A rough sketch of what I think needs to happen:
1. Having the version control system for Fedora Core be on
cvs.fedoraproject.org
This would allow you to just keep using the branches that were
already in place for
2. Covering the details of setting up the Fedora build machines to
allow building for those older distros
You may have problems doing it with pre-RHL 7.3, because I know a
few of the very old RHL packages would not build as non-root.
3. Getting the publishing stuff going.
I think a setup similar to Fedora Extras should work
(extras64.linux.duke.edu has the master copy, and the
internal RH plumbing gets it onto the main download site).
Step #2 perhaps blocks on #1, which will take a while itself, but we
can do step #3 independently without waiting for anything, if you'd
like. I do think there is some stuff we can do right now to make
progress...
Best,
-- Elliot
On Jun 7, 2006, at 04:07, Elliot Lee wrote:
On Jun 5, 2006, at 14:28, Jesse Keating wrote:
I would really like to see some movement on integrating Legacy
into the
existing Fedora infrastructure. What does this involve?
* Plague instance for Legacy.
- Building of RHL7.3/9 packages(?), FC1->3
* CVS tree to use
- copies of current FC (and RHL?) trees to commit changes to
- Support in account system for ACLs
* Publishing software
- Currently we push to download.fedoralegacy.org in our own tree
format. We should push to download.fedora.redhat.com and use the
real
mirror system
- Sign+Push software and users. A few people know the Legacy
key and
could push.
Some of these can be done in stages. Currently we don't use CVS to
manage our changes (ick) but we could get a Plague instance up and
running prior to having CVS, and that could be added later.
Likewise we
could continue to hand sign/push our packages to our current mirror
structure before moving into download.fedora space.
There are some questionmarks regarding RHL support. Personally I
would
really like to see Legacy's support of RHL die with FC6 Test2.
Then we
would only have to worry about building FC3+FC4 packages in the
Legacy
space. This would make it much easier for CVS, for the build system,
for the publishing tool, etc... However there is bound to be
resistance
to dropping said support. However, we could also keep that separate.
Continue to support RHL through our existing build system, while
we move
the FC support to the Fedora infrastructure. Lots of options
there, and
headaches there.
Anyway, I'd like a clear Go Ahead from the Board to start talking
to the
folks necessary to make these things happen.
--
Jesse Keating
Release Engineer: Fedora
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