minitage.core A meta package-manager to deploy projects on UNIX Systemes. ============================== Introduction ============================== * minitage is a meta-package manager. It's a package manager which install packages with the help of other build systems. * Its goal is to help you to deploy projects in a standardised layout and to build things quickly and in a simple manner by putting in environment all configurations. * The main documentation is not there but on http://www.minitage.org, please go there for further instructions. ============================= QuickStart with minitage ============================= The whole doc is not there ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ but on http://www.minitage.org Check your 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://git.minitage.org/git/minitage/shell/plain/PyBootstrapper.sh chmod +x PyBootstrapper.sh bash ./PyBootstrapper.sh /path/to/pythonPrefix Using virtualenv +++++++++++++++++++ You 'd better to use `virtualenv <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`_ , 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. minitage installation ++++++++++++++++++++++ The whole doc is not there but on http://www.minitage.org/installation.html. 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 Syncing packages ++++++++++++++++++++++ To sync all your minilays If you need to, fire your virtualenv:: source ~/minitage/bin/activate Sync:: minimerge -s Changes *********************************************** UP ===== - fix a bug in bootstrapping buildout - rewrite fetchers - improve proxy handling - fix some tests - make parts shut up - test incomplete downloads and redownload them (package level) - make minibuild name more permissive 1.0.19 =========== - distribute fix 1.0.18 ======== - remove deprecationwarning 1.0.17 ========= - remove deprecationwarning 1.0.16 ======= - oups, left print 1.0.15 ======== - let the default minilay be at lower priority among all 1.0.14 ======= - desactivating updates manager for more tests. -> 1.0.13 ========== - Minitage now allows binaries to be used instead of compiling programs, in the gentoo -k way. - Minitage has now also an update manager to run udpate functions on upgrade. 1.0.5 ======= - bugfix on url md5sum fragments 1.0.4 ========= - make conditionnal weither we are offline or not the download in the get_from_cache function. 1.0.0 -> 1.0.3 ================== - x64 enlightments - add optionnal force switch to the download cache function 1.0 ===== - some API adds like 'search_latest' and 'which' - bugfix in interfaces for configuration handling - buildout maker can be given an optionnal config to build - code stabilization and sync with other minitage components - official documentation on http://www.minitage.org 0.32 ===== - Fetch by default over http 0.4.30 ======== - Bind buildout newest mode with -u option 0.4.30 ======= - do not delete directories but overwrite when the package src uri change. 0.4.29 ======= - Make minitage lives on git 0.4.28 ======= - Make minitage git aware both in recipes and in core. 0.4.27 ======= - force setuptools version 0.4.26 ======= - bugfix on common functions (API) 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 1.0.28