Hi all,
A while ago we discussed the idea of an autobuilder for the extras repository. [1] We have been working on creating such an autobuilder and have been testing it in private. As a result we now think it is time to do a tests with a larger group and make it publicly known. Please give it a try and tell us your results. - What does the autobuilder do? The autobuilder takes a source package from the incoming queue and tries to build it in a fresh environment. The builder fetches all dependencies from the extras-devel repository. If it can't find the dependency in extras-devel, it will fail and send a mail to the extras-cauldron-builds list. [2] If there are no problems with the package, the builder can create armel, i368 and source packages. Those will be put in the extras-devel repository after a successful build. Instructions for the builder can be found at here[3]. The builder only handles building one package at a time. If you have dependencies that are not present in the extras-devel repository, please upload these first. - web-based assistant We have also created a web-based assistant[4] to help you with requesting rights to upload and creating/uploading of source packages. You can upload packages to the builder with either dput or the assistant. - How do I get my package into extras? After a successful build a package will appear in the extras-devel repository. You can move your packages from extras-devel to extras with the promotion interface[5]. Instructions for the promotion interface can be found here.[6] We would like to invite all developers to take a look at the autobuilder and promotion interface and try it out. Please discuss problems and feature requests on the maemo-developers list.[7] More information about our effort can be found at the extras-cauldron website[8]. - Niels [1] http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2007-November/thread.html#12600 and others. [2] https://garage.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/extras-cauldron-builds [3] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/HOWTO.html [4] https://garage.maemo.org/extras-assistant/index.php [5] https://garage.maemo.org/promoter-beta/interface.py [6] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/devel-mover.html [7] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers [8] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/ _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
