On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Andreas Wacknitz <a.wackn...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > Am 12.10.16 um 12:48 schrieb Adam Števko: > > Hi, >> >> On 12 Oct 2016, at 13:54, Marc Lobelle <marc.lobe...@uclouvain.be> wrote: >>> >>> On 11/10/16 18:19, Aurélien Larcher wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> here is a short list of packages looking for adoption by a nice >>>> maintainer: >>>> >>>> benchmark/iozone >>>> developer/fakeroot >>>> developer/versioning/guilt >>>> editor/bvi >>>> editor/jedit >>>> image/virtualgl >>>> library/idnkit >>>> library/libosip2 >>>> library/xmlrpc-c >>>> shell/shmux >>>> terminal/roxterm >>>> web/aget >>>> >>>> Considering that we have been talking about this for several months, >>>> if nobody is interested in updating them right now, I guess they >>>> should simply be deprecated instead of carrying old versions around. >>>> >>>> Aurélien >>>> >>>> Some old open source programs are not maintained any more but they do >>> well what they are supposed to do. I think xfig is in this case. However >>> they are still usefull and used. It is always a loss of time to have to >>> find a source and recompile it when you install a new computer with a >>> recent OS distribution (such as OI-Hipster1604). >>> >>> There are also programs that are still maintained but of which an old >>> version is in OI, such as cups: it is better to have an old cups than no >>> cups at all. >>> >>> As long as such programs work I would keep them in distributions. If one >>> does not like to have them with the others, they could somehow be flagged >>> as old. >>> >>> I'll see if I can make a package with a working version of xfig. Can you >>> point me to an howto (assuming I have a working compiled version for OI). >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Marc >>> >> https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+with+oi-userland >> >> For packaging tips look for examples in other components. Also write down >> any problems with the quality of the documentation, so we can make it >> better. >> >> Cheers, >> Adam >> _______________________________________________ >> openindiana-discuss mailing list >> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > I would like to see is > 1. A page about build environment preparation, especially what > packages are needed (and how to install them) to build all userland packages > Some words when you are trying to build in a zone. A downloadable > script would be nice... > 2. How and when to update the build environment. > 3. A sample for a new package (steps that are needed) and a sample for > updating an existing package. > 4. Tips (collection of best practices and caveats). > > I think all this would make it easier for newcomers. > I need to update it but this is a start: https://openindiana.github.io/oi-docs/dev/userland/ It is missing the recent addition of REQUIRED_PACKAGES and pre-publish. For simple packaging tasks and provided that the system is plain Hipster, installation in a zone is IMHO an unnecessary burden. > > Regards > Andreas > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- --- Praise the Caffeine embeddings _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
