1. Duarte Silveira dpsi at ist.utl.pt - Intern Porting
apt-rpmto the Meego platform
2. State of the art:
What is Meego?
* How it was born:
* Plan
Have a Linux that has a consistent interface and compatible
backend through Smartphones, Netbooks, Media Center, Car...
* What the future holds?
World Domination
* What's the package management scenary like in Meego?
Zypper based on libzypp
3. State of the art:
Zypper vs Apt-RPM
* zypper advantages:
- SAT advanced dependency resolver - Excepcional command-line
interface - Auto-update-db on first daily usage
* Apt-RPM advantages:
- Rollback support - DUDF Reporting support - PBO more advanced
dependency resolver under development
Decision
It was decided that despite zypper being more recent and having
a more mature interface, the in-house developped advanced
funtionalities of Apt-RPM made it worth to go ahead with the
port.
4. Roadmap:
Phase 1: Workspace configuration Summary: Meego-SDK
installation and configuration;Caixa Magica 14 installation and
Configuration. Deadline:14.07.2010
Phase 2: Initial porting steps Summary:Check apt-rpm
dependencies availabilitywithin Meego; Compile latest apt-rpm
fromgit in Meego Without errors. Deadline:04.08.2010
Phase 3: Regression testing Summary:Test basic functionality;
Test advancedfunctionality, namely Rollback, DUDF reportingand PBO
advanced dependency resolver. Deadline:To be defined
5. Phase 1: Workspace configuration
Steps:
1.1 Meego-SDK installation and configuration;
Status: Done Deadline:13.07.2010
1.2 Caixa Magica 14 installation and configuration.
Status:Done Deadline:14.07.2010
6. Phase 2: Initial porting steps
Steps:
2.1 Check apt-rpm dependencies availability within Meego;
Status: Done Deadline:15.07.2010
2.2 Compile stable version of apt-rpm in Meego With all
configure options enabled.
Status:Done Deadline:23.07.2010
2.3 Debug sqlite repositories support.
Status:WIP Deadline:30.07.2010
2.4 Compile latest apt-rpm from git in Meego Without errors.
Status:Planned Deadline:04.08.2010
7. Phase 3: Regression testing
Steps:
3.1 Test basic functionality;
Status: Planned Tentative Deadline: 06.08.2010
3.2 Test Rollback functionality;
Status:Planned Tentative Deadline: 12.08.2010
3.3 Test DUDF Reporting functionality;
Status:Planned Tentative Deadline: 20.08.2010
3.4 Test PBO advanced dependency resolver functionality.
Status:Planned Tentative Deadline: 31.08.2010
8. Final Comments:
Being that PBO is under heavy development and depends on a
still unsuported package in the Meego Platform, this project will
be considered successfull upon completion of step 3.3 DUDF
Reporting functionality testing.
Depending on progress velocity planning may be adapted.
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