Debian package for movim pod

guillaume-uH57J9 commented 7 years ago

Hi,

It would be great to have Debian packages for the movim pod software for an easier installation and maintenance.

Current installation instructions involve doing a git clone to grab a development version, and use Composer (a PHP dependency manager) to install PHP dependencies.

Git is great for development, but packages are more appropriates for deployment, and update. I have no particular opinion about Composer, but am avoiding language-specific package/dependency management systems as a general rule.

I have to handle update through my system's package manager, as most people. This needs regular attention in order to stay current with software updates (security patches et al). To keep things manageable and ensure maintenance doesn't get more time consuming, I am avoiding additional language-specific managers. Many languages have their own managers (python, perl, js, php, ...), some languages even have multiple ones, and I'd rather not install a new manager for every 2 software I install.

edhelas commented 7 years ago

I totally agree with you and I'm ok to help with the packaging process. However I don't have the knowledge and the time to create and maintain the Debian package of Movim. If someone here is OK to help, do not hesitate to drop a comment here.

guillaume-uH57J9 commented 7 years ago

I also can help with testing and small tasks. My time is also limited thus I can only assist in small ways, not take the lead on packaging. If someone to take the leads but need resources, I'll do a contribution on bugbounty.

Ppjet6 commented 7 years ago

That's also my aim for the packages on Archlinux, but there are too many dependencies not packaged, and that means more packages to maintain with time that I don't have.

guillaume-uH57J9 commented 7 years ago

As @Ppjet6 pointed out, a big part of this involves working on dependency packaging.

Ideally each dependency would have its own package. This is a condition for inclusion in the official Debian repository. An easier way is bundling them in the movim-pod package, and distribute it only on Movim's own repository. This might be more realistic for start, and could be cleaned up later if there's need for inclusion in Debian's repo.

I've had look at composer.json which lists the required dependencies + version, and made a wiki page to summarize what's available in Debian jessie. This is a wiki page so you can correct mistakes, add information about other distributions, ...

Natureshadow commented 7 years ago

I am willing to create and maintain the movim package in Debian. I will look into the dependencies and create ITPs/RFPs as necessary the next days.

For the 0.12 release, please already make sure that some basic things are given: A complete and correct copyright/licence file, a complete source tarball and ideally a GPG signature on it.

guillaume-uH57J9 commented 7 years ago

Yay @Natureshadow thanks for volunteering on this.

I updated the Packaging-Dependency wiki page with current depedencies, and updated debian links from jessie to stretch.

Natureshadow commented 7 years ago

I just filed ITP bugs for all missing dependencies, updated the wiki page and started coordinating the work with the Debian PHP Packaging team.

guillaume-uH57J9 commented 6 years ago

movim made some changes since this was last touched :

Added dependency on react/zmq
Bumped required versions for multiple dependencies

I updated the Packaging-Dependency wiki page accordingly.