On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > 2013/2/9 Ioannis Vranos <[email protected]>: >> >> Yes, it creates deb packages with the files we want to be installed >> (binaries, documets, etc) and I think it is a very good program. > > Just to confirm what Jonathan said, you should read again what he said. > And I would like to add that with this tool, you are creating closed > source packages, not free software. It's not because it's a .deb that > it's free. deb packages are binaries, so you can't see how it was > build and what is inside (because it's compiled code, not the source). > That why you can only upload source code on Launchpad.
I have the source code at my site. However creating a deb manually using Launchpad's approach, requires me to read a book-size of instructions. I am not going to read a book for an installer, on any platform. For *buntus/Debian, I am using Debreate, and for Windows, Inno Setup. For Canonical's approach, what we need is, someone who knows this Launchpad stuff, to create a GUI tool with the common options, in the style of Debreate. Otherwise, Launchpad's technology is immature, if we have to read a book, to create a package. Do you need to read a book, to create a Windows installer? No, you can use tools like Inno Setup. -- Ioannis Vranos http://www.cppsoftware.net -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
