[GeoNode-devel] GeoNode debian packaging process

[Tom Kralidis]

+1

..Tom

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:

> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:23:18 +0200
> From: Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> To: "geonode-devel at lists.osgeo.org" <geonode-devel at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [GeoNode-devel]  GeoNode debian packaging process
> 
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed that our current release process is not very flexible in 
> terms of how our Launchpad releases are handled.
> Right now we use "paver release", which automates packaging (good thing) 
> and publishes both to Pypi and Launchpad.
>
> The issue I see is that Launchpad release should be done separately and 
> not force us to make a new Pypi release in order to change the debian 
> package. Also this would help us avoid the awkward package names like 
> 2.4.0~thefinal8 etc...
>
> So I am proposing that we separate the debian packaging  from the paver 
> command, and provide some documentation on how to manually prepare the 
> debian package (which IMHO is ok given that we already prepare all our 
> dependencies manually, including the geoserver packages).
> I can work towards this direction if everyone agrees.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> -- 
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> OSGeo Charter Member
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>
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