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Etherpad FAD

We're trying to organize one. See Etherpad FAD for more.

Packaging Etherpad

There's a not really guidelines compliant version alive here: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/sdz/etherpad/

Etherpad bundles a good chunk of libraries. Some of them are already packaging in Fedora, some aren't.

Libraries bundled in Etherpad

in etherpad/lib

file name fedora package status
dnsjava-2.0.6.jar dnsjava works
jbcrypt-0.2.jar jBCrypt packaged
jcommon-1.0.15.jar jcommon works
jfreechart-1.0.12.jar jfreechart works

in infrastructure/lib

file name fedora package status
activation.jar classpathx-jaf works
c3p0-0.9.1.2.jar review (new package needed) needs packaging
commons-lang-2.4.jar jakarta-commons-lang works
derby-10.5.1.1.jar derby works
derbytools.jar derby works
dnsjava-2.0.6.jar dnsjava works
jetty-6.1.20.jar jetty works
jetty-sslengine-6.1.20.jar jetty works
jetty-util-6.1.20.jar jetty works
json.jar json Is non-free; free replacement exists [1]
mail.jar javamail works
rhino-js-1.7r1.jar rhino contains proprietary extensions which are patched around. R1 is needed for yuicompressor to work, we have R2 in Fedora
sanselan-0.94aj.jar source (maven-release dependency only from f14 on) needs packaging
servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api works
tagsoup-1.2.jar tagsoup works
yuicompressor-2.4-appjet.jar source breaks build, significant api breakage for yuicompressor both in R2 and R3; can be disabled, or we need compat-rhino-17r1. Alternatively, we could ship CSS-only version; performance penalty for JavaScript. needs packaging


Notes from Victor

User:Victorv

I've successfully compiled and launched the project on the Fedora 13, and can confirm that is working well. But, I've also noticed that the Google wave has a bit more facilities  :-(

After a brief researching of the project I've opinion that you'll have a lot of the tasks that should be completed before release of the project for the Fedora Linux distribution will happen. I see at least the following tasks:

  • Decomposing of the project, and selecting of all "internal" and "external" components.
  • Replacing the all third-party components with the requirements for each component to have a list of all external dependencies.
  • Providing of the RPM packages for required third-party components that are not in Fedora yet (if any).
  • Dividing of all external dependencies into build-time and run-time dependencies.
  • Sorting of all "internal" components by their languages, and avoiding unneeded languages to simplify the project.

etc.

I think, you should also decide to use a build system that is "usual" for Java (e.g. Ant, Maven, etc.) instead of Bash-scripts.

...And, finally, will be better to see a components diagram for the project (e.g. UML components diagram) that might explain a role of each component, and their dependencies.