[Users] Proposal packaging Zimlets/Extensions via OS repos using RPM/DEB

[David Touitou]

+1 for me

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Barry De Graaff" <barrydg at zetalliance.org>
> À: "Zeta Alliance Founders" <founders at zetalliance.org>
> Cc: users at lists.zetalliance.org, devel at lists.zetalliance.org
> Envoyé: Vendredi 15 Avril 2016 11:26:17
> Objet: Proposal packaging Zimlets/Extensions via OS repos using RPM/DEB
> 
> Dear founders,
> 
> I would like to propose to start using RPM's and DEB's for the deployment and
> install of Zimlets/Extensions.
> 
> The use of DEB/RPM allows us to install Zimlets, Admin Zimlets, Extensions
> and
> configuration (by way of post install scripts).
> 
> Please note that it will still be possible to install any Zimlet the `old`
> way,
> doing it with repo's (kind of like with epel on Centos) will allow Sysadmins
> to have a trusted source for Zimlets that potentially can be automatically
> upgraded.
> 
> Another benefit of this that Zimbra has already a lot of stuff in place to
> build RPM/DEBs and that Ubuntu and RedHat already have all the stuff we
> need built in, saving us a lot of time.
> 
> 
> Proposal is to create a repository for Zimbra-Community that holds all our
> work
> and that of others.
> 
> 1st step, Quanah to deliver an example repo that shows how to package a
> Zimlet
> 2nd step, Tuan to package some zimlets, for example pgp-zimlet
> 3rd step, Quanah point out how to push code to the build process
> 4th step, Cine delivers an https webserver for the repo and a nice url,
> packages.zetalliance.org
> 5th step, Quanah or a script copies the RPM/DEB files to the repo
> 6th step, create a wiki on how to add the repo.
> 
> Founders, I would like your +1/-1's on this. Then I will see what parts of
> the Zimlet 2.0 need
> to be targeted somewhere else.
> 
> 
> Regards Barry
>