post-release party aftermath :P

[Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail]

Thanks to those who came to the party :D ..

Anyway, here's a summary on the small discussion we had on a potential
pet project for fedoramy:

codename: Armory
=================

Armory is a tool for developing remix, and managing remix kickstarts

Primary goals:

* improve revisor (or write a replacement)
 * come up with a mechanism for cleanly overwriting files from
upstream package,
   while not removing them.
 * a tool to manage kickstarts and kickstart inheritance

Sideline goal

* Create several remixes to test out/figure out issues with the code for the
   primary goals

More Details:

Ok, this will involve lots of coding for a long period of time. Considering our
community doesnt have that many coders in the first place, this can be tricky
to boot. So probably I'll be doing some programming classes for the first few
months to the interested team, but that all will depend on how dedicated are
the volunteers are.

Anyway, for a start, I've spent yesterday creating an initial buildout-powered
egg package for armory which have been somewhat isolated from the system python.
Feature wise, it can build a livecd without issue (thanks to the livecd-creator
libraries)

The code is here : https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/

To deploy, you'll need to be on Fedora 14, with these dependencies
installed from
yum:

* git
 * subversion
 * python-urlgrabber
 * python-pycurl
 * rpm-python
 * libselinux-python
 * system-config-keyboard
 * dbus-python

Then, run these commands::

svn co https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/ armory.core
    cd armory.core
    python bootstrap.py
    ./bin/buildout -vvv

That should automatically build armory and pull other python dependencies from
the internet.

You can create a livecd using:

./bin/armory-cli <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>

Caching is enforced by default and is stored in /var/tmp/imgcreate-cache

You can create a configuration file to configure the cache location

[main]
    tempdir = /home/user/armory-tmp
    cachedir = /home/user/armory-cache

and run armory using:

./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>

And that will make use of the values in the configuration

You can also configure a mirror overwrite in the configuration. eg:

[jaist]
    fedora = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/14/Everything/x86_64/os/
    updates = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/14/x86_64/

and you can make use of the mirror using:

./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name>
<path/to/kickstart.ks> -m jaist

Also, looking at the code of revisor, probably it makes more sense to
just dump revisor and
start writing a new tool .. XD .. the livecd, install cd generator
code seems to be external
libraries anyway.

[Adli Azaddin]

sweet!!

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Thanks to those who came to the party :D ..
>
> Anyway, here's a summary on the small discussion we had on a potential
> pet project for fedoramy:
> codename: Armory
>
> Armory is a tool for developing remix, and managing remix kickstarts
>
> Primary goals:
> improve revisor (or write a replacement)
> come up with a mechanism for cleanly overwriting files from
>
> upstream package,
>   while not removing them.
> a tool to manage kickstarts and kickstart inheritance
>
> Sideline goal
> Create several remixes to test out/figure out issues with the code for
>
> the
>   primary goals
>
> More Details:
>
> Ok, this will involve lots of coding for a long period of time. Considering
> our
> community doesnt have that many coders in the first place, this can be
> tricky
> to boot. So probably I'll be doing some programming classes for the first
> few
> months to the interested team, but that all will depend on how dedicated
> are
> the volunteers are.
>
> Anyway, for a start, I've spent yesterday creating an initial
> buildout-powered
> egg package for armory which have been somewhat isolated from the system
> python.
> Feature wise, it can build a livecd without issue (thanks to the
> livecd-creator
> libraries)
>
> The code is here : https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/
>
> To deploy, you'll need to be on Fedora 14, with these dependencies
> installed from
> yum:
> git
> subversion
> python-urlgrabber
> python-pycurl
> rpm-python
> libselinux-python
> system-config-keyboard
> dbus-python
>
> Then, run these commands::
>
> svn co https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/armory.core
>    cd armory.core
>    python bootstrap.py
>    ./bin/buildout -vvv
>
> That should automatically build armory and pull other python dependencies
> from
> the internet.
>
> You can create a livecd using:
>
> ./bin/armory-cli <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>
>
> Caching is enforced by default and is stored in /var/tmp/imgcreate-cache
>
> You can create a configuration file to configure the cache location
>
> [main]
>    tempdir = /home/user/armory-tmp
>    cachedir = /home/user/armory-cache
>
> and run armory using:
>
> ./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>
>
> And that will make use of the values in the configuration
>
> You can also configure a mirror overwrite in the configuration. eg:
>
> [jaist]
>    fedora =
> http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/14/Everything/x86_64/os/
>    updates = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/14/x86_64/
>
> and you can make use of the mirror using:
>
> ./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name>
> <path/to/kickstart.ks> -m jaist
>
> Also, looking at the code of revisor, probably it makes more sense to
> just dump revisor and
> start writing a new tool .. XD .. the livecd, install cd generator
> code seems to be external
> libraries anyway.
>
> --
> Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail / KageSenshi
> Inigo Consulting (FOSS/Plone Development, Training & Services)
> http://www.inigo-tech.com
> Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador
> http://blog.kagesenshi.org
> 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866  5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331
> _______________________________________________
> malaysian-users mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/malaysian-users

[Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail]

oh yeah ... forgot to ask

anybody want to code ? XD .. the other goal of the pet project is to
create more coders in the local community so that we can help out with
upstream..

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Adli Azaddin  wrote:
> sweet!!
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> > Thanks to those who came to the party :D ..
> >
> > Anyway, here's a summary on the small discussion we had on a potential
> > pet project for fedoramy:
> > codename: Armory
> >
> > Armory is a tool for developing remix, and managing remix kickstarts
> >
> > Primary goals:
> >
> > * improve revisor (or write a replacement)
> >  * come up with a mechanism for cleanly overwriting files from
> > upstream package,
> >   while not removing them.
> >  * a tool to manage kickstarts and kickstart inheritance
> >
> > Sideline goal
> >
> > * Create several remixes to test out/figure out issues with the code for
> > the
> >   primary goals
> >
> > More Details:
> >
> > Ok, this will involve lots of coding for a long period of time. Considering
> > our
> > community doesnt have that many coders in the first place, this can be
> > tricky
> > to boot. So probably I'll be doing some programming classes for the first
> > few
> > months to the interested team, but that all will depend on how dedicated
> > are
> > the volunteers are.
> >
> > Anyway, for a start, I've spent yesterday creating an initial
> > buildout-powered
> > egg package for armory which have been somewhat isolated from the system
> > python.
> > Feature wise, it can build a livecd without issue (thanks to the
> > livecd-creator
> > libraries)
> >
> > The code is here : https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/
> >
> > To deploy, you'll need to be on Fedora 14, with these dependencies
> > installed from
> > yum:
> >
> > * git
> >  * subversion
> >  * python-urlgrabber
> >  * python-pycurl
> >  * rpm-python
> >  * libselinux-python
> >  * system-config-keyboard
> >  * dbus-python
> >
> > Then, run these commands::
> >
> > svn co https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/armory.core
> >    cd armory.core
> >    python bootstrap.py
> >    ./bin/buildout -vvv
> >
> > That should automatically build armory and pull other python dependencies
> > from
> > the internet.
> >
> > You can create a livecd using:
> >
> > ./bin/armory-cli <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>
> >
> > Caching is enforced by default and is stored in /var/tmp/imgcreate-cache
> >
> > You can create a configuration file to configure the cache location
> >
> > [main]
> >    tempdir = /home/user/armory-tmp
> >    cachedir = /home/user/armory-cache
> >
> > and run armory using:
> >
> > ./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>
> >
> > And that will make use of the values in the configuration
> >
> > You can also configure a mirror overwrite in the configuration. eg:
> >
> > [jaist]
> >    fedora =
> > http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/14/Everything/x86_64/os/
> >    updates = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/14/x86_64/
> >
> > and you can make use of the mirror using:
> >
> > ./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name>
> > <path/to/kickstart.ks> -m jaist
> >
> > Also, looking at the code of revisor, probably it makes more sense to
> > just dump revisor and
> > start writing a new tool .. XD .. the livecd, install cd generator
> > code seems to be external
> > libraries anyway.
> >
> > --
> > Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail / KageSenshi
> > Inigo Consulting (FOSS/Plone Development, Training & Services)
> > http://www.inigo-tech.com
> > Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador
> > http://blog.kagesenshi.org
> > 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866  5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331
> > _______________________________________________
> > malaysian-users mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/malaysian-users
>
> malaysian-users mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/malaysian-users

[Slaya Chronicles - Geeko Acolyte]

Can we do a 101 on how to code, what to code and how to push it upstream? I
am interested as well and maybe we can include the Debian folks as well. I
can also do my bit for the Geeko people.

We can charge a nominal fee. Folks in AMDI USM Penang may be interested.

Eric

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> oh yeah ... forgot to ask
>
> anybody want to code ? XD .. the other goal of the pet project is to
> create more coders in the local community so that we can help out with
> upstream..
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Adli Azaddin 
> wrote:
> > sweet!!
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail <
> > [e-mail]> wrote:
> > > Thanks to those who came to the party :D ..
> > >
> > > Anyway, here's a summary on the small discussion we had on a potential
> > > pet project for fedoramy:
> > > codename: Armory
> > >
> > > Armory is a tool for developing remix, and managing remix kickstarts
> > >
> > > Primary goals:
> > > improve revisor (or write a replacement)
> > > come up with a mechanism for cleanly overwriting files from
> > >
> > > upstream package,
> > >   while not removing them.
> > > a tool to manage kickstarts and kickstart inheritance
> > >
> > > Sideline goal
> > > Create several remixes to test out/figure out issues with the code
>
> for
> > > the
> > >   primary goals
> > >
> > > More Details:
> > >
> > > Ok, this will involve lots of coding for a long period of time.
>
> Considering
> > > our
> > > community doesnt have that many coders in the first place, this can be
> > > tricky
> > > to boot. So probably I'll be doing some programming classes for the
>
> first
> > > few
> > > months to the interested team, but that all will depend on how dedicated
> > > are
> > > the volunteers are.
> > >
> > > Anyway, for a start, I've spent yesterday creating an initial
> > > buildout-powered
> > > egg package for armory which have been somewhat isolated from the system
> > > python.
> > > Feature wise, it can build a livecd without issue (thanks to the
> > > livecd-creator
> > > libraries)
> > >
> > > The code is here :
>
> https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/
> > > To deploy, you'll need to be on Fedora 14, with these dependencies
> > > installed from
> > > yum:
> > > git
> > > subversion
> > > python-urlgrabber
> > > python-pycurl
> > > rpm-python
> > > libselinux-python
> > > system-config-keyboard
> > > dbus-python
> > >
> > > Then, run these commands::
> > >
> > > svn co
>
> https://dev.inigo-tech.com/svn/izhar/armory.core/trunk/armory.core
> > > cd armory.core
> > >    python bootstrap.py
> > >    ./bin/buildout -vvv
> > >
> > > That should automatically build armory and pull other python
>
> dependencies
> > > from
> > > the internet.
> > >
> > > You can create a livecd using:
> > >
> > > ./bin/armory-cli <name> <path/to/kickstart.ks>
> > >
> > > Caching is enforced by default and is stored in /var/tmp/imgcreate-cache
> > >
> > > You can create a configuration file to configure the cache location
> > >
> > > [main]
> > >    tempdir = /home/user/armory-tmp
> > >    cachedir = /home/user/armory-cache
> > >
> > > and run armory using:
> > >
> > > ./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name>
>
> <path/to/kickstart.ks>
> > > And that will make use of the values in the configuration
> > >
> > > You can also configure a mirror overwrite in the configuration. eg:
> > >
> > > [jaist]
> > >    fedora =
>
> http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/14/Everything/x86_64/os/
> > > updates = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/14/x86_64/
> > >
> > > and you can make use of the mirror using:
> > >
> > > ./bin/armory-cli -c </path/to/config.cfg> <name>
> > > <path/to/kickstart.ks> -m jaist
> > >
> > > Also, looking at the code of revisor, probably it makes more sense to
> > > just dump revisor and
> > > start writing a new tool .. XD .. the livecd, install cd generator
> > > code seems to be external
> > > libraries anyway.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail / KageSenshi
> > > Inigo Consulting (FOSS/Plone Development, Training & Services)
> > > http://www.inigo-tech.com
> > > Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador
> > > http://blog.kagesenshi.org
> > > 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866  5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > malaysian-users mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/malaysian-users
> >
> > malaysian-users mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/malaysian-users
>
> --
> Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail / KageSenshi
> Inigo Consulting (FOSS/Plone Development, Training & Services)
> http://www.inigo-tech.com
> Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador
> http://blog.kagesenshi.org
> 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866  5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331
> _______________________________________________
> malaysian-users mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/malaysian-users

[Seatux]

Would want to code for fun, but my career state is pretty unstable now.
Would join once i got a 9-6 job or something.

On the other hand, I would ask around the other python people I know.