[Fedora-spins] A few questions about creating a spin

[Jørn Lomax]

On 21/06/2012 14:49, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 08:57:44 +0200,
>    Jørn Lomax <northlomax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 1 kernel parameters ( threadirqs in our case) how (can?) we add them
>> to the
>> Live system and on install?
>
> Live installs copy over the system image, so if you can do this with
> sysctl,
> it's probably not hard. If you need to change the kernel parameters in
> /boot,
> that will be harder, but there is probably some way to do it.
>
>> 2 is it possible to modify sysconfig files in / owned by other
>> packages? -
>> ie. changing the default values in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf .
>
> You normally aren't supposed to do this in normal spins. This should
> probably be noted on your spin wiki page as an exception should get
> granted.
>
>> 3 is it possible to change/set config items in /home/<installed_user> ?
>> (e.g. /home/<user/.pulse - which would be a solution if (2) is not
>> possible)
>
> You should be able to use /etc/skel to set per user defaults. This is
> probably better than making system wide changes.
>
>> 4 adding items to /etc/xdg/autostart (to autostart apps by default for
>> all
>> users).
>
> This file would normally just get copied over unless you do change it in
> the live setup script so that the change is only in the overlay.
>
>> 5 (related to #4) can we drop files into ~/.config/autostart as part
>> of the
>> install process for the default user?
>
> I believe /etc/skel can be used here as well.
>
>> 6 and which if any of these things can we do for the Live user?
>
> You should be able to make the same changes apply to the live user.
>
>> 7 How much can be changed in the kickstart file after submission?
>
> If you make significant changes in a live image after it has been
> approved, it is supposed to get reviewed again.

I have a follow-up question. We have a package that is not working due 
to a gcc bug[1]. If this is resolved after the 17th of July (submissions 
deadline), will we still be able to put it in?


[1]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827748
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Jørn Lomax
GSoC Fedora Audio
CS Student University of Tromsø