Wednesday May 15, 13:00-16:00
The FreeBSD project has provided pre-built 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.
If you would like to participate, contact the working group chairs below and CC devsummit@. You will be then added to this page. Please include a list of things you want to talk about or the areas you are interested in. This helps us in planning the session and to bring people together with common interests.
It is possible to bring in people who cannot attend in person via video conference or chat tools. Notes during the session will be published later on for the whole community to see what we discussed.
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.
Part one 13:00-14:30 Future of package building
| # | Who | Topic Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | erwin | Security breach and recovery |
| 2 | bdrewery | poudriere |
| 3 | erwin | package releases |
| 4 | brooks | cross package installs |
| 5 | brooks | user mode qemu |
| 6 | sson | Cross building ports on MIPS |
| 7 | François Tigeot (guest) | Ports on DragonflyBSD |
Break 14:30-15:00
Part two 15:00-16:00
| # | Who | Topic Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | gcooper | World in a box |
| 9 | ? | Ports on FreeBSD 10 |
| 10 | ? | Ports and clang |
| 11 | bdrewery | PKGNG, portmaster/portupgrade |
| 12 | bapt | Changes to the ports infrastructure |
| 13 | bapt | Plans for the ports infrastructure |
| 14 | * | Brainstorm: common complaints and wantlist |
Note: General presentations about work you have done that does not require further discussions should be submitted for the FreeBSD Developer Summit track at BSDCan (see the general developer summit page).
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.
| Name | Username / Affiliation | Topics of Interest | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ErwinLansing | erwin | * | Session chair |
| EmanuelHaupt | ehaupt | * | |
| BryanDrewery | bdrewery | pkg, poudriere, portmaster, portupgrade | |
| François Tigeot | guest | Dragonfly BSD | |
| BaptisteDaroussin | bapt | ||
| RenatoBotelho | garga | ||
| BrooksDavis | brooks | ||
| FlorianSmeets | flo | ||
| JustinHibbits | jhibbits | cross building, poudriere | |
| StaceySon | sson | cross building, poudriere | |
| NgieCooper | gcooper | ||
| AllanJude | CDN, package distribution | ||
| EdMaste | emaste | ||
| DanRue | guest | ||
| MattSmith | guest | ||
| DaichiGoto | goto |
Session notes at http://openetherpad.org/pEec77JRL2
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