LSARC,
I am sponsoring this fast track for the JDS Team in Beijing, China and
Dublin, Ireland. I believe that this case qualifies for automatic
approval because:
1. this case updates GNOME 2.26.0 to 2.26.1. Aside from the
interfaces listed in the case, there are no interface changes
associated with this update.
2. the addition of desktop-cache should be non-controverisal
3. the project team is following the community
4. the few other interfaces that have evolved are Volatile or
simply moving modules to new package names.
The case materials contains the details of a new package
SUNWdesktop-cache which provides 6 new SMF services responsible for
updating the various desktop related caches. The desktop stack now
uses these interfaces instead of postrun because OpenSolaris does not
cater to post install functionality.
Aside from this, the SUNWgnome-base-libs package has been split into
separate packages, one for each module. This allows the desktop team
to minimize dependencies among packages. The SUNWgnome-base-libs
package is still delivered, but has no contents, so that any packages
which depend on it will not have issues.
There are also a 3 new Volatile binaries shipped due to shipping the
latest versions of desktop-search and avant-window-manager.
This project proposes to follow the Gnome Community with the Gnome 2.26
release. The previous case (LSARC/2009/203) was based upon the
development version of Gnome (aka Gnome 2.25). As already stated the
majority of interfaces that have changed when compared to the previous
case are declared Volatile. The project is requesting a Minor release
binding.
Thanks,
Brian
On 04/29/09 18:25, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> GNOME 2.26 Addendum
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Brian Cameron
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 29 April, 2009
> 4. Technical Description
> ===================================================
> GNOME 2.26 ARC Proposal Update
> Date: Apr 29th, 2009 Jeff Cai<jeff.cai at sun.com>
> ===================================================
>
>
> ===============
> 1. Introduction
> ===============
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>
> GNOME 2.26 Addendum
>
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>
> Jeff Cai (jeff.cai at sun.com)
> Jedy Wang (jedy.wang at sun.com)
> Ke Wang (ke.wang at sun.com)
>
> 1.3. Email Aliases:
> 1.3.1. Responsible Manager: leo.binchy at sun.com
> paul.mei at sun.com
> harry.lu at sun.com
> helen.wang at sun.com
>
> 1.3.2. Responsible Engineer: jeff.cai at sun.com
> jedy.wang at sun.com
> ke.wang at sun.com
> brian.cameron at sun.com
> 1.3.3. Marketing Manager: Glynn.Foster at Sun.COM
> 1.3.4. Interest List: desktop-cteam at sun.com
> accessprogramoffice at sun.com
> trusted-jds at sun.com
>
> ==================
> 2. Project Summary
> ==================
>
> 2.1. Project Description
>
> This project continues on LSARC 2009/203 to reflect the latest
> changes
> in the GNOME desktop which took place after LSARC 2009/203 was filed.
>
> 2.2. Risks and Assumptions
>
> Please refer to LSARC 2009/203.
>
> ========================
> 3. Technical Description
> ========================
>
> 3.1. Split the package SUNWgnome-base-libs into small packages
>
> The purpose of splitting the package SUNWgnome-base-libs is to
> minimize
> the dependencies among packages.
>
> Split SUNWgnome-base-libs into 8 packages and keep
> SUNWgnome-base-libs
> as empty packages, which depend on all split packages for the
> dependency compatibility.
>
> SUNWglib2/-devel
> SUNWcairo/-devel
> SUNWpango/-devel/-root
> SUNWlibatk/-devel
> SUNWgnome-base-libs/-root/-devel ------> SUNWgtk2/-devel/-root
> SUNWlibglade/-devel
> SUNWlibart/-devel
> SUNWlibgnomecanvas/-devel
>
> 3.2. New Components SUNWdesktop-cache
>
> 3.2.1 Description
>
> SUNWdesktop-cache is a colleciton of 6 SMF services responsible for
> updating the various desktop related caches, thus ensuring the
> desktop
> functions as expected.
>
> The services included in this package were designed to replace all
> cache update functionality catered for by the SUNWpostrun service.
> This
> functionality was contained in the post install section of SVR4
> packages on Solaris.
>
> The SUNWpostrun service and package are not be obsoleted as they are
> still used in some places, namely Staroffice.
>
> The IPS (Image Packaging System) does not cater for post install
> functionality, SUNWdesktop-cache was designed to replace this
> functionality on OpenSolaris.
>
> Integrating this functionality into Solaris and removing SUNWpostrun
> functionality from all JDS packages will result in having just one
> cache update facility on both Solaris and OpenSolaris and increase
> maintainability.
>
> Each of these services provides two methods, "start" and "refresh".
> The "start" method is used for normal service startup at boot time
> or a restart.
> The "refresh" method initiates a complete refresh of the specific
> cache.
>
> The 6 cache update services are :
>
> 1. Desktop Mime Cache.
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/desktop-mime-cache:default
>
> Ensure /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache contains current
> MIME information for all .desktop application files installed, thus
> ensuring correct applications get launched for specific file types.
>
> If new .desktop files are installed to /usr/share/applications or
> existing ones are updated, mimeinfo.cache will be updated to reflect
> possible changes. /usr/bin/update-desktop-database is used to update
> the MIME cache.
>
>
> 2. GConf Cache.
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/gconf-cache:default
>
> Ensure /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml GConf schema
> cache
> is kept up to date for all GConf schema files installed to
> /etc/gconf/schemas. This ensures valid GConf defaults are used for
> GConf keys that a user has not specifically set.
>
> If new schema files are installed to /etc/gconf/schemas or existing
> ones have been updated, the GConf cache should be updated to reflect
> any possible changes. /usr/bin/gconftool-2 is used to update the
> cache.
>
>
> 3. Icon Cache.
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/icon-cache:default
>
> Ensure /usr/share/icons/*/icon-theme.cache is kept current for all
> icon themes that have a index.theme file installed. This ensure
> correct
> icons are displayed for the current theme chosen by the user.
>
> If a new icon theme as been installed under /usr/share/icons or icons
> have been updated in an existing theme, the icon-theme.cache files
> requires updating. /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache is used to update
> the
> cache files.
>
> 4. Input Method Cache
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/input-method-cache:default
>
> The location of the input method cache is dependent on architecture
> as
> follows :
> amd64 : /etc/amd64/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
> sparcv9 : /etc/sparcv9/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
> 32-bit : /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
>
> The output from "/bin/isainfo -k" is used to determine correct
> location
> of the correct input method cache.
>
> Ensure this cache is updated for all shared libraries installed to
> /usr/lib/$ARCH/gtk-2.0/*/immodules. This facilitates the input of
> internationalized character sets.
>
> If any new shared libraries are installed to
> /usr/lib/$ARCH/gtk-2.0/*/immodules or updated the gtk.immodules cache
> requires updating. /usr/bin/$ARCH/gtk-query-immodules-2.0 is used to
> update the cache.
>
>
> 5. MIME Types Cache
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/mime-types-cache:default
>
> Ensure /usr/share/mime/mime.cache is maintained up to date for any
> new
> packages installed to /usr/share/mime/packages. This keeps the known
> list of MIME types current, and facilitates the correct determination
> of file MIME types.
>
> Installing new packages to /usr/share/mime/packages or updating
> existing packages will require updating of mime.cache.
> /usr/bin/update-mime-database is used to update this cache.
>
> 6. Pixbuf Loaders Installer.
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/pixbuf-loaders-installer:default
>
> Similar to input method cache in that this cache is architecture
> dependent. The output from "/bin/isainfo -k" is used to determine
> architecture and cache file location can be :
> amd64 : /etc/amd64/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
> sparcv9 : /etc/sparcv9/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
> 32-bit : /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
>
> Ensure this cache is updated for all shared libraries installed to
> /usr/lib/$ARCH/gtk-2.0/*/loaders. This cache defines the default set
> of
> pixbuf loaders used by GTK+. If not present GTK+ will fail to load
> pixbuf images.
>
> Installing new shared libraries or updating existing ones under
> /usr/lib/$ARCH/gtk-2.0/*/loaders will require updating of this cache.
> /usr/bin/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders is used to update this cache.
>
>
> 3.2.2 Interfaces for SUNWdesktop-cache
>
> Exported Interfaces
>
> Interfaces Stability Comments
> -------------------------------------------- -----------
> -----------------
> /var/svc/manifest/application/desktop-cache/desktop-mime-cache.xml
> Volatile SMF Manifest
>
> /var/svc/manifest/application/desktop-cache/gconf-cache.xml
> Volatile SMF Manifest
>
> /var/svc/manifest/application/desktop-cache/icon-cache.xml
> Volatile SMF Manifest
>
> /var/svc/manifest/application/desktop-cache/input-method-cache.xml
> Volatile SMF Manifest
>
> /var/svc/manifest/application/desktop-cache/mime-types-cache.xml
> Volatile SMF Manifest
>
> /var/svc/manifest/application/desktop-cache/pixbuf-loaders-installer.xml
> Volatile SMF Manifest
>
> /lib/svc/method/desktop-mime-cache Uncommitted SMF Method
> Script
> /lib/svc/method/gconf-cache Uncommitted SMF Method
> Script
> /lib/svc/method/icon-cache Uncommitted SMF Method
> Script
> /lib/svc/method/input-method-cache Uncommitted SMF Method
> Script
> /lib/svc/method/mime-types-cache Uncommitted SMF Method
> Script
> /lib/svc/method/pixbuf-loaders-installer Uncommitted SMF Method
> Script
>
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/desktop-mime-cache:default
> Uncommitted SMF Name
>
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/gconf-cache:default
> Uncommitted SMF Name
>
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/icon-cache:default
> Uncommitted SMF Name
>
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/input-method-cache:default
> Uncommitted SMF Name
>
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/mime-types-cache:default
> Uncommitted SMF Name
>
> svc:/application/desktop-cache/pixbuf-loaders-installer:default
> Uncommitted SMF Name
>
> Imported Interfaces
>
> Interfaces Stability Package/Comment
> ------------------------------------------ -----------
> -----------------
> /usr/bin/update-desktop-database Committed
> SUNWdesktop-prefs
> /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache Committed
> SUNWgnome-base-libs
> /usr/bin/gconftool-2 Volatile SUNWgnome-config
> /usr/bin/$ARCH/gtk-query-immodules-2.0 Committed
> SUNWgnome-base-libs
> /usr/bin/update-mime-database Committed SUNWgnome-vfs
> /usr/bin/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders Committed
> SUNWgnome-base-libs
> /bin/isainfo Committed SUNWcsu
> /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache Committed Desktop MIME
> cache
> /usr/share/applications Committed Default .desktop
> install location
> /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults Committed GConf schema
> cache
> /etc/gconf/schemas Committed GConf Schemas
> instlal location
> /usr/share/icons/*/icon-theme.cache Committed Icon theme cache
> /etc/amd64/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules Committed AMD 64 bit input
> method cache
> /etc/sparcv9/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules Committed 64 Bit Sparc
> input
> method cache
> /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules Committed 32 bit input
> method
> cache
> /usr/share/mime/mime.cache Committed MIME cache
> /etc/amd64/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders Committed AMD 64 bit
> pixbuf
> loader cache
> /etc/sparcv9/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders Committed 64 but Sparc
> pixbuf
> loader cache
> /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders Committed 32 bit pixbuf
> loader cache
>
> 3.2.3. References
>
> update-desktop-database(1), gtk-update-icon-cache(1), gconftool-2(1),
> gtk-query-immodules-2.0(1), update-mime-database(1),
> gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders(1)
>
> Related ARC Case : PSARC 2008/078 postrun
>
> 3.3. Interfaces for other modules
>
> Interface tables can be found in [3].
>
> Refer to the modulediffs [1] report for a list of modules which
> have been updated to a new version.
>
> Please refer to the gtk-docs [6] that are installed to the system
> with this release of the JDS desktop.
>
> Changes to packaging are highlighted in the pkgcmp report. [2]
>
> ======================
> 4. Reference Documents
> ======================
>
> References:
>
> [1] ./modulediffs.txt
> [2]
> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/jds/arc-documents/trunk/
> gnome226a/pkgcmpd
> [3] ./interface-table.txt
> [4] ./committed-API-changes.txt
> [5]
> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/jds/arc-documents/trunk/
> gnome226a/additional-materials/manpages.tar.gz
> [6]
> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/jds/arc-documents/trunk/
> gnome226a/additional-materials/gtk-doc.tar.gz
>
> =========================
> 5. Resources and Schedule
> =========================
>
> 5.1. Projected Availability
>
> This project will be included in Solaris Nevada and OpenSolaris.
>
> 5.2. Cost of Effort
>
> Refer to the PLC documentation which includes P&L for the project.
>
> 5.3. Cost of Capital Resources
>
> Refer to the PLC documentation which includes P&L for the project.
>
> 5.4. ARC review type: [Standard/FastTrack/SelfReview]
>
> FastTrack
>
>
> =========================
> 6. Prototype Availability
> =========================
>
> 6.1. Prototype Availability
>
> Development versions of GNOME 2.26 are available here:
>
> /net/mhw.prc.sun.com/builds/vermillion/devel/
>
> 6.2. Prototype Cost
>
> The Solaris Desktop team works to provide the latest desktop stack in
> development so that people internally can have access to the latest
> code for testing and early access to new features. These builds are
> also used by the desktop team for doing ongoing development and
> testing. Therefore, the cost of providing the these "prototype"
> builds
> are a part of the cost the development team requires to provide the
> next release of GNOME into Solaris. Since much of the desktop stack
> is
> developed externally, the cost of development is shared by many
>
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> Desktop
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
