[Xastir-dev] Auto-packaging

[Curt Mills]

That can be done as well, but most people want a .DEB or .RPM that they can
install using their package tools. That's what most distributions want as
well.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:33 PM David Flood <davidf4 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Question from the Peanut Gallery...
>
> Do they have to be binary packages or can they just be a placeholder script
> that then uses GIT  or FTP to pull the latest stuff down and compiles it?
> Sorta a modification of the "fetch tarball and compile" model that Gentoo
> uses..
>
> Dave
> KD7MYC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xastir-dev [mailto:xastir-dev-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of
> Curt Mills
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:28
>
> It's been suggested that our current method of having non-project people do
> packaging on an ad-hoc basis isn't working. Often the packages available in
> various Linux distributions are years old.
>
> <snip>
>
> Not sure what to do about other OS'es. Setting up VM's / Docker instances
> for several different current OS'es to do packaging might be a full-time
> job. Even after the initial bunch of work, adding newer OS'es and keeping
> things running might also be a full-time job.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
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