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=== Overview === | === Overview === | ||
Given GNUstep's cross-platform declaration on application development activities, so should the application mangement activies cross-platform united. | Given GNUstep's cross-platform declaration on application development activities, so should the application mangement activies cross-platform united. | ||
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GNUstep package creation automation project. | GNUstep package creation automation project. | ||
| − | === What is CPAM === | + | === What is CPAM ?=== |
This is a project to automate the process of creating GNUstep environment for a perticular OS platform. | This is a project to automate the process of creating GNUstep environment for a perticular OS platform. | ||
| − | === Why | + | === Why doing it === |
** Lots of time is spent by experienced GNUsteppers to assist new GNUsteppers with compiling the source, and this waste will continue to occur unless we resolve certain issues. | ** Lots of time is spent by experienced GNUsteppers to assist new GNUsteppers with compiling the source, and this waste will continue to occur unless we resolve certain issues. | ||
** Time can be better spent on GNUstep developement, and not on the compling and packaging process. | ** Time can be better spent on GNUstep developement, and not on the compling and packaging process. | ||
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=== Integrate GNUstep developement process with TWW CPAM === | === Integrate GNUstep developement process with TWW CPAM === | ||
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| + | === Porting TWW HPMS to other OS === | ||
=== Notes from TJ Yang === | === Notes from TJ Yang === | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 16 February 2005
Overview
Given GNUstep's cross-platform declaration on application development activities, so should the application mangement activies cross-platform united.
GNUstep installation process should be and could be as simple as "pkg-inst GNUstep-1.0" across GNUstep supported OS plaforms. But in oder to get there, following need to be done.
GNUstep package creation automation project.
What is CPAM ?
This is a project to automate the process of creating GNUstep environment for a perticular OS platform.
Why doing it
- Lots of time is spent by experienced GNUsteppers to assist new GNUsteppers with compiling the source, and this waste will continue to occur unless we resolve certain issues.
- Time can be better spent on GNUstep developement, and not on the compling and packaging process.
- Easy installation and removal of GNUstep encourges the deployment of GNUstep in corporate environments.
- The softare adn pacakge creation processes can be reproduced easliy by others with simple commands.
- Improves QA testing by generating GNUstep bug fixed instances quickly.
Plan
- Introduce CPAM(Cross-Platform Application Management) tool implemented by TWW Inc. to GNUstep CPAD community
- Cross-Platform is easier said then done becuase each platform's features are barriers for others.
- Release GNUstep package source implemented by TWW CPAM.
- I will release a working package source for others to try and review.
- The package soruces can generate native package format for RHAS rpm,Solaris pkgadd and HP-UX depot formats.
- Write tutorial on learning TWW CPAM.
- I am willing to help/assist a few persons to get familliar with TWW tools if they promise to write up what they learned in a tutorial article. As you can see I am really not good on documenation work.
Integrate GNUstep developement process with TWW CPAM
Current TWW HPMS supported Systems
Porting TWW HPMS to other OS
Notes from TJ Yang
In this paragrah, I just want to make sure above out of nowhere text not treated as spam. My name is T.J. Yang(tj_yang at hotmail dot com), I have been working as a system administator and I am interested to bring the CPAM experience to work on this project. I promised myslef to digitalize the compiling process when "Adam Fedor" was kindly answer my emails regarding to the compiling issues I econcuntered. Please email me if you have comment/questions. For detail about TWW, please see http://www.thewrittenword.com. I have used CPAM tool at work to bring cross-platform open-source software support nightmare under control. TWW CPAM tool is battle field tested ;)
All the TWW tools and sources of their supported packages are GPL open-source compliant. They are freely avaiable(ftp://support.thewrittenword.com) but support labor and binary packages are not.