Thanks for the tips. We'll certainly consider all these ideas. Regards,
Kern On Monday 27 October 2008 15:25:34 David Boyes wrote: > ne thing i am missing are patched packages, rpm and also deb packages > > > > have a mechanism to include patch files an apply during build > > process. > > > > For most bacula users it would be much easier to apply patches by > > "rpm > > > > -U ..." or "dpkg install ...". > > > > Yes, but you have to build, test and release a package for each disto > > after > > each patch, this is a *huge* amount of work, we have something like 10 > > patches between two releases. > > We use tinderbox to do this. I know others that use the SuSE build farm > tools. There is an initial startup cost to setting up automated build > and test, but longer term, it's a win in that you are able to just dump > the patch into a directory and get the packages for all your supported > architectures 12 hours later. You already have ctest set up, and if > you're going to run commercial operations, you probably are going to > need test infrastructure anyway, so you might as well buck up and do it > right. > > > If someone want to build, test and package 10 more often than before > > for > > > free, > > no problem, but i prefere spend my time with new features and bugs > > hunting. > > 2nd option is to package the source diffs into RPM and APT, and provide > those via a repository. Applying a diff is a fairly simple operation, > and people who care about most recent binaries can do rpmbuild -bb on > their own systems easily enough if the source is correctly packaged. > > Coming up with a source patch RPM and APT template isn't rocket science, > and it's basic support discipline to not release applications or updates > that circumvent the software management system if there is one. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere > in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
