[Trisquel-devel] Freedom fridays update, Feb 3

[Santiago Rodríguez]

Hi Ruben

I think another of the key piece that is missing in Trisquel, is an useful
bugtracker. Yes, I know we have one, but it's been forgotten for so much
time, that it's far from useful in its current state.

I don't know if you have in mind addressing the current bugtracker issues,
but we can also  start using gitlab's bugtracker in order to have a clean
view of the current state of Trisquel development, and a way for
contributors to find tasks they can work with.  What do you think?

Also, and from your previous mails , is sad that you don't have any free
time to continue working on trisquel, as I always thought that your current
employer would be nicer with projects in their high-priority list. As this
isn't the case, I encourage you to take an stipend again from trisquel
funds, so those vacation days you took to work on trisquel don't have an
impact in your economy.


Happy hacking!
/santi

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Rubén Rodríguez <ruben at trisquel.info>
wrote:

> Along with continuing to clean the merge request queue, today I focused
> on fixing several issues in the build system that were blocking updates
> from being built or pushed to the repos.
>
> The build system now requires the origin repository to either be signed
> with a known GPG key (Trisquel, Debian or Ubuntu repositories) or the
> key needs to be explicitly listed in the helper under variable "REPOKEY".
>
> Helpers with EXTERNAL repositories need this value to be updated.
>
> Previously those helpers had only a variable SIGNKEY containing the id
> of the key the uploader used to sign the dsc file, but not the more
> important repository key. With today's update the SIGNKEY is optional,
> and if omitted the uploader's key is fetched and verified automatically.
> Adding a SIGNKEY is a good extra step for any helper having an EXTERNAL
> repository, but no longer required.
>
> This change also fixes Flidas' automated build system failing to build
> helpers with EXTERNAL repositories. The build system is now working to
> catch up with updates. Extra care will be needed in the next few days to
> find helpers that need corrections.
>
> -----------------
>
> # Flidas development roadmap
>
> I don't want to adventure a calendar yet, but what I can provide is a
> list of the most outstanding groups of tasks pending for the release:
>
> ## Netinstall image
>
>  All the helpers required to build a netinstall image are pending to
> review and build:
> make-anna make-apt-setup make-base-installer make-cdebconf make-cdrom-
> checker make-choose-mirror make-debian-installer make-debootstrap
> make-hw-detect make-lilo-installer make-main-menu make-migration-
> assistant make-netcfg make-net-retriever make-newt make-pkgsel
>
> I think that in terms of development priority we should tackle this
> first, as it facilitates testing of the system for volunteers looking to
> help with the development of any of the alternate editions (trisquel
> mini, toast, triskel, etc)
>
> ## Trisquel mini and other editions
>
> As usual I've focused on the default edition first. We can choose if we
> want to consider alternative versions blockers for the overall release
> of Flidas, or if we are OK with releasing the standard edition first and
> then release derivatives when ready. I suggest the first option.
>
> ## Dist-upgrade from 6.0 and 7.0
>
> A usually tedious and complicated task, but critical for the release.
> The related helper is make-ubuntu-release-upgrader. Helping resolve this
> task involves setting virtual machines with the previous releases and
> running the release-upgrader script applying fixes until the upgrade
> works smoothly. Due to signature requirements it is not easy to test
> without full access to the production archive repository.
>
> ## Missing packages / features
>
> There are many packages pending to build, some required for the main
> edition, some for trisquel mini or other of the alternate editions, and
> some packages that are edition-independent.
>
> This is one of the main areas where volunteer work can be done
> efficiently and without much bottlenecks. All that is needed is to
> install a development image of T8 and install/build/improve the related
> packages through the helpers system. Merge requests for the helpers
> would then be published, reviewed and built.
>
> ------------
>
> As mentioned, my next focus will continue to be on resolving merge
> requests and making sure that the build system runs well and the queue
> of pending builds reduces to 0. Other than this my next task to work on
> will be the netinst image and the release upgrade script. Anybody is
> welcome to contribute to those subprojects, and if there are volunteers
> I'll be happy to help them approach those tasks.
>
> Otherwise volunteers should focus on continuing to contribute helpers.
>
> Happy hacking!
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