me in for the Aug 11 event.
Thanks and regards, Sanjeev. S h i v wrote: >Dear bosug/belenix-discuss members, > >Below is the formal announcement mail for the hackathon. Please note >that there are additional details of interest for the participants. >The announcement is also published on the BOSUG event list >http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/bosug/events > >People who had already expressed their interest during the earlier >discussions do not need to send another confirmation. They will >receive a confirmation in a day or two. >To re-iterate, participation can be local(from Bangalore) as well as >from outside(via net access). > >I'll be publishing the below announcement to other local(Bangalore) >FOSS groups that might be interested. > >best regards >Shiv > > >Hackathon (4-Aug & 11-Aug, 2007) >==================================== >Scope : Creating OpenSolaris packages from pristine sources for a huge >set of softwares > >Tutorial session for the Hackathon (4-Aug 2007) >------------------------------------------------------------- >(Optional for people already familiar with Solaris packaging, pkgbuild) >Date : 4-Aug 2007 >Duration : 6:00pm ? 8:00pm (GMT+530) >Scope : Packaging howto using pkgbuild/pkgtool/rmp spec files. > Some required details about SVR4 packages & GNU auto tools >Venue : Divyashree chambers, Bangalore, INDIA >A simple tutorial document will be provided for people participating >from outside Bangalore (2 people have already expressed interest >during the initial planning stage of this event) > >Those who are interested to attend the tutorial but unable to >participate in the hackathon may contact me offline. > >The Hackathon (11-Aug 2007) >----------------------------------------- >Date : 11-Aug 2007 >Duration : 10am ? 4:30pm (GMT+530) >Scope : Creating OpenSolaris packages from pristine sources for a >huge set of softwares(see details below) >Venue : Divyashree chambers, Bangalore, INDIA > >People outside Bangalore need to have a good net connection and come >online. Details will be provided later. >Deadline for participation confirmation: > >Send your confirmations to shivakumar dot gn at gmail dot com > >* Those who need the tutorial to be able to participate should confirm >their participation by 2-Aug >* Those who are already familiar with Solaris packaging,pkgbuild & GNU >autotools may confirm their participation by 5-Aug > >The number of participants that we can accomodate is limited by the >infrastructure that can be provided. Hence earlier you confirm the >better are your chances of getting the opportunity to participate ! > >People who have good net facility and are located outside Bangalore >can also participate. > >Participation Requirements >=========================== >Enthusiasm to share/contribute/learn/teach is the primary requirement! > >Additionally one or more of these skills is expected > * A good familiarity with Solaris or Linux shell environment > * Shell scripting > * Authoring/debugging Makefiles > * GNU Autotools > * Authoring of rpm spec files (creating rpm packages) > >(Note that those who will be attending the tutorial session will >satisfy most of the requirements) > >Infrastructure >================ >Participants are expected to bring their own laptops > >A small set of systems to accomodate ~6 people will also be available >for those who are unable to arrange for a system of their own The >source code for a huge set softwares will be available on a LAN > >For people who get their own systems but donot have Solaris Express >installed on their systems, > > * VMware image of Solaris Express will be available that can be >used on their systems for the event. In this case a minimum of 1GB RAM >is recommended for the laptop. > * A server will be available to offload their laptop contents to >make for disk space on their systems (if necessary) > > >** Lunch will be arranged at the venue ** >------------------------------------------------- > >Hackathon Background Information >================================== >Belenix is one of very active OpenSolaris distro around. It is nearing >2 years of existence. It currently does not have packaging support. >This is intended to be included in one of the future releases. > >Once packaging support is available the huge bunch of softwares need >to be made available in the form of SVR4 packages. The SFE (rpm spec >file like) based approach is well suited for this. > >The number of build/package recipes currently available for >OpenSolaris is limited (~250). > >These 2 were the triggers to organise a hackthon that can deliver >multiple benefits: > > * Provides an opportunity for people desirous of contributing to >FOSS projects > * OpenSolaris distros get build/packaging recipes in the form of >rpm like spec files > * Many people become familiar with OpenSolaris development >platform and will be in a position to contribute > * Authors of FOSS softwares for Linux/Windows will be able to >recognize some of the areas to consider to make their softwares build >across multiple platforms > >Hackathon discussions are happening >at "bosug discussion >list"(http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=34609&tstart=0) >and >at belenix-discuss mailing list >(http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/belenix-discuss/2007-July/000031.html) > >Feel free to pitch in. >_______________________________________________ >ug-bosug mailing list >List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org >List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org >List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > > -- Solaris Revenue Products Engineering, India Engineering Center, Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd. 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