Re: [edgebsd-users] Cinnamin 2.x any interest

[Pierre Pronchery <khorben@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

			Hi,

On 16/12/2013 19:00, Chantal Wobben wrote:
> 
> Is there any interest in someone who is willing to learn and so he can
> learn how to port Cinnamon 2.x to Edgdebsd ?

of course. I think the first thing for you would be to install and run
EdgeBSD somewhere, if you haven't already. Installation material can be
found there:
http://ftp.edgebsd.org/pub/EdgeBSD/EdgeBSD-6/
or
ftp://ftp.edgebsd.org/pub/EdgeBSD/EdgeBSD-6/

(the CD-ROM images are in "installation/cdrom" under each architecture)

Installation process is currently exactly the same as for NetBSD 6:
http://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/part-install.html

Then you'll want to install basic packages:
# export
PKG_PATH="http://ftp.edgebsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/EdgeBSD/amd64/EdgeBSD-6/pkgsrc-2013Q1/All";

of which I recommend:
# pkg_install gnupg pkgin

then:
# gnupg --recv-key 6F3AF5E2
# cat > /etc/pkg_install.conf << EOF
GPG=/usr/pkg/bin/gpg
GPG_SIGN_AS=5A9E45F7
VERIFIED_INSTALLATION=always
EOF
# ln -s /etc/pkg_install.conf /usr/pkg/etc/pkg_install.conf
# echo
'http://ftp.edgebsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/EdgeBSD/amd64/EdgeBSD-6/pkgsrc-2013Q1/All'
> /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin.conf
# pkgin update

Then you should be able to install binary packages with pkgin
comfortably (and have signatures checked).

Then to work on porting Cinnamon 2.x to EdgeBSD's own pkgsrc repository
you'll need Git:
# pkgin install scmgit-base

Clone the repository:
$ git clone http://git.edgebsd.org/EdgeBSD/edgebsd-pkgsrc.git

And from then on pkgsrc's own guide applies:
$ http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/
(except we use Git and not CVS)

You're more than welcome to share your progress by either:
- pushing your own branch(es) publicly to the repository (in which case
  you'll have to agree to our nascent constitution at
  https://www.edgebsd.org/edgebsd/wiki/12/project%20organization)
- joining us on IRC: #EdgeBSD on the freenode network

Sorry if this is not fully straightforward at the moment, we're still
working on getting everything setup, stable and as secure as we can.

HTH,
-- 
khorben