[Dev] Linux flavors to support for 0.6 and forward?

[Andi Vajda]

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Andi..

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Jared Rhine wrote:

> [Heikki == heikki at osafoundation.org on Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:28:13 -0700]
>
>  Heikki> Our currently supported Linux flavor is Fedora Core 2, while
>  Heikki> FC4 is just about to come out.  I believe this time around
>  Heikki> we should do more of a market driven approach.
>
> I feel it would be advantageous to do things "the Linux way" and
> really support the Linux distributions' mechanisms for packaging and
> distributing software.
>
> In short, the biggest momentum and goodwill will come from having:
>
>  (Debian) apt-get install chandler
>  (Debian) apt-get install chandler-dev
>  (Gentoo) emerge chandler
>  (Gentoo) emerge chandler-svn
>  (Fedora) yum install chandle
>
> and so on.
>
> The packaging should be done via a liaison program with volunteer
> packagers representing the various distributions (jumpstarted if
> necessary with in-house packaging).  Leave it those people to arrive
> at specific dependency trees specific to their distribution, and
> create distribution-specific patches as necessary to support a
> high-quality build on their platform.
>
> Packagers also typically form a core base of open-source contributors;
> they come to know the package intimately, and often provide functional
> patches for their distribution that they feed "upstream" back to OSAF.
>
> Building binary distributions is great, but very challenging to
> support in a dynamic Linux environment.  If you pick an official set,
> you'll always get flak from people outside those distributions, will
> always be playing catchup with changing distributions, and will have
> lower market penetration numbers than if the package is simply
> provided using binary-only distributions.
>
> Simply providing "how to build Chandler on Linux" instructions is not
> sufficient going forward.  Real adoption will come from being able to
> run apt-get/emerge/yum/etc making it a no-hassle install for lots of
> people all at once.
>
> If desired, I can discuss my personal opinions about which specific
> Linux distributions have the most momentum and which would form a
> reasonable set for binary distributions, though the point of my
> thoughts above is orthogonal to that issue.
>
> -- jared at wordzoo.com
>
> "We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our
> illusions.  We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put
> in place of reality." - Daniel J. Boorstin
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