Re: couchdb ppa - help needed

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

I would like to reverse my position on this.

I've just watched CloudStack abort a sequence of main project releases
because the Debian packaging apparatus was broken. This wouldn't happen if
the Debian build was kept separate.

I think I'd like to propose that we create a new repository at the ASF that
can hold the extra packaging work. This could include top level dirs for
debs, RPM, Windows, OS X, you name it.


On 22 May 2013 21:44, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:

> I like the Launchpad thing actually. :) I'd say: just go for it. We'll
> figure this stuff out as we go.
>
>
> On Wednesday, 22 May 2013, Benoit Chesneau wrote:
>
>> To make this is not that I want to be on launchpad or whatever, just
>> found that it could be useful for some to be there. But I won't stand
>> on it if most think it is requiring too much works or is useless.
>>
>> - benoit
>>
>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Benoit Chesneau <bc...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>> >> Hmm, okay.
>> >>
>> >> But add-apt-repository surely works with a regular URL too?
>> >
>> > yes
>> >>
>> >> What about Debian users? Can they use the same PPA? Or are we only
>> >> targeting Ubuntu for now?
>> >>
>> >
>> > It is apparently possible, but never tested.
>> >
>> >
>> > Why not to have both. Of course we should support debian. Diversity is
>> > important. I like the position of nginx about that. Actually the
>> > ubuntu ppa is unofficial but they add "may be more fitting for your
>> > environment." Which is the reason I think we could have both. Nginx
>> > also maintain its own debian repo.
>> >
>> > - benoit
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On 22 May 2013 20:51, Benoit Chesneau <bc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>> > Does Ubuntu streamline the process of adding the PPA to your
>> >>> > /etc/apt/sources.list?
>> >>>
>> >>> yes, for ex:
>> >>>
>> >>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:couchdb/apache-couchdb
>> >>>
>> >>> done.
>> >>>
>> >>> It can also do the  work for us when it's about building the package
>> >>> for the different ubuntu release.
>> >>> Again having a presence of launchpad may also be good for us in term
>> of
>> >>> image.
>> >>>
>> >>> - benoit
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> NS
>>
>
>
> --
> NS
>



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NS

Re: couchdb ppa - help needed

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

On Jun 10, 2013, at 13:35 , Benoit Chesneau <bc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>> I would like to reverse my position on this.
>> 
>> I've just watched CloudStack abort a sequence of main project releases
>> because the Debian packaging apparatus was broken. This wouldn't happen if
>> the Debian build was kept separate.
>> 
>> I think I'd like to propose that we create a new repository at the ASF that
>> can hold the extra packaging work. This could include top level dirs for
>> debs, RPM, Windows, OS X, you name it.
>> 
> 
> While I'm fully agree to have an official repo on Apache, I would like
> to also provides this PPA at least for the ubuntu people. It
> considerably ease the process for ubuntu users (and us). Also it can
> be used later as an entry point for an official package or partner
> package imo.

+1

Jan
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Re: couchdb ppa - help needed

[Benoit Chesneau <bc...@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> I would like to reverse my position on this.
>
> I've just watched CloudStack abort a sequence of main project releases
> because the Debian packaging apparatus was broken. This wouldn't happen if
> the Debian build was kept separate.
>
> I think I'd like to propose that we create a new repository at the ASF that
> can hold the extra packaging work. This could include top level dirs for
> debs, RPM, Windows, OS X, you name it.
>

While I'm fully agree to have an official repo on Apache, I would like
to also provides this PPA at least for the ubuntu people. It
considerably ease the process for ubuntu users (and us). Also it can
be used later as an entry point for an official package or partner
package imo.

- benoit