#1016722 ITP: cvmfs -- The CernVM File System

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Yachen Wang
Date:
2025-11-29 16:51:24 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1016722#5
Date:
2022-08-06 06:14:41 UTC
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* Package name    : cvmfs
  Version         : 2.9.4
  Upstream Author : CernVM Administrator (cvmadmin) <cernvm.administrator@cern.ch>
* URL             : https://github.com/cvmfs/cvmfs
* License         : BSD 3-Clause, MIT, CC0-1.0, Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: C++, Go
  Description     : The CernVM File System

The CernVM File System provides a scalable, reliable and low-maintenance software distribution service. It was developed to assist High Energy Physics (HEP) collaborations to deploy software on the worldwide-distributed computing infrastructure used to run data processing applications.

Although cvmfs is already packaged by cern, it will be more convenient
to deploy related software if distributed by Debian.
#1016722#10
Date:
2022-08-06 10:06:49 UTC
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Hi,

that would be very useful to have indeed! I looked at this very briefly and
figured it is probably not trivial to package, so good luck.
Let me know if you need a sponsor or any other help for this.

Cheers,
Stephan
#1016722#15
Date:
2022-10-28 08:56:13 UTC
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Hi Stephan,

Thank you so much for offering help.  I have been working with Yachen in
the past 2 months.  Now the package is in shape with only few minor
update before uploading to the NEW queue.

https://salsa.debian.org/hpc-team/cvmfs

It would be great if you could have a review of the draft package.

Cheers,
Benda
#1016722#20
Date:
2023-01-08 15:15:07 UTC
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Hi Benda,

sorry for the late reply, I just didn't have time to look into it.

I am not able to build it from Salsa since I can't find the proper
source tarball - [1] does not seem to work. Could you write a
`debian/watch file` (see [2] for details) for easy downloading of the
source tarball?

Otherwise I think you should remove the unused externals in the
`externals` folder - you can do this via `debian/copyright` (see e.g.
[3], multiple lines allowd)

Cheers,
Stephan

[1]: https://ecsft.cern.ch/dist/cvmfs/cvmfs-2.9.4/source.tar.gz
[2]: https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html
[3]: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/root/-/blob/193bb0bd05fd2da77549a8938d79301ca70a7466/debian/copyright#L5
#1016722#25
Date:
2025-11-05 12:46:26 UTC
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Hi,

The cvmfs repo on salsa has not beed active for ~2 years.

As a user of cvmfs (and DD), I could sponsor (and maintain as well) this package.
Let's pick it up and try to get cvmfs into forky, shall we?

BTW, I searched the debian-hpc list and also found some relevant discussion [1].

[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-hpc/2024/05/msg00033.html

Thanks,
Shengqi Chen