On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Rod Whitby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pranav Desai wrote: > >> But that brings another question (which probably needs another thread), >>> where do we store/host the ported apps if we have some? >>> * Can we put it somewhere on downloads.openmoko.org < >>> http://downloads.openmoko.org> >>> * Should we create another project on project.openmoko.org < >>> http://project.openmoko.org>. >>> * Or do we put the responsibility on whoever ported it, to host the app. >>> >> > The usual way is to add the package to OpenEmbedded, and then add it's name > to the task-openmoko-feed.bb recipe so that it automatically gets built, > packaged and deployed to the official download site. > But wouldn't that mean writing a recipe for all packages that we want to add? Many third party apps already have a makefile setup, why do you want to change that ? Especially, if they can be build easily enough with the toolchain. > Packaging and publishing random applications here, there and everywhere is > just going to fragment the set of applications available to users. Thats not going to stop anyway, but if we have a central place where people can put their packages, maybe it can be reduced. > > Also, I am much more likely to trust a package recipe that I can build and > install myself using OpenEmbedded (or download from an official site where > the package has been built from source by a trusted autobuild system), > rather than downloading some unknown, possibly virus-tainted binary package > from some random site ... > > -- Rod >
