[Freeswitch-users] Alternative Debian package builder

[Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]]

Sure I'm up for that, though I think discussing a bit more on email before
hand would be a good idea too.

I can do 10am Eastern on Wednesday, which would be 2pm GMT/UK time for us.

To clarify my own position on packaging.. Having the packages split into
their individual modules is a nice idea in theory, but it doesn't feel like
the 'Debian way'. Most Debian users are used to only installing just a few
packages, and the package maintainer decides what should be compiled in by
default (take nginx for example). The application then decides which
modules should be loaded in using the .so files (for example Apache). The
exception to this is Python, where you have external Python modules (such
as python-curl), however these not part of the Python core, thus why they
are kept separate. Standard python modules (such as zlib) are all included
by default.

I don't know enough about how FreeSWITCH module linking works, but I would
have thought that if a module is compiled dynamically, then it won't be
linked in unless it's specified in modules.conf.xml. In which case, you
could just have a single package with all the dynamic modules compiled in,
and you would change which modules are loaded in by editing your
modules.conf.xml. On that basis, I think that the modules should be
compiled as a single package.

Any thoughts?

Cal

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Ken Rice <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:

>  Debian Packages... Why don’t you guys all get together on the FS conf
> bridge, and lets get everyone working together to get these done in a
> common way... Hows Say Noon Eastern on Tuesday for 10 Eastern on Wed (an
> hour before the regular weekly call) to get all you guys in 1 bridge to
> nail this down.
>
>
>
> On 3/15/13 6:21 PM, "Anthony Minessale" <anthony.minessale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Work with ken and we can combine forces and release packages too.
>
> On Mar 15, 2013 6:29 PM, "Andrew Cassidy" <andrew at cassidywebservices.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> I just wrote a script that chroots and builds for each env I have
> installed using the provided build scripts.
>
> On 15 March 2013 20:27, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <
> cal.leeming at simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've recently released an alternative Debian package builder for
> FreeSWITCH.
>
> https://github.com/foxx/freeswitch-debian
>
> Although FreeSWITCH does already have suitable Debian packages (and a
> builder), it might not be suitable for your needs (and in our specific use
> case, we required an alternative approach).
>
> Some of the reasons for this might be;
>
> * Build your own packages with custom patches applied
> * Your build system requires an easy to use, 1 command buider
> * Building your own source packages from GIT for security reasons
> * Have a single Debian package to install rather than 100+
>
> It supports the following features;
>
> * Uses 'get-packaged-orig-source' to fetch original source from FreeSWITCH
> git
> * Builds as non-native, all arch package using quilt 3.0 patching (in
> accordance with Debian guidelines)
> * Uses start-stop-daemon
> * Uses pbuilder to ensure a clean build
> * Creates 'freeswitch' system user and enforces permissions on FreeSWITCH
> files
> * Installs into /opt/freeswitch, rather than system dirs
> * Removing/purging package will NOT remove data/logs dir or delete
> 'freeswitch' system user (in accordance with Debian guidelines)
> * Enforces all necessary dependancies
>
> Usage:
>
> # Replace GIT_REF with the ref from GIT you wish to compile against
> # Replace FS_VERSION with the version of FreeSWITCH we are compiling
>
> $ apt-get install git
> $ git clone https://github.com/foxx/freeswitch-debian.git
> $ cd freeswitch-debian
> $ GIT_REF=master FS_VERSION=1.3.16 make
>
> Hope this helps someone else!
>
> Cal
>
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