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FreeBSD Developer Summit: Ports Working Group
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Overview
The FreeBSD project has provided prebuilt ready-to-install binary packages for many years on a best-effort basis. While these packages do work in a large number of cases, there are too many inconsistencies and failure combinations, from the unpredictable update frequency to dependency handling across upgrades, for them to be used on a wider scale. This session centers on a round-table brainstorm that begins with a summary of the tremendous progress made in the last 12 months, and closes with a discussion of the roadmap on how to improve binary package creation, distribution, installation and upgrading.
Goals
In particular, we would like to cover the following topics. This is not an exhaustive list and if you feel there is something missing that you want to talk about, contact one of the session chairs and we will include your topic here. Note that the numbering of the topics does not represent an ordering or importance indication of any kind, but rather a reference to the second table with the "topic of interest" column.
Topics
Please send talks, brain storm topics, or other proposals to the session chair.
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Who |
Topic Description |
SVN |
beat |
Status of the move to subversion |
PKGNG |
bapt |
Status of the implementation and uptake of the new package tools |
portbuild2 |
bapt |
Status of new cluster build scheduler |
Package sets |
bapt |
Status and proposed schedule for scheduled releases of binary packages |
QA |
decke |
Quality assurance in all shapes and forms: QAT, redports, pointyhat, etc. |
UNIQUENAME |
beat |
Disussion about make UNIQUENAME really unique |
OptionsNG |
bapt |
Quick refresher presentation on the OPTIONSNG framework |
Default options |
erwin |
Some very general options should be turn on, or off, by default , e.g. SSL and IPv6 should be on. Discuss a list of which ones to turn on and off by default |
Note: General presentations about work you have done that does not require further discussions should be submitted for the FreeBSD Developer Summit track at EuroBSDcon (see general developer summit page).
Attending
In order to attend you need register for the developer summit as well as by email for the session and be confirmed by the working group organizer. Follow the guidelines described on the main page or what you received by email. For questions or if in doubt ask the session chairs.
Please do NOT add yourself here. Your name will appear automatically once you received the confirmation email. You need to put your name on the general developer summit attendees list though.
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Name |
Username / Affiliation |
Topics of Interest |
Notes |
1 |
erwin |
portmgr |
chair |
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2 |
thierry |
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3 |
GSoC student |
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4 |
Edward Tan |
puppet |
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5 |
rene |
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6 |
bapt |
pkgng, poudriere, options, Mk/bsd.*.mk, portbuild2 |
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7 |
beat |
portmgr, svn |
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8 |
itetcu |
portmgr |
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9 |
decke |
QAT/redports |
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10 |
pgj |
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11 |
kmore |
PC-BSD |
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12 |
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Results
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