In the past I have worked on a project where we would use the maven rpm plugin to create native packages for centos. Currently I am working on projects which are to be deployed on ubuntu and haven't had much luck finding a similar plugin for ubuntu/debian packages. I did find a maven plugin with limited functionality but I like gradle better so tried my hand at creating a plugin that can create ubuntu/debian packages with some nice configuration format in the build script.
I mostly worked on it during my 2 week vacation in the beginning of July and then week-ends here and there to try it out with a project of mine. So I can use it to create packages with dependencies, init scripts, etc... I didn't bother too much with release notes support however. In essence the plugin generates some of the files and wraps the calls you would normally do manually as described on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/HandsOn For now the sources are available on my github (https://github.com/sgo/ubuntu-packager-plugin) with an example of the build script format and directory structure. Perhaps I should also add an example project using the plugin. Now for my questions: - I don't have a lot of experience with both gradle plugins and making native packages so if anyone has some suggestions that would be great. - I haven't picked a legal license yet as I don't really know what's suitable for a plugin. Any ideas? Also ehm... do you happen to know if a similar effort has already been made? Is there interest in something like this? Regards, Sebastian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
