Our cran2deb system is implemented as a collection of small tools:
\begin{itemize}
- \item cran2deb itself is a wrapper script calling out to twenty-one other
- 'worker' scripts implementing the twenty-one basic high-level commands
+ \item cran2deb itself is a wrapper script calling out to about twenty other
+ 'worker' scripts implementing the principal commands
\begin{itemize}
\item 'worker' scripts are written in \R (for littler), Korn/Bash shell,
and in the Plan9 shell rc
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Technology Overview}
- \framesubtitle{A walk through}
+ \framesubtitle{A walk through: some details}
What does cran2deb do:
\begin{itemize}
\item Rules for this shared among packages---many packages ``just work''.
\end{itemize}
\item add any undeclared dependencies (this applies to just 36 packages
- and often entail only loading, say, MASS).
+ and often entails only loading, say, MASS).
\item build each package in its own isolated, clean, fresh, up to date
build environment via pbuilder: this looks like a fresh install of
Debian and ensures correctness of dependencies.
\end{itemize}
+ \item checks package quality via Debian's lintian.
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Technology Overview}
- \framesubtitle{A walk through: some details}
+ \framesubtitle{A walk through: some more details}
- What does cran2deb do:
+ What does cran2deb do (cont.):
\begin{itemize}
- \item checks package quality via Debian's lintian.
\item uses RSQLite backend for cran2deb state: everything from package
meta-information, blacklist of bad packages, to build logs.
\item checks for a free license of a package before its built:
\begin{itemize}
\item initially: handcrafted regular expressions to match
licenses.
- \item some packages ignore ``Writing R extensions'' guidelines concerning the License: field: how many ways to write GPL?
+ \item some packages ignore ``Writing R extensions'' guidelines
+ concerning the License: field: how many ways to write GPL?
\begin{itemize}
\item initialised vs. its expansion (GPL vs. GNU general public license)
\item license vs. licence
\MedSkip
So just add one of these URLs:\newline
- i386 \phantom{xx} : { \SmallSkip \scriptsize
- \texttt{deb http://xmcorsairs.wu.ac.at/cran2deb/debian-i386 testing/}
- } \newline
- amd64 : { \SmallSkip \scriptsize
- \texttt{deb http://xmcorsairs.wu.ac.at/cran2deb/debian-amd64 testing/}
- }
+ { \scriptsize
+ \texttt{deb http://debian.cran.r-project.org/cran2deb/debian-i386 testing/}
+
+ \texttt{deb http://debian.cran.r-project.org/cran2deb/debian-amd64 testing/}
+ }
\end{frame}
-\section{Open Issues}
+\section[Next]{Next: Open Issues}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Question to be addressed}
- \framesubtitle{These may not be showstoppers}
+ \framesubtitle{For cran2deb to migrate out of beta testing}
- Things that still need to be sorted out:
+ %Things that may need to be sorted out:
\begin{itemize}
- \item What can or cannot be (re-)distributed by CRAN and its mirrors?
- \item What can or cannot be used (and/or modified) by all users?
- \item Remaining external dependencies:
+ \item \textbf{Licenses:}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item What can or cannot be (re-)distributed by CRAN and its mirrors?
+ \item What can or cannot be used (and/or modified) by all users?
+ \end{itemize}
+ \item \textbf{Externtal dependencies} % Remaining external dependencies:
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item BioConductor is the single largest source: BioBase, RGraphviz, etc
+ \item Other external libraries or tools not in Debian
+ \item Commercial external dependencies: SGE, LSF, Oracle, Vhayu
+ \end{itemize}
+ \item \textbf{Scope}
\begin{itemize}
- \item BioConductor is the single largest source: BioBase, RGraphviz, etc
- \item Other external libraries or tools not in Debian
- \item Commercial external dependencies: SGE, LSF, Oracle, Vhayu
+ \item Builds for other architectures?
+ \item Builds for other Debian flavours such as Ubuntu?
+ \item Builds of other repositories: BioConductor? R-Forge?
\end{itemize}
- \item Builds for other architectures?
- \item Builds for other Debian flavours such as Ubuntu?
- \item Builds of other repositories: BioConductor? R-Forge?
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}