is fvwm orphaned in F17?

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi,

I have filed a couple of BZ requests over the past year suggesting a
move to the stable branch of fvwm (even second digit: 2.6.4) instead
of the developmental (odd second digit: 2.5.30) and never got even an
acknowledgment. I noticed also that fvwm is not in rawhide? Does this
mean that this is (being) orphaned?

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan

[Bill Davidsen]

Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > You should apply for co-maintainership of the package. :)
>
>  Perhaps, but it is not clear if the original guy will be
>  happy:-( Especially if he does not agree with the patching....
>
> >
> >> Can someone please tell me how to put in local rpms into a kickstart
> >> file (to make a LiveCD)?
> >
> > Create a local repo and put a file into /etc/yum.repos.d pointing to
> > your repo.
>
>  Thanks, how does one create a local repo? What is special about it?
>  (Putting the file part, I can understand). But what makes for a local
>  repo?
>  
It's as easy as installing and running 'createrepo' on a directory with
you 
package(s) there. I keep a local repo of all the packages I ever install or 
update which are not on the original install DVD. This avoids downloading stuff 
over and over to each machine. If change yum.conf to keep the packages, install 
them in a shared directory, and then run createrepo when something changes.

>  Add your package name to the kickstart file (or if it is fvwm
> > it will override the Fedora package). When you generate the ISO file it
> > will read your local repo.
> > --
>
>  How does it know the F package should be overridden? Because of the
>  version number? If not, should I call the rpm/program something else?
>  Such as fvwm-patched?
>
>  Many thanks again!
>
>  Ranjan 

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com&gt;
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

[Cameron Simpson]

On 12Mar2012 14:40, Michael Cronenworth <mike(a)cchtml.com&gt; wrote:
| Ranjan Maitra wrote:
| > Perhaps, but it is not clear if the original guy will be
| > happy:-( Especially if he does not agree with the patching....
| 
| He just may not have time to update fvwm anymore. Email and find out to 
| help other fvwm users like you.

Please head over to the fvwm-workers list and ask. There was discussion of
the Fedora FVWM packaging on fvwm-workers just recently.
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt; DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

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careful development.    - dmeggins(a)aix1.uottawa.ca

[Michael Cronenworth]

Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  Thanks very much! I will just roll my own for local use then. I want
> to
>  also have the patched fvwm for which many more themes are available. 
You should apply for co-maintainership of the package. :)

>  Can someone please tell me how to put in local rpms into a kickstart
>  file (to make a LiveCD)? 
Create a local repo and put a file into /etc/yum.repos.d pointing to 
your repo. Add your package name to the kickstart file (or if it is fvwm 
it will override the Fedora package). When you generate the ISO file it 
will read your local repo.

[Michael Cronenworth]

Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  Perhaps, but it is not clear if the original guy will be
>  happy:-( Especially if he does not agree with the patching.... 
He just may not have time to update fvwm anymore. Email and find out to 
help other fvwm users like you.

>  Thanks, how does one create a local repo? What is special about it?
>  (Putting the file part, I can understand). But what makes for a local
>  repo? 
# yum install createrepo
# mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/local/repo
$ cp -p fvwm.rpm /var/ftp/pub/local/repo
# cd /var/ftp/pub/local/repo; createrepo .

This will create the necessary yum metadata so that yum recognizes it as 
a repo. The /etc/yum.repos.d directory contains files that point to 
repos. You will need to create a file with a 
baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/local/repo path. The path does not have to 
be what I provided in the example. You will also need to set 
"gpgcheck=0" unless you sign your package.

>  How does it know the F package should be overridden? Because of the
>  version number? If not, should I call the rpm/program something else?
>  Such as fvwm-patched? 
Because of the version number. 2.6 > 2.5

[Ranjan Maitra]

>  You should apply for co-maintainership of the package. :) 
Perhaps, but it is not clear if the original guy will be
happy:-( Especially if he does not agree with the patching....

>  
>  > Can someone please tell me how to put in local rpms into a kickstart
>  > file (to make a LiveCD)?
>  
>  Create a local repo and put a file into /etc/yum.repos.d pointing to 
>  your repo.  
Thanks, how does one create a local repo? What is special about it?
(Putting the file part, I can understand). But what makes for a local
repo?

Add your package name to the kickstart file (or if it is fvwm 
>  it will override the Fedora package). When you generate the ISO file
> it 
>  will read your local repo.
>  --  
How does it know the F package should be overridden? Because of the
version number? If not, should I call the rpm/program something else?
Such as fvwm-patched? 

Many thanks again!

Ranjan

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:17:43 -0500 Michael Cronenworth
<mike(a)cchtml.com&gt; wrote:

>  Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  > I noticed also that fvwm is not in rawhide? Does this
>  > mean that this is (being) orphaned?
>  
>  According to pkgdb it is not orphaned.
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/fvwm
>  
>  It is also available in rawhide, but the last compiled version was made 
>  for F16. Koji shows that rebuilds for F17+ have failed.
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=1783 
Thanks very much! I will just roll my own for local use then. I want to
also have the patched fvwm for which many more themes are available.

Can someone please tell me how to put in local rpms into a kickstart
file (to make a LiveCD)? 

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan

[Michael Cronenworth]

Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  I noticed also that fvwm is not in rawhide? Does this
>  mean that this is (being) orphaned? 
According to pkgdb it is not orphaned.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/fvwm

It is also available in rawhide, but the last compiled version was made 
for F16. Koji shows that rebuilds for F17+ have failed.
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=1783