On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Mark Hinkle <mark.hin...@citrix.com> wrote: > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Mark Hinkle <mark.hin...@citrix.com> wrote: >>> +1 >>> >>> I think this is probably one of the most important things we can do to make >>> it easy for users to install and important for us to help distribution (no >>> pun intended) of CloudStack. >>> >>> Wido's concern about time to bundle is important but if we get into the >>> distros we get much wider distribution and I think we'll get many more >>> interested users and some portion fo them will work on packaging and IMHO >>> we'll net more development resources above and beyond work needed to >>> packaging. Also as CloudStack gets more popular we'll see more people whose >>> security policies will forbid the use of the community run repos. >>> >>> It's a huge PIA to do and the guidelines for each distribution are usually >>> a one-off but I think it's critical for widespread adoption. >>> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Since packaging is a theme yet again (and we seem to be headed in a >>>> direction that is useful for a distro packager), I wanted to raise the >>>> idea of trying to work with various Linux distros to get CloudStack >>>> into their official package repos. I see the 4.1.0 release as being >>>> the ideal release >>>> >>>> I know that we have had various packagers represented on this list on >>>> and off, and I suspect that there are quite a few lurkers hanging >>>> around. >>>> >>>> My question to the community is: does it make sense for the Apache >>>> CloudStack community to reach out to various linux disto communities >>>> and see if they would be willing to include the software (as well as >>>> offer packaging help if needed)? >>>> >>>> My questions to folks that might be on this list representing >>>> different distros: Are you interested? If so, how can we work with >>>> your community most effectively? Last, CloudStack is obviously still >>>> a podling (and our release numbers still reflect "-incubating"). Is >>>> our graduation a prerequisite in your opinion? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -chip >>> >>> >> >> Does anyone in the community want to drive an initiative like this? >> This might be a great way for someone new to help out on the project, >> and get lots of kudos for the work. ;-) > > > I am not exactly new to CloudStack but I have the contacts at almost all of > the distributions and would be glad to help project manage the process. My > coding kung fu is pretty weak but I would love to team up with the packagers > to lighten the bureaucratic load for those guys who have real skills :) >
That would be fantastic Mark! > Mark > >
