Hello everyone,
as some of you might know, NSLS-II has a public repository
for EPICS packages available here:
It is a mirror of our internal build and repository
infrastructure, initially created by Michael Davidsaver and
based on debianized sources found here:
I cannot appreciate enough all those developers and
maintainers who contribute to EPICS packaging repositories,
and work with us to make packages successfully build. My
fondness of the entire endeavor is rooted in, first, the fact
that our environment is
standardized
to use the internal repository. Package updates gives
us an opportunity to adopt new versions. Second, I believe
that the repository is an easy way to obtain a working set of
software to get started with EPICS, something I greatly
benefited from in those times of old.
Few weeks ago, we were re-signing repository packages with
a new key. This provoked requests on the old key being no
longer valid; the lesson learned was that there are sites
which utilize the NSLS-II public repository.
As it goes now, the maintenance of the repository
continues. Its infrastructure is somewhat outdated and was
recreated on a new setup, in which all current epicsdeb
packages were built for Debian 8. Current plans are to move
packages from the old setup into the new one, updating the
public mirror accordingly to preserve "legacy" packaging (like
Debian 6) just in case, and also publish recent packages which
are currently only available internally.
To better gauge our efforts, we are interested in learning
the following:
- Are there are any sites/individuals which use the NSLS-II
Debian repository for their installations?
- Is there are community effort which is not yet present in
epicsdeb but can be put there (e.g. FRIB has their internal
repository as well)?
Any thoughts on the matter are also welcome.
Regards,
Anton.