[IdPv3] Packaging Java code for Linux Package Managers

[Chad La Joie]

Right, when I started thinking about this my goal was not "integration
in to system layout".  I was mainly looking at RPM/DEB for to get the
IdP in to a deployer's normal update process.  Then various people
suggested I look at deeper system integration and I just don't think
it will work.  Java has it's own concepts, assumptions, and
restrictions and some of those end up being effectively mutually
exclusive with Linux's.

So, I'm back to thinking the best outcome is where I started; getting
the software into the deployer's normal update process.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 13:31, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:
> On 11/3/11 1:24 PM, "Peter Schober" <peter.schober at univie.ac.at> wrote:
>>
>>Either way, I doubt getting the IdP in shape according to the
>>distribution policies is possible with reasonable resources.
>
> The question is whether that's the goal or not. In my case, despite my not
> really expecting (or even wanting to some degree) the SP to be included,
> I've done what I can to move toward those guidelines. But that doesn't
> mean anything packaged as an RPM has to follow that, except where it's
> touching system areas (e.g. init scripts).
>
> In point of fact, the constraints simply make Java software unpackageable.
>
> -- Scott
>
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to dev-unsubscribe at shibboleth.net
>



-- 
Chad La Joie
www.itumi.biz
trusted identities, delivered