Pointers to start new Express Disc development
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:29 pm
I do not know how to do this on Ubuntu. Since we're focusing on Fedora 18 at the moment anyway, let's stick to that and we will fight the Ubuntu dragon when the time comes.
The way to get started on this is using a "compose" script, i think. Things have changed a lot in this area since the last time we did this. This area moves fast in Fedora anyway, from release to release it may change radically.
I think you need:
Basically we need to create what it would otherwise called an Amahi Spin of Fedora.
I am fairly sure the programs mock and pungi some involvement of kickstart files are required. See these pages on composing test images and [urlhttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Process]spins process[/url].
Here is another idea, the Fedora revisor, a tool to generate your own Fedora images.
I am fairly sure we do not want to submit a Spin to the Fedora community, knowing their red-tape ladden process. But that does not stop us from doing what we want.
The way to get started on this is using a "compose" script, i think. Things have changed a lot in this area since the last time we did this. This area moves fast in Fedora anyway, from release to release it may change radically.
I think you need:
- a running machine with a stable f18 system
- a full copy of the latest repos (or re-download every time). there are ways to keep mirrors - used to keep them in my hda with an app i created (which i did not package because it was too custom), called
- a way to compose a distro into a release cd
- a way to test it quickly (eg. VM or real hw)
Basically we need to create what it would otherwise called an Amahi Spin of Fedora.
I am fairly sure the programs mock and pungi some involvement of kickstart files are required. See these pages on composing test images and [urlhttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Process]spins process[/url].
Here is another idea, the Fedora revisor, a tool to generate your own Fedora images.
I am fairly sure we do not want to submit a Spin to the Fedora community, knowing their red-tape ladden process. But that does not stop us from doing what we want.