[maemo-developers] Diablo Extras .install files

[From: Frank Banul]

Ah, the information I was looking for. I'll throw out what I was
considering if it helps.

3) The user can upload the .install file on the garage page, but this
would require the garage server to change it's mime-type for .install
files.

4) The user can put the deb in the chinook repository and reuse that
install file.

4 is a hack. 3 is actually decent.

Frank

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Niels Breet <niels at maemo.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We automatically generate .install files for Extras up until Chinook[1]
> and for Extras-Devel[2]. We currently don't generate those .install file
> for Diablo Extras because of the way the promotion interface works.
>
> Normally .install files are generated when a package gets processed in the
> incoming queue of Extras. The promotion interface skips this step and
> copies the files directly into the repository.
>
> It hasn't been determined yet where to implement the generation of
> .install in the new situation. There are some options:
>
> Option 1:
> Generation of .install files can be done in the promotion interface when
> promoting a package from Extras-devel to Extras.
>
> Option 2:
> Another option would be to modify the promotion interface to use the
> incoming queue for Diablo Extras.
>
> My preferred option would be option 2 as that would also help bring down
> the load on the machine which is caused by reindexing the repository.
> Which is needed because of the direct file copies. We would need to check
> what the technical difficulties are in this case.
>
> Suggestions on other options are welcome. If you want to help us out with
> the implementation, please see our extras-cauldron[3] garage page!
>
> --
> Niels Breet
> maemo.org webmaster
>
> [1] http://repository.maemo.org/extras/dists/chinook/install/
> [2] http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/dists/diablo/install/
> [3] https://garage.maemo.org/projects/extras-cauldron
>
>
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