On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:10:07PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > So, I suppose anyone using the software needs to download it. I'll > > provide a script to download the data, but if I want to build a > > Debian package containing that data, how should I do it? > > Maybe studying other download-and-package packages, like "java-package", can > help. In your case, apparently you can automate the "get the data file" > part, which java-package is forbidden to do.
I'd also recommend java-package, which when last I looked (prior to the opening up and subsequent closing of the Java licenses, though, caveat) was well put together. It was an inspiration for "game-data-packager" which might also be worth a look (disclaimer: I wrote a lot of it) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130920134515.GA17441@debian