On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Devan Goodwin <dgood...@redhat.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:55:03 +0530 > Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet.si...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > >> Thats good news. We will need more QA for the features provided by >> orafce. >> >> Can we have an optional pseudo package (something like >> spacewalk_postgres ) that spacewalk package would depend on, so that >> we make postgres and orafce part of those and 'yum install >> spacewalk_postgres' will automatically install the contained packages >> for us? >> >> If possible, can we add this dependency only in pgsql branch? >> >> Best regards, >> > > I'd like to set up some customized package builds off pgsql branch and > find some way to distribute them but it's a little tricky to do > so, and I'm hoping we can survive with a devel setup at least for > awhile. (though if we find it necessary then we'll figure something > out) Building and tagging packages in a branch off master, while work > moves on in master and we merge that in occasionally, is a bit tricky > to coordinate. > > As for packaging I'm hopeful that when we finish this effort, things > will look something like: > > - - yum install spacewalk requires no database packages (as your db could > be on another host) > > - - spacewalk will install schema for one or both databases somewhere on > your system. if we choose one or the other, postgresql should be the > default.
both > > - - spacewalk-setup will prompt if you'd like an "embedded" installation > where we assume the admin doesn't know anything about databases, then > just yum install postgresql and configure a database for them during > the setup automatically. -1 (see other email from me and Jan) > > - - otherwise, spacewalk-setup will ask for connection parameters to your > pre-existing oracle or postgresql db and install the appropriate schema. always ask for db information. For example, Database [PostgreSQL]? # valid values would be PostgreSQL & Oracle The prompts for the database information can change depending on what the value of Database was chosen, that is if PostgreSQL needs more or less information than Oracle, etc. jesus _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-devel mailing list Spacewalk-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-devel
