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==Improving Fedora packaging== | ==Improving Fedora packaging== | ||
''Status:'' Proposed | |||
''Summary of idea:'' The idea is to make an AUR clone for Fedora where users can submit buildfiles, which need to be hosted. These set of files can compile packages on the user side, and installed locally. | |||
The benefit of this method is: | |||
# No need to host the entire packages (saving space on servers hosting the RPMs) | |||
# Make changes to the buildfile, and not compile the package | |||
# Can pull sources from any version control system/stored tarballs to make a very upto-date package. (See blog entry for an example) | |||
''Contacts:'' [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Anujmore Anuj More] | |||
''Notes:'' Need mentor. Need advice on feasibility of the software and issues that can arise. | |||
Also, read the extensive blog post on [http://execat.blogspot.in/2012/03/aur-clone-for-fedora.html my blog]. | |||
Analogy: | |||
This is a lot like "having your own library" vs "getting a book from a bookstore". | |||
If you refer a book often, you'd keep it in your library. This would occupy space and consume resources. | |||
Otherwise, you'd just pull out a separate paper with instructions about the bookstore to find the book, and fetch the book from the store. | |||
Though the first method is hassle-free, it is not possible to have all the books in the world with you. | |||
[[Category:Summer coding 2012]] | |||
==Fedora Spins and remixes== | ==Fedora Spins and remixes== | ||
Revision as of 19:08, 7 March 2012
The main GSoC 2012 idea page can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012. Once an idea is accepted by a mentor, the idea will be moved on to the main idea page.
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Please add your idea as follows under the categories. Make sure your idea is comprehensive and self describing every important thing.
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Applications for desktop end users
Applications for programmers
Infrastructure for Fedora contributors and users
Linux system services
Improving Fedora packaging
Status: Proposed
Summary of idea: The idea is to make an AUR clone for Fedora where users can submit buildfiles, which need to be hosted. These set of files can compile packages on the user side, and installed locally.
The benefit of this method is:
- No need to host the entire packages (saving space on servers hosting the RPMs)
- Make changes to the buildfile, and not compile the package
- Can pull sources from any version control system/stored tarballs to make a very upto-date package. (See blog entry for an example)
Contacts: Anuj More
Notes: Need mentor. Need advice on feasibility of the software and issues that can arise. Also, read the extensive blog post on my blog.
Analogy: This is a lot like "having your own library" vs "getting a book from a bookstore". If you refer a book often, you'd keep it in your library. This would occupy space and consume resources. Otherwise, you'd just pull out a separate paper with instructions about the bookstore to find the book, and fetch the book from the store. Though the first method is hassle-free, it is not possible to have all the books in the world with you.
Fedora Spins and remixes
Fedora On-Demand Build Service
Status: Proposed
Summary of idea: The idea is to make an on-demand Web-based build service (similar to Open Suse Build Service and Slax) which users/developers can use to make custom Fedora based distributions. The service should also also have a REST API (or similar).
Contacts: Amit Saha
Notes: Is anyone interested to discuss this and willing to mentor me? (Is there any existing effort attempting to do this? Any cons? )