[dev] Package discussion & Init scripts

[David Lamparter]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 06:34:24PM +0200, David Lamparter wrote:
> There is nothing for us to decide here.  Our next action is:
> 
> 0. make tarballs available for frr 2.0.
> 
> I can't believe we don't have a dist tarball up.  THIS IS WHY WE DON'T
> HAVE FRR PACKAGES IN DISTROS.  THERE'S NO TARBALL FOR THEM TO BUILD OFF.
> DISTROS DON'T WANT TO BUILD FROM GIT.

After Quentin pointed out in Slack that you can upload additional files
on github on a release tag, I've uploaded .tar.xz and .tar.gz dist
tarballs for frr-2.0.


Next up:

> 1. put up a README for the distro maintainers on what we're planning to
> do.  IMHO, it needs to say 2 things:
> 
> (a) we're moving towards integrated config; right now we're trying to
>     detect and adapt, but at some point this may change.
> (b) watchfrr may be becoming more important for multi-instance
>     management so we can start ospf #5 on a "router ospf 5"
> 
> If we have things we need agreement on here - please start a new thread.
> 
> 2. wait, talk, wait, and talk to the distros.  They'll make FRR packages
> by copying their Quagga build descriptions.  If we have good READMEs and
> talk to them nicely, we can influence this.  If we sit on our asses - or
> try to dictate what they should do - they'll do what they think is best
> while ignoring our plans.