Re: [aurora-sparc-devel] open position: Contrib Coordinator

On Monday 03 February 2003 17:19, Ingo T. Storm wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> we have an "open position" in the Aurora SPARC Linux Project:
>
> We could do with someone collecting, testing and posting "contributed
> packages", i.e. rpms that someone compiled on Aurora and look like being
> useful. The process would be the following:


Yes right now i have a ton of offdistro contributions:

ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/Aurora/Contributions/PLUS

You can find there quake, quake2 doom scumvm (games)
bochs (nice ix86 machine emu), mplayer (very nice video player !!
the best one !) crosscompilers, kde toos for subtitling, geography, geometry 
grass (a Very nice GIS/CAD tool) gpsim/spasm microchip/mips emulators/simulators 
etc etc ...

All of tham are binaries, but i provide SRPMS too *as best as i was able to do).
All of tham are aurorafiyed by patching, rewriting/writing  .specs or  some of tham and must compile/install
perfectly on any version of aurora.
Must mention that prcompiled binary may require newer rawhide version of aurora,
in that case or use my rawhide from there or recompile for you aurora from SRPMS.

Must thanks for debian comunity who made possible by various patches workaround 
for run most of tham on sparcs like quake,doom.


ALSO have rawhide testing contributions:
ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/Aurora/Aurora-RH8.0/os/RPMS

I can write an bug report if there is an bug for all the rawhide packages in the future.

>
> - The Contrib Coordinator (CC) gets an email address and shell account on
> auroralinux.org: [email protected].
> - Anyone who'd like to submit a contribution (like e.g. apt-rpm or xfce)

Ive love to submitt contribs !!!

> sends the src.rpm and a "README" to [email protected]. The README
> should describe the purpose of the package, the origin of the original
> source code and any prerequisites for using the software.
> - The CC looks if this compiles and installs on a clean (updated) Aurora
> 1.0 system (preferably one sun4m and one sun4u, one of them smp).
> - The CC puts the src and binary rpms on auroralinux.org and posts a not to
> http://auroralinux.org and to the aurora-user mailing list.
> - If time permits, the CC would make the world a safer place by tracking
> security advisories for the original sources of contributions and
> contacting the provider of the contrib rpm if he/she can provide an update.
> Then mail aurora-security with the announcement of the update - or a
> warning about the package.
>
> So, if you'd like to be the "Aurora CC", you need
> - a good internet connection (surprise;-)

no problem ! tons/flood of internet ...

> - one sum4m and one sun4u to play with
> - some knowlegde about rpm building and basic html

sun4c enough ?

>
> An install server (tftp/kickstart) and a current server for automatic
> updates would make the job easier. I could help with setting those up.
>
> Volunteers? Please form a line and don't push;-)

Yes, Me ?

I will be enough for requirements ?

	I understand your requirements conditions i think i can respect tham all and thay are naturaly
to be tested, and i can ofer all my free time/resurces for that job with pleasure.

>
> Regards,
> Ingo T. Storm
> Aurora SPARC Linux Project
>
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Thanks 1000x guys for all your efforts !

 
--
Balint Cristian