If you would like to make a presentation at pkgsrcCon, please send
email to
organizers-2008@pkgsrcCon.pkgsrc.org.
The deadline for submissions is May 25, 2008.
The email should contain:
[30 minutes]
A summary of the development in pkgsrc since last year,
with the focus on important infrastructure changes.
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@NetBSD.org>
[30 minutes]
The second bulk build framework was a redesign of the old
framework based on different requirements. This changes a few
assumptions of bulk builds works and allows catching a lot more errors.
The second part of the presentation goes into the details of how the
DragonFly and NetBSD bulk builds are deployed.
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@NetBSD.org>
[60 minutes]
Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>
[30 minutes]
A brief status report about HP-UX and OSF/1 platforms support in pkgsrc,
with focus on the most important issues left to solve.
Tobias Nygren <tnn@NetBSD.org>
[60 minutes] (talk and discussion)
Some deficiencies and badly missed features in pkgsrc and proposed
solutions, in the hope that it will inspire someone to address them,
as I don't have the time to do so myself.
Dieter Baron <dillo@NetBSD.org>
[30 minutes]
The wrapper scripts intercept calls to the compiler and linker and
perform various transformations (generally, to map GCC-specific
options to the actual system compiler) before passing the calls
through. Simply adding the average third-party application to pkgsrc
transparently improves its portability, thanks to the wrappers. To
address performance and maintainability concerns, the wrappers are
being rewritten as part of Google's Summer of Code. This presentation will discuss the evolution
of the framework and plans for its imminent improvement.
Amitai Schlair <schmonz@NetBSD.org>
[45 minutes]
Edos and Mancoosi are European research projects
that aim to develop the scientific knowledge and build the tools necessary
to manage the complexity of linux distributions and the open source software
infrastructure. It specifically targets package management systems and the
problems that arise when upgrading a set of packages. We already have an
array of tools available, but these are focused on binary Linux distributions
(both DEB-based and RPM-based). The object of this presentation is to show what
has been done by EDOS, and will be done by Mancoosi and discuss whether it could
be useful for the pkgsrc platform as well.
Jaap Boender <boender@pps.jussieu.fr>
[30 minutes]
There are many methods and even programs for updating packages in pkgsrc,
but there still is no default method in the pkg_install tools themselves.
This talks concerns itself with finding and discussing the basic use cases
such a tool should cover.
Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>