Explain how easy CPAN distributions using the Perl Programming Language could be maintained and deployed using PkgSrc.

1. Packaging for 11 platforms with one tool
Jens Rehsack
2013
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2. Packaging
Why packaging?
Packaging provides
Information - always know what is installed
Reliability - always know if things belong together
Useful - easy deployment / rollout
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3. Packaging
Why packaging?
Packaging provides
Information - always know what is installed
Reliability - always know if things belong together
Useful - easy deployment / rollout
Packaging improves . . .
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4. Packaging
Why packaging?
Packaging provides
Information - always know what is installed
Reliability - always know if things belong together
Useful - easy deployment / rollout
Packaging improves . . . everyone know that
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5. Packaging
Why packaging?
Packaging provides
Information - always know what is installed
Reliability - always know if things belong together
Useful - easy deployment / rollout
Packaging improves . . . everyone know that
but packaging takes time
can’t use dpkg’s from developers machine on CentOS production server
dependencies don’t compile on backend AIX machine
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6. Packaging
PkgSrc
Available on 16+ platforms
NetBSD
Solaris / SmartOS / illumos
Linux
Darwin (Mac OS X)
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
IRIX
AIX
DragonFlyBSD
OSF/1 / Tru64
HP-UX
QNX
Haiku
MirBSD (MirOS)
Minix3
Cygwin and Interix
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7. Packaging
Mission statement
Optimized for value
reduce effort done by people
tagging / branching
bulk building
unattended updates
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8. Packaging
Mission statement
Optimized for value
reduce effort done by people
tagging / branching
bulk building
unattended updates
Goal reached by . . .
100+ active developers packaging
business support (most famous: Joyent/SmartOS)
source based packaging distribution
quarterly formal releases with QA and continuous developer releases
embedded QA for PKGSRC DEVELOPERS
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9. Packaging
Resources
PkgSrc
http://www.pkgsrc.org/
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10. Packaging
Resources
PkgSrc
http://www.pkgsrc.org/
PkgSrc Guide
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/
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11. Packaging
Resources
PkgSrc
http://www.pkgsrc.org/
PkgSrc Guide
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/
PkgSrc . . . Mailing List
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/tindex.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/tindex.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/regional-*/
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12. Packaging
Resources
PkgSrc
http://www.pkgsrc.org/
PkgSrc Guide
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/
PkgSrc . . . Mailing List
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/tindex.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/tindex.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/regional-*/
PkgSrc Binaries
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/
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13. Packaging
Resources
PkgSrc
http://www.pkgsrc.org/
PkgSrc Guide
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/
PkgSrc . . . Mailing List
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/tindex.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/tindex.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/regional-*/
PkgSrc Binaries
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/
IRC
irc://irc.freenode.net/#pkgsrc
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14. Finish
Thank You
Questions?
Jens Rehsack <sno@NetBSD.org>
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