[MESOS-543] proper auto-tools dependency checking and packaging

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: build
• Labels: build
• Epic Link: autotools-improvements
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Timothy St. Clair
• Created: 09/Jul/13 16:14
• Updated: 29/Apr/19 09:26

Description

Currently mesos repo includes direct version dependencies in tarballs and does not do proper m4 system dependency checking by default && optional --with(ver). That is the standard practice for downstream channel adoption.

For more details see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines

Separate fedora related packaging is being driven through: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Big_data_SIG (terrible catch all name)

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stout breakout: (enable stout to build and rev as a independent package)
repo: https://github.com/besser82/stout
rpm: https://github.com/ignatenkobrain/stout-rpm

pull request: https://github.com/3rdparty/stout/pull/4
packaging BZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988545

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libprocess breakout: (enable libprocess to build and rev as a independent package)
repo: https://github.com/ignatenkobrain/libprocess
rpm: https://github.com/ignatenkobrain/libprocess-rpm

pull request: https://github.com/3rdparty/libprocess/pull/4
packaging BZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994152

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mesos build cleaning: (remove all 3rd party cruft and do proper checks for libprocess & stout)

repo: https://github.com/timothysc/mesos
rpm: https://github.com/timothysc/mesos-rpm
packaging BZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010512

Please see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mesos_packaging for details.