Hello. >>On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 20:00, Stefan Schmidt wrote: >>First problem. Where can I find the source code? Something like a tarball with >>the version number in the name or a source code management system would be >>best. >> >>It seems I'm only able to download the ipk but not the files it was build >>from. >>Did I miss something? > >It is Python based, so the files in the package are the source file.
Yep, I'm aware of that. >You will find in the package everything needed: >source code, desktop file, images, glade file, authors, licenses, etc... Yep, this is also known. It's not the first software I bring into OE which then builds such ipk's :) Let me explain my point a bit more. You are writing the software and releasing a new version when you think new features are implemented or bugs are fixed. In the FOSS world is is normally done as atarball that includes all the source files ready to build. Now python has nothing that needs compiling but it still needs to get packaged in a way that makes it easy for user to install it. You have done this yourself when preparing your ipk. But this package may need adjustment from time to time when other parts of the system change so it is always good to build it together with the rest of an image and have it in the so called feeds where the user can easily install it over the package management. That's what I like to do for you. You have more or less the same setup as the cellhunter game: Python scripts, desktop file, icon, etc. I just packaged this and Sebastian provides an tarball with all the files flat in the dir with package name and version and OE takes care of the rest. >If you need a tarball, I will try to put something together out of my >freerunner >tomorrow. Hmm, you have no kind of version control? Let me say you that this is a bad habbit. Learned my lesson. :/ Back to the point. Yes, I would need a tarball, or a public available SCM. For a tarball please use something like this as name: $applicationname-0.3.0.tar.gz Which then should contain a directory with the same name but without file ending: $applicationname-0.3.0 Inside this dir just put your files and I take care that they are installed properly within the ipk. regards Stefan Schmidt _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community