[Alexandria-list] New packages in alexandria-team PPA

[Joseph Method]

Hardy and Gutsy packages for the whole stack are out. Please test them
out and file bugs against them, especially any regressions in zoom.

On Feb 11, 2008 10:11 PM, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some other points I forgot to include in the original email:
>
> * I'll try to write a deb packaging tutorial, better conveying the
> gist of packaging than I've seen elsewhere. For now, let me say that
> using pbuilder is an essential step for getting packages to build on a
> server. I set up pbuilder on my machine with this command:
> sudo pbuilder create --distribution hardy --othermirror "deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe multiverse| deb
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexandria-team/ubuntu hardy main"
>
> * We should work with Daniel Brumbaugh Keeney's
> http://apt.rubyforge.org repository to sync mature packages over. That
> way the stability of packages will be, in ascending order,
> alexandria-team PPA, apt.rubyforge.org, (hopefully) Hardy-universe
> 0.6.3 package.
>
> * Speaking of which, getting 0.6.3 into Hardy (and possibly
> gutsy-backports) should be our victory condition for this development
> cycle. It would be great if someone would take on the task of
> preparing a checklist of steps necessary to accomplish this (I _think_
> it mainly involves having the packages reviewed and then "advocated"
> by a MOTU (Master of the Universe)).
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 7:32 PM, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The spirit finally came over me and I decided to learn how to package
> > debs. I'm still pretty wobbly, but after many hours of trial and error
> > I managed to get a couple packages to build on the Ubuntu build
> > servers:
> >
> > * readinglist (the simple tutorial app I wrote a while ago, doesn't
> > even include a menu entry)
> > * libzoom-ruby
> > * yaz packages (dependency for libzoom-ruby)
> >
> > To get them, add the repository entries on this page,
> > https://launchpad.net/~alexandria-team/+archive/, or you can try
> > installing them directly. RIght now they're only built for Hardy, but
> > it's possible that they'll install on Gutsy (depends on whether
> > dependencies are met). I'll try to get them built for Gutsy as soon as
> > possible.
> >
> > The next packages to get built on the server are libamazon-ruby and
> > alexandria itself. It would be great if others would join
> > alexandria-team on Launchpad and help to distribute the labor of
> > maintaining all the packages. For anyone new to packaging, I would
> > suggest starting with a simple toy app or script like the one I did
> > for readinglist and following these guides:
> >
> > * http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html
> > * https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart
> >
> > BTW, I'd much rather people give it a shot and make terrible mistakes
> > than not to have help! :)
> > --
> > -J. Method
> >
>
>
>
> --
> -J. Method
>



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-J. Method