From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 11:09:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2ABD1065677 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9208FC25 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 25so916664wfa.7 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:09:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.201.3 with SMTP id y3mr1251859wff.1.1204974581801; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:09:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.37.8 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 03:09:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0803080309q311301dm3baf6bad2a70b0ac@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 13:09:41 +0200 From: "Adrian Penisoara" Sender: ady@ady.ro To: "Marcin Cieslak" In-Reply-To: <47D1BEAD.2020407@system.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com> <20080307161415.g9vgql0xcscgkkco@webmail.leidinger.net> <20080307184427.5a005ef9@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <78cb3d3f0803071122s74ef2075p8b5f761dd5e8b0ad@mail.gmail.com> <47D1BEAD.2020407@system.pl> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 04378e06ffdb484e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:09:43 -0000 Hi, On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Marcin Cieslak wrote: > Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > 2). Usually everything comes down to business cases and business > > opportunities. So I think we will need to demonstrate a large userbase > in > > order to get attention. I think we should be happy if an Oracle XE > FreeBSD > > package will make it onto the downloads page in the first place. > > I can give you one business case: > > During election observation mission in 2007 an Oracle XE installation > I've had (just for test) on my FreeBSD notebook saved my (election) day > and allowed me to analyze and verify election results - and this is a > Big Thing(tm). Well, this sort of stories really ought to be told and heard around. Have you considered writing a short story or even a news article on this topic (I guess there are good places where you could submit it) ? > > > > 3) Oracle EE / SE editions are indeed the big guns on the enterprise > > database market, but until there are some more steps. And Oracle does > not > > use a packaging format for these, OUI (Oracle Universal Installer) is > the > > designated tool to use. > > OUI is difficult to run, it's usually easier to setup a database without > it. Fortunately XE does not need one at all. There are scripts out there > that perform database creation end-to-end and I think they should be > included in the port. > > Right. I will be extracting the RPM specs file to form the package installation script. I'm not sure whether the debian scripts have something better. Regards, Adrian Penisoara ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD