FYI: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SYNCOPE-1495
On 14/09/19 07:01, Francesco Chicchiriccò wrote: > Hi all, > I would like to propose to remove the deb packages from master branch / 3.0, > for some reasons: > > 1. it's difficult to produce packages compatible at the same time with > Debian, Ubuntu and other derivatives: for example, ATM Debian stable has a > tomcat9 package while Ubuntu LTS is still on tomcat8 > > 2. in branches 2_0_X and 2_1_X deb packages are used to build Docker images > but on master this has changed: since all is now based on Spring Boot, Docker > images were changed as consequence > > 3. there are new components on master (SRA, Keymaster, WA, .. [1]) that would > deserve new deb packages, but I don't think the effort is worthwhile, > especially given the reason above > > 4. deb packages were originally meant as a fast and straightforward way to > get Syncope properly deployed, but I think that nowadays Docker images (with > Docker Compose and Kubernetes samples) serve better such purpose, on more > platforms > > If there are no objections, I'll proceed with removal next week. > > Regards. > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SYNCOPE/%5BDISCUSS%5D+Syncope+3.0 > -- Francesco Chicchiriccò Tirasa - Open Source Excellence http://www.tirasa.net/ Member at The Apache Software Foundation Syncope, Cocoon, Olingo, CXF, OpenJPA, PonyMail http://home.apache.org/~ilgrosso/
