[Blueprint server-o-jenkins] Get Jenkins into the Ubuntu Archive

[James Page]

Blueprint changed by James Page:

Whiteboard changed:
- Current Status: BLOCKED
+ Current Status: UNBLOCKED
  
  Issues upstream in Debian with Eclipse (and the fact that eclipse-
  platform is not currently installable) mean that aspectj can't be
  manually bootstrapped into oneiric which unlocks new versions of spring
  that are required for spring-ldap which are required for Jenkins.  This
  only happened on Monday so timing was bad as LaMont tried the bootstrap
  Monday afternoon.
  
  Will work around this issue where possible but will slow down until this
  unblocks.
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  UDS Session Notes
  
  Discussion:
    - Approach to plugins;
      - packaging recipe?
          Documentation to be polished
      - disable Jenkins upstream plugin manager?
          Not by default but ensure can be disabled and that this is documented well.
      - build from source?
          where possible - look at most popular plugins and assess top 5.
  
    - Delivery approach:
      - Debian or Ubuntu first?
          Ubuntu then Debian - will get better testing coverage if it hits Oneiric earlier.
      - Sponsorship burden - large number of packages.
          Target universe, spread the burden as wide as possible in Ubuntu.
  
    - Jenkins Nuances:
       - Package variants - OK
       - Hudson polutiom - OK
  
  Target 1.400.1 when delivered by upstream.
  
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  Work Items (oneiric-alpha-3):
  [james-page] upgrade to latest stable branch (1.409.1) from Jenkins + upgrade dependencies: TODO
  [james-page] Resolve outstanding build-from-source issues in dependency chain: DONE
  [james-page] Prepare library packaging for upload to Ubuntu: INPROGRESS
  upload of jenkins plus dependencies to Ubuntu Universe: INPROGRESS
  [james-page] look at JVM compatibility with xstream on ARM (for example): TODO
  
  Work Items:
  [james-page] feedback libraries to Debian through debian-java team: INPROGRESS
  [james-page] Update documentation for disabling plugin management through web ui: TODO
  [james-page] re-sync libraries from Debian as a when required: INPROGRESS
  [serge-hallyn] ensemble formula for deploying Jenkins: INPROGRESS

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Get Jenkins into the Ubuntu Archive
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-o-jenkins