Free Software developer journey
Using the same method as described in previous posts for XiVO gallifrey, a XiVO skaro repostory for x86_64 was created. A few packaging problems were fixed and reported but nothing blocked the process. The pf-xivo and pf-xivo-web-interface were successfully installed on a Debian GNU/Linux squeeze sandbox.
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A previous attempt was interrupted because packaging-farm did not support the generation of binary kernel modules packages using module-assistant. A new release implementing this feature, together with support for reprepro was published today (version 1.2.31). The resulting repository should be useable instead of the official lenny-xivo-gallifrey-dev.
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A previous attempt was interrupted because of missing dependencies and a failure to compile the sangoma-wanpipe package for i386. The dependencies were fixed and the sangoma-wanpipe compiled : the lenny i386 gallifrey repository is now complete. The packaging-farm needs to be improved to support building the kernel binary modules using module-assistant, when appropriate.
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A previous attempt was interrupted because it was impractical to create dependencies between XiVO packages manually. A new version of the packaging-farm was released to address this problem. A new attempt was made and more packages were produced for the lenny i386 gallifrey repository and the squeeze x86_64 skaro repository. The issues found will be addressed before another attempt is made.
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Forking means publishing your own modified version and is a common practice in Free Software. Forking a package repository is less common but useful nevertheless. Here is how it can be done for i386 using packaging-farm and the XiVO Debian GNU/Linux repository for lenny. The stable (Gallifrey) repository is preferred although it could be done with the more recent (Skaro) repository.
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