minitage.core A meta package-manager to install projects on UNIX Systemes. minitage Installation instructions *************************** Python ======= You need a python with setuptools, zlib, bz2 and ssl support. Try that in your interpretery:: >>> import tarfile >>> import zipfile >>> import bz2 >>> import _ssl >>> import zlib >>> import setuptools >>> If you do not have that, you can give a try to my pyboostrapper that bootstrap a python somewhere:: wget http://hg.minitage.org/hg/minitage/shell/raw-file/tip/PyBootstrapper.sh chmod +x PyBootstrapper.sh ./PyBootstrapper.sh /path/to/pythonPrefix Using virtualenv ================= You 'd better to use `virtualenv <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv/1.1>`_ , minitage fits well with it. virtualenv is a tool that allow you to create isolated Python environments. Here is how to set up an environment with it: - Install virtualenv:: easy_install virtualenv #(maybe use sudo ;)) - Install minitage prefix:: virtualenv --no-site-packages ~/minitage - activate it:: source ~/minitage/bin/activate KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU MUST ACTIVATE VIRTUALENV AT ANY TIME YOU USE IT. Installing minitage ==================== A stable version ----------------- Minitage is a classical python egg, you can get it throught easy_install. To install minitage in a stable version, follow those steps: - Install minitage:: easy_install -U mercurial minitage.core - Sync its packages (all its minilays in minitage terminology).:: minimerge -s A develop version: ------------------ If you want to be bleeding edge and not lhave a 3 years old debianised minitage, you can give a try to the egg in developement mode? If you need to, fire your virtualenv:: source ~/minitage/bin/activate Get the sources:: mkdir -p ~/repos/minitage cd ~/repos/minitage hg clone http://hg.minitage.org/hg/minitage/eggs/minitage.core hg clone http://hg.minitage.org/hg/minitage/eggs/minitage.recipe Or update them:: hg pull -u -R ~/repos/minitage/minitage.core hg pull -u -R ~/repos/minitage/minitage.recipe Install/Reinstall minitage in develop mode:: cd ~/repos/minitage/minitage.core python setup.py develop cd ~/repos/minitage/minitage.recipe python setup.py develop Syncing packages ================= To sync all your minilays If you need to, fire your virtualenv:: source ~/minitage/bin/activate Sync:: minimerge -s Changes *********************************************** 0.4.21 ======= - quiet mode is now optionnal are there are numerous bugs with it. 0.4.8 =========== - Maintenance release - testruner - buildoutified - some refactor and code cleanings - logging is now better handled and your minimerge sessions will be as quiet as possible. 0.4.5 =========== - Bug in fetchers (not critical ...) 0.4.4 ============ - Add an option (-f) - when set : fetch all before build - when not set : fetch and build each package one after another 0.4.2 ============ - Remove the category check 0.4.2 ============ - Remove the backtrace from the launcher when minimerge fails 0.4.1 ============ - Release version 0.4_alpha12 ============ - Fix scm type validator 0.4_alpha11 ============ - bzr DVCS integration 0.4_alpha10 ============ - Add support for variables in minibuilds setted in minitage configuration file. Use $name in minibuilds and set it in the [minitage.variables] section. 0.4_alpha9 =========== - reinforce buildout code 0.4_alpha8 =========== - restore previous version scheme a0.4_alpha5 ============ - add mercurial explicit dependency 0.4_alpha4 ============ - remove old minilay 0.4_alpha1 ============ This is a pre release, minitage is working. But it is not empty from bugs. Feel free to give your feedback :) - Minimerge totally rewritten in python - Support for conditionnal dependencies toward python version - Support for eggs in addition of site-packages added to the PYTHONPATH - Support for conditionnal (OS) dependencies - Lot of improvments on error handling - Logging mode - Configuration via a file is now possible up to 0.3 ========== - not public, nothing to see there. Mathieu Pasquet 61d9ae8462a118bc132971d3c3fa1bd1555d1458 0.4.24