[Hamara-devel] An update

[Raju D V]

On Wednesday 15 June 2016 12:39 AM, Krishnakant wrote:
>
>
> On Tuesday 14 June 2016 07:54 PM, Raju D V wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I think if we are having a great accessible distro, it is necessary
> and justified to have an accessible instaler as well.
> It seems that thus has become accessible.
> Should we have it as a choice?
I took a look at the thus installer and seems that thus has not been
packaged yet for any Debian based distributions.
Using it will require a lot of work to package it for Hamara.
Considering a short time frame, we won't be
able to package it quickly. Hence, I recommend that we keep using
live-installer and complete our release in time.
I also suggest that we start exploring the possibilities of packaging
various alternative installers like
thus, blankOn-Installer, calamares etc. to Hamara and Debian.

So for short term strategy, continue with live-installer and for
long-term strategy start working on accessible alternate installers.

> happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.