0006-packaging-and-distribution-in-other-version-control-repositories.md

6. Packaging and distribution in other version control repositories

Date: 2016-02-16

Status

Accepted

Context

Users want to install adr-tools with their preferred package manager. For example, Ubuntu users use apt, RedHat users use yum and Mac OS X users use Homebrew.

The developers of adr-tools don't know how, nor have permissions, to use all these packaging and distribution systems. Therefore packaging and distribution must be done by "downstream" parties.

The developers of the tool should not favour any one particular packaging and distribution solution.

Decision

The adr-tools project will not contain any packaging or distribution scripts and config.

Packaging and distribution will be managed by other projects in separate version control repositories.

Consequences

The git repo of this project will be simpler.

Eventually, users will not have to use Git to get the software.

We will have to tag releases in the adr-tools repository so that packaging projects know what can be published and how it should be identified.

We will document how users can install the software in this project's README file.