Hi,
I would like to announce an important milestone in the YCP Killer
project -- we made the installer working. You can download the image
that proves it here:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/YaST:/Head:/ruby/images/iso/
The image is 12.3-based installation DVD with YaST modules from master
translated into Ruby. It is able to install a working system. We use a
miniDVD for fast rebuilds during development, but a full image will
likely work too.
Big thanks to Josef Reidinger and Ladislav Slezák who made the installer
work!
Details About the Image
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At the URL above there are actually two images -- a continually rebuilt
development one and a snapshot of a known working image. We encourage
you to try the former as it will generally contain newer code and less bugs.
To test the image, you need to boot it with "insecure=1" boot option as
the installer is not signed by the official SUSE GPG signing key. During
the installation you need to accept the GPG key used in YaST:Head:ruby
project.
Also note that because the ISO image contains only packages for minimal
system, in the Desktop Selection installer dialog you need to choose
Other -> "Minimal Server Selection (Text Mode)" for the software
selection, otherwise you'll get solver errors for missing packages.
Packages & Testing
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Ruby-based YaST packages (used for building the image described above)
can be found in the YaST:Head:ruby repository on OBS. Note we
successfully translated all packages with YCP code, not only those used
in the installer. [*]
We'd like to encourage everyone to try Rubyfied YaST2 packages, run them
on their systems/VMs, and report any bugs. It would be especially useful
if module owners test their own modules, since they know where the
tricky parts are and how to test them in the best way. (Disclaimer:
While the installer seems to be working but, we do not recommend using
the code at production systems with important data.)
Any bugs in translated packages (meaning: they don't appear with YCP
code in master) should be reported as GitHub issues against the YCP
Killer project:
https://github.com/yast/ycp-killer/issues
The best bug reports are of course those where the reporter is able to
debug which Ruby code is causing the bug.
The YCP Killer project is also the main entry point if you are
interested in the translation.
Future
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So, what we plan to do next? Three things:
* Test all translated modules intensely and make sure they run
properly.
* Make the testsuite run and is green with translated code.
* Make the translated code beautiful (so far we only focused on the
"make it work" part).
We also need to figure out the best way and time to integrate the work
into Factory/13.1. I guess you'll see some discussion/e-mails regarding
this topic soon.
Overall, it seems the project is going well and we are (more or less) on
track.
[*] We exclude packages that have been dropped and we don't translate
some YCP code that will need manual rewrite anyway, e.g.
examples/documentation.
--
David Majda
SUSE Studio developer
http://susestudio.com/
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