[Dev] about new packagers and personal repos

[Jorge Araya Navarro]

> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:07:29 +0100,
> gnu.tek at gmx.com (=?utf-8?Q?Aur=C3=A9lien?=) wrote:
> > Nicolás Reynolds <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar> writes:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:49:09 -0300, Nicolás Reynolds
> <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar> wrote:
> > >> since i've been receiving a few queries about becoming a parabola
> > >> packager and having access to a personal repo (the [~people] kind
> of
> > >> repos), i'd like us to discuss a few guidelines so everything is
> clear
> > >> :)
> > >> 
> > >> situation so far:
> > >> 
> > >> to be a packager you need a pair of ssh and gpg keys. ssh is
> needed to
> > >> access the repo server and to upload packages, and the gpg key is
> > >> required for signing them.
> > >> 
> > >> db-update refuses to release packages if they're unsigned, but it
> > >> doesn't perform validity checks. this is pretty simple to
> implement so
> > >> it may be done in a few days if no one beats me to it. make sure
> to post
> > >> your gpg key to a keyserver (any but pgp.mit.edu).
> > >> 
> > >> we have been giving repo access to people we know from the irc
> channel.
> > >> 
> > >> for a [repo] to show on parabolaweb an admin (currently
> encyclomundi and
> > >> i, iirc) has to create a new repo on the django admin page. it
> also has
> > >> to be *commited* to the main dbscripts.git repo after including
> it on
> > >> the config file, so it can be pulled on the web server. from then
> on, a
> > >> cronjob takes care of including new packages to parabolaweb
> database.
> > >> 
> > >> / end of situation
> > >> 
> > >> so what do you think? :)
> 
> I think we need a document describing package flow, so It does not
> work
> as a blackbox. Also, writing guidelines seems right.

Indeed!! :O
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