I assume this is separate from the Google summer of code? On 3/11/07, Wesley Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Last Summer I worked on the Command Line Interface at ORNL with Thomas and > such. This year, I'm working on a Package Set Manager as a Senior Project. > I just wanted to put out a rough description of what Thomas and I have been > talking about so I can get the feedback from the group. This is also posted > on the trac wiki at > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/wiki/SetManager > > This semester, I will be working on implementing a package set manager for > OSCAR. This will be done in a few stages: > > I will need to create a system for describing the packages which will be > installed and which sets they belong to. This will most likely be done in > XML. The information in the XML file will include the package set name, the > packages in the set, and descriptive information about the package including > (but not limited to) package name and version. > > The packages will need to be in the "new" OSCAR package (opkg) format where > there is an rpm (or set of rpms) which will be installed as well as a noarch > rpm which holds all the the other things that currently are installed along > with the rpm (tests, scripts, config.xml, docs). This rpm will be compiled by > the OSCAR developers using the opkgc compiler. Hopefully I will be able to > leverage the package information that will be stored in the noarch package to > acquire dependency/conflict information. > > These dependencies will have to be resolved among the packages to be > installed, then the images to be pushed to the nodes, then the actual remote > machines themselves. This will be done hopefully with either depman or > packman or, if these two are outdated, smartman. > > I will write the new code as a separate library which will have a CLI to > interact with the user. If time allows, I will take a look at the GUI code to > see if this can be a simple addition to the existing library. > > Feel free to send me feedback on the lists or by posting something in the > wiki. Thanks in advance for any assistance you guys give me this semester > and into the Summer. > > Wesley Bland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > Oscar-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel >
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