Devel Meeting - 08-Nov-2023

Subjects on the meeting

• reprepo not pushing packages to testing repositories, gpg key expired related?
• jas: /etc/os-release has ID_LIKE set to 'debian' not 'ubuntu'?
• rust 1.70: wait on ubuntu binaries or go all the way up the ladder to build ourselves?
• jas: 'gitlab.trisquel.org' machine seems to be about five minutes off. TOTP OATH codes failing.
• replace "compile" to "package" in config's helpers
• update sbuild-create.sh MR to not use /etc for use a pinned repo

ToDo

New website

• add direct CC payment system
• improve focus element - trisquel/trisquel-website/-/issues/10
• improve larger l10n support (pt-BR and others)

Mozzarella

• pending git corrections (?)
• mozzarella not able to deal with spaces on searches "multi-word named extension"

Release

• drop dsa1024 key - trisquel/trisquel-website#2
• fix hash for isos - trisquel/trisquel-website#4 (closed)

Helpers system

• CI/CD - trisquel/package-helpers#52 (closed)
• trisquel/trisquel-builder#11
• trisquel/package-helpers#37
• helpers default to QUILT=skip on T12 (?)
• next release (T12) name will be added when work on it starts. - Already launched.
• upstream packages adding ubuntux.x suffix to package version.
  • add script for aramo updates for ubuntu packages w/ubuntux.x suffix on package version.
  • modify versioning schema on T12 to;

e.g.:
    packageversionA=4.5.6-7 #Debian
    packageversionB=4.5.6-7ubuntu3 #Ubuntu
    TRISQUEL_REVISION=9
    N=$TRISQUEL_REVISION
    trisquelversion=trisquel$N
    echo $packageversionA$trisquelversion $packageversionB$trisquelversion 
    4.5.6-7trisquel9 4.5.6-7ubuntu3trisquel9

Stalled / long term topics

• remove clients for external repositories (pip, ruby, etc)
  • adjust clients for free compliant repository
• build several helpers & workaround for multiple builds - trisquel/package-helpers#37
• ubuntu-purge update will not fetch de-blacklisted package.
  • aramo
  • nabia
• Sugar issues
  • issues for trisquel-sugar packages https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/trisquel-sugar/-/issues
• translation teams
  • l10n ubiquity slides
  • l10n website / news
• i386 support not gonna happen any time soon.

Next meeting's to-review subjects.

marked this issue as related to #17 (closed)

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marked the checklist item replace "compile" to "package" in config's helpers as completed

marked the checklist item update sbuild-create.sh MR to not use /etc for use a pinned repo as completed

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mentioned in issue trisquel/package-helpers#124 (closed)

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marked the checklist item jas: 'gitlab.trisquel.org' machine seems to be about five minutes off. TOTP OATH codes failing. as completed

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marked the checklist item rust 1.70: wait on ubuntu binaries or go all the way up the ladder to build ourselves? as completed

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marked the checklist item upstream packages adding ubuntux.x suffix to package version. as completed