Fall 2011 SBR600 Weekly Schedule
Tentative Schedule - Winter 2012
Please note that the schedule here is tentative. Week-by-week details will be filled in as the course progresses. This content is also being refactored for easier navigation.
Please note that the schedule here is tentative. Week-by-week details will be filled in as the course progresses. This content is also being refactored for easier navigation.
Previous semester: Fall 2011 SBR600 Weekly Schedule
Week 1 (Jan 10) - Introduction
Tuesday
Welcome
- About this course
- Introductions
Intro to SBR600 - Software Build & Release
- Brief overview of the Build & Release process
- Introduction to the Fedora Project
- Fedora Project
- Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture project at Seneca and at the Fedora Project
- Course Layout
- Project-based course
- Working with Open Source
- Working with the Fedora Project
- Course Outline
- How this Course Works
- SBR600 Communication Tools
- How coursework is submitted in SBR600
To Do
By Tuesday, January 17:
Week 2 - Jan 17
Tuesday
Using make
Building from Source
- Obtaining source code
- Configuring the build
- Performing the build
- Testing the build
- Installing the built software
RPM Packages
- Differences between managing RPMS and Installing from Source
- RPMS provide a database of installed software
- Let you determine what's installed
- Automatic management of dependencies
- Identify the origin of files
- Permit easy update or removal
- Enable you to verify installation (useful for spotting file corruption and intrusions)
- RPMS provide a database of installed software
- Contents of an RPM Package
The RPM Database
Creating an RPM Package
Resources
- Two simple makefile examples
- Fedora Package Maintainers page
- Fedora Linux chapter 5 (see Seneca Library website > eBooks > View All > Safari > Fedora Linux).
- rpmlint
To Do
By Thursday, January 19:
- Build-from-Source Lab
- RPM-Writing Lab
- Send your SSH public key to your professor so he can create accounts for you on the CDOT Development Systems.