Fall 2013 SBR600 Weekly Schedule

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It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on this information.

This is the Fall 2013 weekly schedule for the SBR600 course.

Previous semester: Fall 2012 DPI908/SBR600 Weekly Schedule

Week 1 - Introduction

Tuesday (September 3)

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
  • Pidora website and wiki content
• 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
• Future
  • Winter 2014 Semester
    • Project continuation course
  • Upcoming Events
    • Free Software and Open Source Symposium 2013

Thursday (September 5)

• Communication Tool Setup

To Do

By Tuesday, September 10:

1. Communication Lab
2. Fedora Installation
3. Submit the Open Source Student Agreement

Week 2 - Building from Source & RPM Packaging

Tuesday (September 10)

Using make

• Make and Makefiles

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)
• Contents of an RPM Package

The RPM Database

• Querying the RPM database

Using SSH

• Using SSH - a Review
  • Using public/private keypairs
  • Passphrase protection
  • Keyrings

Resources

• Two simple makefile examples
• Fedora Package Maintainers page
  • Packaging How-To
• Fedora Linux chapter 5 (see Seneca Library website > eBooks > View All > Safari > Fedora Linux).
• rpmlint
  • Fedora Common Rpmlint issues

To Do

By Wednesday, September 12:

1. Build-from-Source Lab
2. Send your SSH public key to your professor.

Thursday (September 12)

Creating an RPM Package

• RPM Packaging Process

To Do

By Monday, September 17:

• RPM-Writing Lab

Week 3 - Mock and Koji, Signing and Repos

Tuesday (September 17)

Mock

Mock is a tool which builds a package using rpmbuild in a 'cleanroom' environment. This has several advantages:

• it tests the completeness of the BuildRequires in the spec file
• it avoids the installation of a lot of tools (BuildRequires) on the main host system
• it permits different tools and tool versions to be used for the build than are installed on the host (e.g., building for F18 on an F16 system)

Background information on using Mock:

• Using Mock to test package builds

Using Koji to Test on Multiple Architectures

• Using Koji

To Do

By Thursday, September 19:

1. Mock Lab
2. Koji Lab

Thursday (September 19)

Signing and Creating a Repository for RPM Packages

To Do

By Tuesday, September 24:

1. RPM Signing Lab
2. Repo Creation Lab

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Week 5 - Using GIT and Python

Tuesday (October 1)

Using GIT and FedPkg

Resources:

• http://git-scm.com/
• https://github.com/

Thursday (October 3)

Python Primer

Python Lab

Week 6 - Presentations

Tuesday (October 8) and Thursday (October 10)

Project Plan (Release 0.0) Presentations

• Please book your time slot on the presentation schedule page on a first-come first-serve basis.
• Each presentation should take no more than 10 minutes.

Week 7 - Project Work

Thanksgiving
Monday, October 14 is the Thanksgiving Holiday.

No Class October 15 & 17
Our class will not be meeting this week. Your professor will be at a Polytechnics Canada meeting in Calgary but will be communicating by e-mail (and possibly IRC). Please use this time to work on your 0.1 Project Milestones. You can meet with your professor on Monday or Friday, by appointment.

Study Week and FSOSS

• Please don't leave your 0.1 milestone work until the last minute!
• Your professor will be around campus most of the week, working on FSOSS. He is also available to meet regarding projects from Monday to Wednesday, by appointment.
• FSOSS 2012 is Thursday/Friday October 24/25.

Week 8 - Project Work

No Class October 19 & 31
Our class will not be meeting this week. Your professor will be at Linaro Connect / ARM TechCon in California but will be communicating by e-mail (and possibly IRC). Please use this time to work on your 0.1 Project Milestones.

Week 9 - Project Work

No Class November 5 & 7
Our class will not be meeting this week. Your professor will be hiding in a secret location with no Internet access whatsoever.

Week 10 - Presentations

Tuesday (November 12) and Thursday (November 14)

Release 0.1 Presentations

• Please book your time slot on the presentation schedule page on a first-come first-serve basis.
• Each presentation should take no more than 10 minutes.

Week 11 - Practical Quiz & Project Work

Tuesday (November 19)

Practical Quiz

• The quiz consists of one task: you will need to update an RPM to the latest upstream version of the software. For example, if the package is foo-2-1 and there is a new upstream version 3 of foo available, you will need to produce a foo-3-1 package. It would be worthwhile practicing this task in advance.
• The practical quiz will be in T3076 (which not our normal room) so that lab computers will be available.
• Make sure that you have access to your Fedora system, either on your laptop, on a removable disk pack, or through an SSH connection to one of your computers at home. Verify your arrangements! You may want to bring a Fedora Live system on USB or DVD as a backup.
• You may use your notes and online resources during the quiz. However, you may not share information with other people during the quiz.

Thursday (November 21)

Problem Solving

• We will brainstorm on solutions to project problems.

Week 12 - Presentations

Tuesday (November 26) and Thursday (November 28)

Release 0.2 Presentations

• Please book your time slot on the presentation schedule page on a first-come first-serve basis.
• Each presentation should take no more than 10 minutes.

Week 13 - Wrap-up

Tuesday (December 3)

Problem Solving

• We will brainstorm on solutions to project problems.

Thursday (December 5)

Wrap-Up

• Final opportunity to get help and feedback on your project work.