From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FO73u-00086V-IB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:48:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2S5laJ9012965; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:47:36 GMT Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2S5lZYZ024311 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:47:35 GMT Received: from 146-115-26-214.c3-0.abr-ubr1.sbo-abr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO [192.168.1.110]) ([146.115.26.214]) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 28 Mar 2006 00:47:35 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.03,136,1141621200"; d="scan'208"; a="188699920:sNHT144404306" Message-ID: <4428CE30.2050704@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:48:32 -0500 From: Joshua Nichols User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060316) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-java] migration-overlay progress and request for input Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ac36ad15-9eaa-41b6-9aaa-01c8ad85c2bd X-Archives-Hash: 94ea3372f1143f51d8613ee1aa0ecf09 Hello folks, Sorry it's been awhile since the last news bulletin regarding Java 1.5 and our migration stuff. Hopefully, you'll be hearing from us a lot more often, whether you want to or not ;) If it hadn't been previously announced, we have setup a Trac to help with the migration (as well as with development in general). It is available at: https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/ Of particular interest would be the page on using the migration overlay: https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/Using_migration-overlay As as had previously been announce, we have decided to enact a package freeze. What this means, is that we are not adding new packages or new versions of existing packages. This is not set in stone though, as it is still important to address security bugs or critical bugs, which might necessitate a new version. There are few purposes of this freeze. First, it prevents the tree from getting bigger. Bigger means more packages to migrate over at some point. Second, we have limited dev manpower, so we should be focusing on accomplishing the migration before moving on to new packages / version bumps. I filed a bug, so that we can make all package requests / version bumps be blocked by it. It is available at: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127378 In the spirit of bug filing, I also opened a bug for the migration itself. Things like the Java 1.5 metabug will depend on this, as well as feature requests which made it's way into the new eclasses (like merge time vm switching). It is available at: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127816 Well, that should be enough in terms of reporting progress for the moment... and now on to requests for input. Word has been circulating about the overlay, so I think more and more people are using it. However, in most cases, we (myself specifically) don't really hear much about the results people are getting. If it works perfectly every time, with no problems whatsoever... that's great. But if there are even small kinks or inconsistencies, I'd really like to hear about it, and get them ironed out. For the folks that drop by #gentoo-java with such reports, much thanks and kudos to you. So... this is what I ask: * Use migration-overlay, if you have the time and motivation to. I wouldn't suggest it if you're doing something mission critical, mostly because I don't want to be blamed for not getting homework in on time or something like that ;) * Report _any_ issues you experience, be it with the actual process of migrating, with using the overlay for day to day things, or emerging stuff. Now for some things that people that want to go a little further... For the python-hackeur types: * Java-config is written in python. We'd like to do a full code review of it by the time migration happens For the documentators types: * I'd like to see the Using migration-overlay document improved as much as possible. I foresee this eventually becoming the upgrade guide. * We have updated documentation for user and developers. They haven't been touched recently (I last worked on them last fall). They could probably use some updating, and a little bit of love in general. For the ebuilders / shellheads: * We'd also like to do a code review of the new eclasses. * Take a look at the developer documentation, and see if it makes sense. See if you can figure out how to use the new eclasses Well, this email was way longer than I had originally intended, so this should probably be enough for now. We hope to make the whole migration much more open (or at least visible), so expect to see more in the future. Regards, Josh -- gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list