[Hamara-devel] An update

[Raju D V]

On Tuesday 14 June 2016 07:40 PM, Krishnakant wrote:
>
>
> On Tuesday 14 June 2016 07:05 PM, imasdekar at dff.org.in wrote:
>> On 2016-06-14 13:28, abhijith wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 14 June 2016 06:54 PM, Krishnakant wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday 14 June 2016 06:37 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>>> On 25/05/16 13:20, Krishnakant wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday 25 May 2016 05:25 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>>>>> On 25/05/16 11:08, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 24/05/16 18:53, Krishnakant wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday 24 May 2016 09:20 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Devs,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry it's been quiet for a while, a few of us have been busy on
>>>>>>>>>> commercial projects and that's led to us taking a bit of a hit
>>>>>>>>>> here!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Anyway, by way of updates:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - I have updated hamara-repo-tools to support automatic building
>>>>>>>>>> of a
>>>>>>>>>> stretch based repo. This means we can keep our sugam repo in
>>>>>>>>>> sync
>>>>>>>>>> with upstream.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Amar has created a new signing key and fixed the gpg error
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> people see in the main hamara repo.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - We have replaced our previous (custom) method of pushing
>>>>>>>>>> packages
>>>>>>>>>> into the repo with dupload
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Raju has built packages for mint installer
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I will push the mint installer packages into the repo as soon as
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> sync from upstream is complete.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The next tasks are then to:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - replace lxde with mate
>>>>>>>>>> - build a new iso.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As always, jump in here if you want to help!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Vik
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When do you think we must start with the Mate build?
>>>>>>>> You can start it now - there are only small changes required in
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> hamara sugam  meta packages - do you want to have a go?
>>>>>>> To be precise, this is the meta package:
>>>>>>> https://git.hamaralinux.org/hamara-developers/hamara-packages/tree/development-debian/hamara-packages/1.0/hamara-meta/debian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Abhijeet is looking into this as he had spoken with me earlier. 
>>>>>> So we
>>>>>> can certainly get started.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We will be releasing GNUKhata in early June so we certainly would
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> it in Hamara Mate by default.
>>>>>
>>>> Release of GNUKhata version 3 happens tomorrow.
>>>> We just released an RC on 9th.
>>>> Once tomorrow's release is done, we will start working on the Mate
>>>> spin.
>>>> I have informed Abhijeet to update the thread about this.
>>>> happy hacking.
>>>> Krishnakant.
>>> I would like to involve in the release of Sugam as soon as possible. I
>>> will start looking into this right after the release of GNUKhata
>>> version 3.
>>>>
>>>>
>> Even the other DFF team members will be actively involved in the
>> release of sugam once GNUKhata release is done tomorrow(15-06-2016).
>
>
> Well this is wonderful.
> We have kind of a team behind this now.
> Can some one inform the Dff guys about the current status on Mate
> inclusion?
> Has some work been already done by Raju or some other developer?
I am currently working on the Installer. Making sure it works and the
customizations etc for it.
I will remain focused on the same task for now.
You guys can jump in to work with mate and other customizations related
to theming and package management etc.


> or do we have to start from Scratch.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
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