Bug#727085: An HHVM-in-Debian State of the Union (was Re: Bug#727085: Taking over packaging in Debian.)
> I have been working (with some help from Faidon) to bring the 2.4.1 >tarball to >Debian standards. The git repo (remember, >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://anonscm.debian.org/gitwe >b/?p%3Dcollab-maint/hhvm.git%3Ba%3Dsummary&k=ZVNjlDMF0FElm4dQtryO4A%3D%3D% >0A&r=KbCGvs3NEqqV%2FJZMWI0xxA%3D%3D%0A&m=Cc%2BuMlf3PVOorM33Udvk4tQyoMy%2Bt >%2BAWYxrtpFKq1%2BA%3D%0A&s=d572db8992a4b95f8b27e56fa11dde396e7881c8bda6de8 >a2c441adc3e61b428) reflects >right now three major operational changes: integration of system's libzip, >integration of system's libsqlite3 and the removal of several libraries >that >added useless dependencies to the package. Yay. > Apart from that, the debian/copyright work is, as you may imagine, a >three-ring >circus. Apart from the huge list of contributors and different licenses, >there >is a big showstopper that I found so far, which is that a couple of files >are >licensed under the (in)famous JSON.org license (Software has to be used >for Good >not Evil). I'm doing my best to convince the in-house developers that >switching >to pecl-json-c (from Remi Collet) is the best approach as we are not >bug-compatible anymore with the two main Linux families out there (Debian >and >RedHat) since the end of May 2013, but at the same time they want to stay >close >to PHP for good reasons. There is an endless debate^W^W^Wmore >information at >PHP#63520. This one is fun. We've chatted a bunch and the general consensus is that the optimal outcome would be to be as compatible with php5 as possible. This means we would like to use remi's extension (assuming all our unit tests and the big framework tests pass). We actually don't care too much about staying close to PHP5 at the source level since many more people are using our packages as building from source. It also is pretty bad to have the developers using the source be using a different library than the uses who use the package. So Ender, if you can get remi's extension ported to us, then we'd take it upstream. > In the meantime, Facebook has released HHVM 3.0.0 with Hack support (a >superset >of PHP with gradual typing, collections and more stuff - >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://hacklang.org/&k=ZVNjlDMF >0FElm4dQtryO4A%3D%3D%0A&r=KbCGvs3NEqqV%2FJZMWI0xxA%3D%3D%0A&m=Cc%2BuMlf3PV >OorM33Udvk4tQyoMy%2Bt%2BAWYxrtpFKq1%2BA%3D%0A&s=9398e7801cd780c0445cf51e09 >28831d9065d9f94a050e88fe6c5477e456bb46). >While I'm all for packaging that version, I'm trying to stay close to >2.4.1 as I >already know my troubles with this version and I don't want to add more >logs to >the fire, so I'm not updating the upstream version yet. Also the 3.0.0 >adds >dependencies like some OCaml code analysis tools depending on other stuff >that >is not even nearly packaged, so...you know. As far as source goes, 3.0.0 isn't much of a change. It optionally builds the type checker if you have ocaml on your machine but happily ignores it if you don't. So I bet if you drop it into your workflow it will 'just work'. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cf5effcc.6555e...@fb.com
Bug#727085: An HHVM-in-Debian State of the Union (was Re: Bug#727085: Taking over packaging in Debian.)
On 3/3/14, 2:01 PM, David Martínez Moreno wrote: > On 2/28/14, 10:10 PM, László Böszörményi (GCS) wrote: >> Hi Ender, all, >> >> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:16 PM, David Martínez Moreno >> wrote: >>> Hello all. My name is Ender, I have been a Debian developer for >>> quite some >>> time and I work for Facebook, so I decided to do proper packaging of hhvm in >>> Alioth, as having this done properly is a goal for the team in the first >>> part of >>> the year. Hello, I just wanted to update everyone on this thread with respect to the Debian packaging. I have been working (with some help from Faidon) to bring the 2.4.1 tarball to Debian standards. The git repo (remember, http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/hhvm.git;a=summary) reflects right now three major operational changes: integration of system's libzip, integration of system's libsqlite3 and the removal of several libraries that added useless dependencies to the package. Apart from that, the debian/copyright work is, as you may imagine, a three-ring circus. Apart from the huge list of contributors and different licenses, there is a big showstopper that I found so far, which is that a couple of files are licensed under the (in)famous JSON.org license (Software has to be used for Good not Evil). I'm doing my best to convince the in-house developers that switching to pecl-json-c (from Remi Collet) is the best approach as we are not bug-compatible anymore with the two main Linux families out there (Debian and RedHat) since the end of May 2013, but at the same time they want to stay close to PHP for good reasons. There is an endless debate^W^W^Wmore information at PHP#63520. In the meantime, Facebook has released HHVM 3.0.0 with Hack support (a superset of PHP with gradual typing, collections and more stuff - http://hacklang.org). While I'm all for packaging that version, I'm trying to stay close to 2.4.1 as I already know my troubles with this version and I don't want to add more logs to the fire, so I'm not updating the upstream version yet. Also the 3.0.0 adds dependencies like some OCaml code analysis tools depending on other stuff that is not even nearly packaged, so...you know. All in all, the ball keeps rolling, and hopefully in another month or so I hope to have a package ready in the archives. Call me an optimist. Best regards, Ender. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
