The future of BabelBox

Quoting Luca Capello ():

I would like to import the current code into a Git repository and then
add all the changes, but I was wondering if such a code is already
available somewhere. I quickly looked through the web interface of the
SVN d-i repository [7], with no success. Any clue?

As we briefly discussed yesterday, of there is nothing in D-I VCS,
then it's nowhere else and what's linked on the wiki, plus your
changes, is probably the most recent version.

If, at some points you're wondering about credits forthis stuff, I can
take one part of the blame, a lot goes to Frans Pop later on and I'm
less sure for the rest. Maybe the wiki page history can give clues.








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Christian PERRIER (03/07/2012):

Quoting Luca Capello ():
> I would like to import the current code into a Git repository and
> then add all the changes, but I was wondering if such a code is
> already available somewhere. I quickly looked through the web
> interface of the SVN d-i repository [7], with no success. Any clue?

As we briefly discussed yesterday, of there is nothing in D-I VCS,
then it's nowhere else and what's linked on the wiki, plus your
changes, is probably the most recent version.

If, at some points you're wondering about credits forthis stuff, I can
take one part of the blame, a lot goes to Frans Pop later on and I'm
less sure for the rest. Maybe the wiki page history can give clues.

Also, while we're talking VCS, there are many git repositories in
addition to the monolithic svn repository (which holds a few things,
like translations and the installation manual IIRC), you probably want
to push babelbox in a new d-i git repository.

Mraw,
KiBi.





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Hi there!

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:42:32 -0600, Cyril Brulebois wrote:

Christian PERRIER (03/07/2012):

Quoting Luca Capello ():
> I would like to import the current code into a Git repository and
> then add all the changes, but I was wondering if such a code is
> already available somewhere. I quickly looked through the web
> interface of the SVN d-i repository [7], with no success. Any clue?

As we briefly discussed yesterday, of there is nothing in D-I VCS,
then it's nowhere else and what's linked on the wiki, plus your
changes, is probably the most recent version.

If, at some points you're wondering about credits forthis stuff, I can
take one part of the blame, a lot goes to Frans Pop later on and I'm
less sure for the rest. Maybe the wiki page history can give clues.

Thank you, you know how much I care about credits, so both the tarballs'
ownership and the wiki page were useful, thanks.

Also, while we're talking VCS, there are many git repositories in
addition to the monolithic svn repository (which holds a few things,
like translations and the installation manual IIRC), you probably want
to push babelbox in a new d-i git repository.

This was my intention, so... done:

- the Git repository is d-i/babelbox.git [8]

- [hooks]
mailinglist =
replyto =
cia-project = debian-installer/babelbox

- the master branch is where I imported the three versions I found,
i.e. etch from Christian [9], lenny from Frans and squeeze from
Alexander

- the debian branch is where Didier already started the Debian
packaging

[8] <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p...ummary>
[9] <http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/pub/et...ox.tgz>
[10] <http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/pub/le...ox.tgz>
[11] <http://d-i.debian.org/babelbox/babe...ze.tgz>

My plan is now the following:

a) test the current status against squeeze and fix whatever is needed,
i.e. what Didier and I spotted during FOSDEM 2012 and OpenSourceNow
2012 on the Debian Events Box [12]

2) update the current status for wheezy, i.e. what I modified for the
RMLL 2012

3) finish the packaging with the *default* options

4) start to allow customization via debconf

5) squeeze-backports package

6) bring back some previous details dropped over time, like the sounds
for automatic opening of a GNOME session and a nice "welcome" message
in the relevant language [13][14], obviously configurable...

[12] <http://bugs.debian.org/680318>
[13] <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInsta...oxOrig>
[14] <http://www.perrier.eu.org/debian/voices/>

However, please note that I am not promising that I will do the above in
a short time frame (DebConf12/13 and Real Life™ stuff as well...).

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca




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