[fab] Integrate Legacy

[Elliot Lee]

A rough sketch of what I think needs to happen:
	1. Having the version control system for Fedora Core be on  
cvs.fedoraproject.org
		This would allow you to just keep using the branches that were  
already in place for
	2. Covering the details of setting up the Fedora build machines to  
allow building for those older distros
		You may have problems doing it with pre-RHL 7.3, because I know a  
few of the very old RHL packages would not build as non-root.
	3. Getting the publishing stuff going.
		I think a setup similar to Fedora Extras should work  
(extras64.linux.duke.edu has the master copy, and the
internal RH plumbing gets it onto the main download site).

Step #2 perhaps blocks on #1, which will take a while itself, but we  
can do step #3 independently without waiting for anything, if you'd  
like. I do think there is some stuff we can do right now to make  
progress...

Best,
-- Elliot

On Jun 7, 2006, at 04:07, Elliot Lee wrote:

>
> On Jun 5, 2006, at 14:28, Jesse Keating wrote:
>
>> I would really like to see some movement on integrating Legacy  
>> into the
>> existing Fedora infrastructure.  What does this involve?
>>
>> * Plague instance for Legacy.
>>   - Building of RHL7.3/9 packages(?), FC1->3
>>
>> * CVS tree to use
>>   - copies of current FC (and RHL?) trees to commit changes to
>>   - Support in account system for ACLs
>>
>> * Publishing software
>>   - Currently we push to download.fedoralegacy.org in our own tree
>> format.  We should push to download.fedora.redhat.com and use the  
>> real
>> mirror system
>>   - Sign+Push software and users.  A few people know the Legacy  
>> key and
>> could push.
>>
>> Some of these can be done in stages.  Currently we don't use CVS to
>> manage our changes (ick) but we could get a Plague instance up and
>> running prior to having CVS, and that could be added later.   
>> Likewise we
>> could continue to hand sign/push our packages to our current mirror
>> structure before moving into download.fedora space.
>>
>> There are some questionmarks regarding RHL support.  Personally I  
>> would
>> really like to see Legacy's support of RHL die with FC6 Test2.   
>> Then we
>> would only have to worry about building FC3+FC4 packages in the  
>> Legacy
>> space.  This would make it much easier for CVS, for the build system,
>> for the publishing tool, etc...  However there is bound to be  
>> resistance
>> to dropping said support.  However, we could also keep that separate.
>> Continue to support RHL through our existing build system, while  
>> we move
>> the FC support to the Fedora infrastructure.  Lots of options  
>> there, and
>> headaches there.
>>
>> Anyway, I'd like a clear Go Ahead from the Board to start talking  
>> to the
>> folks necessary to make these things happen.
>> -- 
>> Jesse Keating
>> Release Engineer: Fedora
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