Hi all, OS2008 Feature Upgrade[1], Maemo 4.1[2], Diablo, have been released and now we need to enable the Extras repository. There has been a lot of talk about how we can make the Diablo community repository better than the ones we had before. I have submitted a proposal[3] for the Diablo repository and this is what we are now going to do.
The time for talking is over, we now need to act on the plans. Implementation: Direct upload of packages to the Diablo Extras repository has been disabled. There is an autobuilder in place which only takes proper source packages. You can upload these source packages to the builder by: 1. dput [4] 2. web-based Extras assistant[5] Once a package has been uploaded and processed by the autobuilder, you will receive a mail with the build status of your package. The build results of all submitted packages can also be seen on the mailinglist[6]. After a successful build, the package will end up in the Extras-devel repository. This repository is meant to be a playground, testing, experimentation repository. If the developer thinks a package is ready for Extras, he/she can promote the package to extras with the promotion interface. (This interface is not activated for Diablo yet, but it will be asap) These changes to the upload process will be a start of the process as defined by the community[7] in the wiki. Implementation status: The autobuilder is active for Chinook and Diablo. The Extras assistant is active for Chinook and Diablo. The promotion interface is active for Chinook, Diablo will follow soon. Review: Let's have a public review of the repository situation after a few weeks. Based on the review we can make some changes, try them out and review again. (LRR) We will not get it right the first time, but at least we can start making progress. Please take some time to test everything, we really appreciate your feedback. Chinook rebuild and Diablo Extras bootstrap: We will bootstrap the Diablo Extras repository with the packages which have a 'build OK' from the Chinook rebuild effort[8]. If your package has some problems, feel free to fix it by uploading a new source package to Chinook extras. Thanks: I would like to thank Ed Bartosh and Mikhail Sobolev for all their time and hard work invested in the autobuilder and promotion interfaces. Problems: If you experience any problems or if something is not clear, feel free to mail me. -- Niels Breet maemo.org webmaster [1] http://maemo.org/news/announcements/view/os2008_feature_upgrade-reflash_your_tablet-for_the_last_time.html [2] http://maemo.org/news/announcements/view/maemo_4-1_comes_with_new_tools-better_documentation_and_a_promoted_extras_repository.html [3] http://wiki.maemo.org/Diablo_extras_repository_proposal [4] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/HOWTO.html [5] https://garage.maemo.org/extras-assistant/index.php [6] https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/extras-cauldron-builds/ [7] http://wiki.maemo.org/extras_repository_process_definition [8] https://garage.maemo.org/extras-assistant/maemo_extras_chinook_rebuild.php _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
