Re: [linux-distros-dev] A bit of a reboot

[Alphonse Van Assche <alcapcom@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Overholt a écrit :
> Hi,
>   
Hi,
> We're never going to avoid either method of installation.  There are
> potential points of integration with p2 and PackageKit.
>   
Seem to be something that we can rely on - I have experiment with the 
rpm stubby plugin and the OSGI dependency extractor script and my 
conclusion was that it was possible to generate entires specfiles [1] 
and automatically generate provides and requires packages (at less from 
a upstream feature). From what I remember me, there was some stuff that 
need manual modifications but the only one that can give us problems was 
the name of the packages.

So the Idea is,
1. a new update is available though p2.
2. a system detect it using p2 API.
3. a system generate a specfile and whatever .deb need.
4. a system send mails on all packagers of that given bundle.
5. each distro can build that package using they own build system.
6. the update is available though distros specific update tools and 
through p2 integrated with packagekit.

Btw, I have plan to give the possibility to install packages using 
PackageKit in the specfile editor (the idea to add a bouton  'a la jdt' 
in the mouse hover popup for non installed packages, maybe a plugin to 
install, uninstall and seach package can be useful for all distros too.

I know that the stuff need some work, but once that stuff is done we can 
more easily packaging and maintain our distros specific packages.

[1] I thing (but I know nothing about .deb packaging) that all these 
stuff can done for Debian packages too.

Cheers,
Alphonse