On 10/02/2013 19:54, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
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.
He has a point. I'm in no way influential, but I'd be right behind any
project that attempted to do even half of this. Debian package creation
for bog-standard packages is a pain in the rear currently.
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