This is great to see! Thanks for driving this Kapil. Once the official packages are vetted, we should update our website to point users to it. For new users, getting started with binary packages is infinitely better than having to build from source.
Folks, please help us by testing this packages and provide feedback. On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Kapil Arya <ka...@mesosphere.io> wrote: > Hi All, > > We have some updates regarding the binary RPM build/release process for > Mesos. > > Here are some important bullet points: > > * Jira: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-7981 > * The RPM packages are now built using a jenkins job [1] on the Apache CI. > * The build scripts are part of the Mesos source tree (support/packaging). > * Packages are distributed using bintray [2]. > * Currently, we are using the mesos org under bintray. Once we have more > confidence in the packages, we'll move under the apache org to benefit > from > the superior resource limits. > > Here are the steps to install the CentOS 7 packages from bintray: > > *$* cat > /tmp/bintray-mesos-el.repo <<EOF > #bintray-mesos-el - packages by mesos from Bintray > [bintray-mesos-el] > name=bintray-mesos-el > baseurl=https://dl.bintray.com/mesos/el/7/x86_64 > gpgcheck=0 > repo_gpgcheck=0 > enabled=1 > EOF > > *$* sudo mv /tmp/bintray-mesos-el.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/bintray-mesos-el.repo > > *$* sudo yum update > > *$* sudo yum install mesos > > > To start, we have released 1.4.0 packages in the hope to get some feedback > from > the community before releasing rpms for other supported version. > > Future work: > * Release RC packages in bintray.com/mesos/el-testing repo. > * Release (rotating) nightly builds in bintray.com/mesos/el-unstable repo. > * Create/release debian/ubuntu packages with the help from community > members who > are already publishing such packages. > > Best, > Kapil > > [1]: https://builds.apache.org/job/Mesos/job/Packaging/job/CentosRPMs > [2]: https://bintray.com/mesos/ >
