On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 12:41:26 +0800, you wrote: >Currently my idea on this SIG would be: >1 - packaging data engineering related softwares into Fedora, and make them >easy to install, covering from workflow tools (eg: airflow, luigi), data >processing engines (eg: apache spark, flink), visualization tools >(superset, redash) and make life easier for that. I'm not sure how much >these tools can fit into fedora packaging guidelines (lots of bundled jars, >and users expects upstream binaries, esp on engines such as spark/flink), >which is something to brainstorm on. I think this is likely a great idea, though I would advise serious consideration before proceeding down the packaging of anything Java related as you already indicate. As you note, the users of Java software don't want packaged versions, and when you combine that with the serious time commitments to even attempt not just the initial packaging but the long term maintenance you soon risk getting what Fedora has already seen as documented on this list the last 6 months or so - packages being abandoned. My reluctant policy these days is to use whatever the language communities have set up to install anything beyond the basics, whether it be Pip or Maven or whatever, as that just seems to be the way those communities want things to work. Thus I think a far better goal might be: 1) package only stuff that makes sense - ie. anything based on a language that doesn't have its own package management system like C based programs / libraries. 2) test - make sure that even when using Pip or others to install, that things just work on Fedora so that anyone using or trying Fedora gets a good experience. 3) document and promote, so that Fedora looks like a valid alternative to the Ubuntu default that so many of these external software developers default to. Nicely try and get Fedora added as an additional mention in any 3rd party documenation that assumes Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
