[forge-dev] Packaging Forge for Linux
Dan Allen
dan.j.allen at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 09:38:05 EST 2012
Here's a little motivation (and also a little insight into the Debian
package process):
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=585439
-Dan
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 01:02, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Creating and publishing Forge packages for Linux (Fedora, Debian & Ubuntu)
> would really help boost adoption of Forge, IMO. Telling someone to download
> an unzip seems simple enough, but there's just something even more elegant
> about:
>
> sudo apt-get install jboss-forge
>
> or
>
> sudo yum install jboss-forge
>
> (no sudo if you're hip enough, one of those GUIs if your glitzy enough)
>
> I just discovered today that Fedora is trying to make package development
> easier than ever for Java developers. They've created a plugin for Eclipse
> [1] that walks you through creating a package, starting from git clone all
> the way to publish to Bodhi [2] (think of it like Nexus for Fedora, sort
> of).
>
> This may seem premature, but *trust me*, we want to think about this
> *well* in advance so that we have some chance of getting into Fedora 17 or
> 18. (The process for Debian / Ubuntu may go faster).
>
> Btw, this will likely relate, tie into or help drive the JBoss AS7 on
> Fedora initiative [3].
>
> -Dan
>
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Packager_For_Eclipse_User_Guide
> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bodhi
> [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JBossAS7
>
> --
> Dan Allen
> Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
> Registered Linux User #231597
>
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> http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction
>
>
--
Dan Allen
Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
Registered Linux User #231597
http://google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen
http://mojavelinux.com
http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction
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