Winter 2009 SBR600 Weekly Schedule

Please note:

• The schedule here is tentative.
• Week-by-week details will be filled in as the course progresses.

Week 1 (January 12) - Introduction

Tuesday

• Welcome
• Introductions
• Intro to Build & Release
  • Brief overview of the process
    • Versioning & repository systems
    • Compilation
    • Testing
    • Packaging
    • Compositing
    • Release
    • Distribution
    • Mirroring
  • These steps vary according to the particular project/product. For example, when distributing software physically, "Release" means performing a RTM, where the final "gold disk" is sent to the duplicating house to be mass-produced; but when distributing software electronically, "Release" means sending the software to the online distribution system. The sequence of steps also varies between projects/products.
• Course Layout
  • Project-based course
  • Working with Open Source
  • Working with the Fedora Project
• Communication Tools
• Course Outline
• Visit the CDOT Area

Thursday

• Makefile Basics
  • Targets, Dependencies, and Commands
  • Implied rules (e.g., .o files)
  • Examples

Readings/Resources

• Two simple makefile examples

ToDo:

Communication Lab: By Thursday, January 15, Set up your accounts (wiki, IRC, FAS2).

• Create a blog post which will appear on the OpenSource@Seneca Planet, containing:
  • A portion of an IRC conversation you've had with someone on a Fedora or Seneca IRC channel.
  • A link to your User page on the Seneca wiki
  • A link to your User page on the Fedora wiki
• Add an entry to the Winter 2009 SBR600 Participants page

Lab 1: By Wednesday, January 21:

• Build 2 packages from Source
  • The NLED editor from http://cdot.senecac.on.ca
  • Any package that uses autoconf -- SourceForge might be a good place to look for such packages.
• Blog about the experience.

Week 2 (January 19) - Overview of the Build and Release Processs

Week 3 (January 26) - Working with Open Source Communities

Week 4 (February 2) - Project Release 0.0

Week 5 (February 9) - Basic Build I

Week 6 (February 16) - Basic Build II

Week 7 (February 23) - Basic Build III - Project Release 0.1

Study Week (March 2)

Week 8 (March 9) - Server Farms & Distributed Processing I

Week 9 (March 16) - Server Farms & Distributed Processing II

Week 10 (March 23) - Server Farms & Distributed Processing III - Project Release 0.2

Week 11 (March 30) - Supporting Technologies I

Week 12 (April 6) - Supporting Technologies II

Week 13 (April 13) - Project Release 0.3 & Presentations

Exam Week (April 20)