Software Collections SIG
SIG Status: Approved
Board Member Helping Bootstrap: JimPerrin
The Software Collections SIG will provide an upstream development area for various software collections and related tools. Developers can build on and extend existing SCLs, so they don't need to re-invent the wheel or take responsibility for packaging unnecessary dependencies.
Goals
Act as upstream git repository for SoftwareCollections.org
- Work with developers to accept contributions for newer software collections.
- Establish release management duties to act as gateway to build/sign/distribute packages.
Build and distribute software collections packages via centos.org as well as SoftwareCollections.org
Work with upstreams like OpenShift Origin and foreman to provide compatibility.
Resource Requirements
Full control of project space on http://git.centos.org - sig-sclo or similar.
Rights for SIG release engineering to SIG branch under the /rpms namespace on http://git.centos.org for builder access / control
Build privileges and related targets for http://cbs.centos.org/koji
- Ability to sign packages for distribution
Possible use of http://bugs.centos.org for tracking
Mailing lists and Communications
Work with the CentOS resources and any discussions around that will take place on the centos-devel mailing list. All work related to SCL, user interactions and upstream development will take place on the existing software collections mailing list.
The SIG is usually available also on irc at #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net.
Sync-up meeting
- at least in the beginning we hold (almost) weekly meeting on irc at #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net
- currently the meeting is held on Wednesday, 4pm UTC
- invitation to the irc meeting is sent to both mailing lists above usually one day before
SIG Membership
The SCLo SIG will have a steering committee and committers. The steering committee will initially consist of:
- Brian Gollaher
- Radek Vokal
- Joe Orton
- Adam Miller
- Thomas Oulevey
New committers and members may be added by the steering committee. Steering committee members may interface with the CentOS board via the bootstrapping board member.
Committer privileges, once earned, do not expire unless revoked by the steering committee.
Getting involved
- simple contribution doesn't require access to the dist-git and CentOS Build System (CBS)
have you some bug reports, patches to contribute, other things to discuss, use the sclorg@redhat.com mailing list until there are some better ways (still working on this)
Some tips for active contributors
get familiar with the Software Collections guidelines and Fedora Packaging Guidelines
- send introduction to the mailing list above (share some basic info about yourself, your intentions within SCLo SIG, which collection you plan to help with)
for gaining access to CentOS Build System, follow steps at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CommunityBuildSystem
Roadmap and initial actions
- Define initial package set and deliver binaries.
- Establish git workflow
- Define criteria for contributions
- Provide documentation for community users as well as contributors
- Establish policy/practice for bug submissions
- Set release cadence and upgrade policies
Task list
This is a list of Software Collectoions from RHSCL 1.2 that are ordered according to its importance based on their download statistic and inter-collections dependencies. We can simply start with collections from top.
collection name |
built in sclX--testing tag? |
built in sclX-release tag? |
comment |
v8314 |
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ruby193 |
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needs v8314 |
php55 |
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python27 |
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httpd24 |
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postgresql92 |
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mariadb55 |
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php54 |
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python33 |
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nginx14 |
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ruby200 |
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needs v8314 |
ror40 |
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needs ruby200 |
perl516 |
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devtoolset-3 |
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nodejs010 |
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maven30 |
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mongodb24 |
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needs v8314, maven30 |
mysql55 |
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nginx16 |
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devassist09 |
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git19 |
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thermostat1 |
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needs mongodb24 |
Further information
TODO list for this page
- proper example for SCM request at bugs.c.o
- some real example of building RPMs for SCLo
