[sugar] Squeak / Etoys RPMs

[Ivan Krstić]

Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:
> * How do we pack executable code and resources in an activity bundle?
> distutils, setuptools, auto*, something else? I don't think we want to
> force people to use *one* build system but there should be at least a
> suggested/documented one.

Right. So, it sounds like all of these systems will need to get extended
to support our bundle format; let's pick one to begin with, and do the
rest later (and the community might contribute them). I'd trust Ian's
judgment on picking an initial build system to bootstrap.

> * I think Dan wrote the bundles spec to support also non-python
> activities. For unmanaged languages, C/C++ for example, how do we ensure
> that executables will work on the target machines (for example use a
> compatible toolchain)?

I feel strongly that we should not address this until after B-Test, both
because we really don't have the engineering resources to spend on
making sure this behaves properly, and because there are huge security
implications at play here, so we should wait until the security specs
are public before figuring out how exactly to tackle this problem. Is
that okay with you?

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