Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad
Hey, Replying out of sequence as I deleted the original messages (oops). On Tue, 2019-01-01 at 12:17 -0800, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > On 1/1/19 12:57 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op maandag 31 december 2018 18:41:35 CET schreef Stephen M. Butler: > > > Dev Team, > > > > > > So far, three folks have either used or inquired about using the > > > debian > > > package for 3.4. Marketing theory (no, I'm a software engineer > > > by > > > avocation) says that there are several more that would take > > > advantage if > > > it were more "supported". Perhaps worth getting in touch with Dmitry Smirnov, the Debian Developer who looks after gnucash in Debian? Looking at: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/gnucash Ubuntu is just taking the package from Debian. It does seem reasonable to have a PPA to make newer versions of Gnucash available in Ubuntu, and uploading it to the relevant -backports repos for Debian. > > > Here are my thoughts: > > > > > > 1. Both Ubuntu (Launchpad) and Debian request certain files in a > > > ~/debian folder. Most of these appear to be copies of files > > > the > > > application already has. Perhaps a softlink could be put in > > > the > > > debian folder that points to the original so that changes in > > > the > > > original automatically show up in the folder. Does this work > > > via git? I've checked the source from Debian and I'm not seeing any files in the debian directory which have been copied from the main source tree. Are there any examples you can provide? > > > 2. I'm willing to coordinate the effort to build that folder (I > > > presume > > > on the Master branch) but will need volunteers from more > > > technical > > > folks from time-to-time to handle some of the techy stuff. I > > > know > > > the devs are busy squashing bugs so this would have to take a > > > back > > > seat to that. This directory already exists: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/gnucash/tree/master/debian why re-invent it? I've been happily using Gnucash from Debian for ... many years. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Ruthven, Wellington, New Zealand and...@etc.gen.nz | linux.conf.au 2019, Christchurch, NZ Catalyst Cloud: | https://lca2019.linux.org.au/ https://catalystcloud.nz| ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4: Building on ubuntu 18.04
Thanks John. My solution was to put a symlink in $HOME/bin linked to the working version in my build tree. This seems to be working normally for me. On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 12:58 AM John Ralls wrote: > > Cmake mangles some paths when CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is rooted in either > /usr or /opt, and defaults to /usr/local. The simplest work-around is to > set it to something in $HOME. A little more complicated approach (one that > I sometimes take) is to create a top-level directory and chown it to your > userid and use a subdirectory under that for CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. > > Regards, > John Ralls ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
[GNC-dev] bad link on download webpage
near the bottom of the page < https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml#distribution> the paragraph pointing to the building instructions just before the Source Code title is correct, but the link in following paragraph after the Source Code title is incorrect. I suspect only one of those paragraphs was intended to survive. David C ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4 Released
> On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:01 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 3.4, the fifth release of the > 3.x stable release series... Bug 796988 reported that the 3.4 documentation on the website had unresolved entities. Investigation revealed a problem in the new build arrangements that are fixed. I've re-tagged the documentation release 3.4-1 and created a new tarball. SHA-256: 07d3b6eff48a305cd392e643d16ac12185bdcd456dcf6061441e9ef9faedf22d gnucash-docs-3.4-1.tar.gz URLs: Github: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/3.4/gnucash-docs-3.4-1.tar.gz SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/3.4/gnucash-docs-3.4-1.tar.gz/download The website documentation is rebuilt and installed. The Windows and Mac AIO bundles were not affected. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad
On 1/1/19 12:57 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Steve, > > It's nice to see you're willing to work on getting gnucash on launchpad. > > >From my point of view this is completely disconnected from what the gnucash > project itself does, so feel free to go about this as you like. > > On the other hand I'm not really sure I understand the bit about the debian > directory. From the GnuCash project's point of view this is not something to > add in the gnucash git repository as it's distribution/packaging specific. > You > could set up a separate repository for this if you like. The GnuCash project > currently maintains 3 like that as well: one each for packaging GnuCash on > Windows, MacOS or Flatpak. > > Lastly at this point I don't think we want to add yet another release target > as part of the primary release process. But you're most welcome to take this > on you and I appreciate your offer! > > Regards, > > Geert Thanks Geert. As I said, I didn't want to step where I wasn't supposed to be! I'll check out the other repositories and see what I can do. > > Op maandag 31 december 2018 18:41:35 CET schreef Stephen M. Butler: >> Dev Team, >> >> So far, three folks have either used or inquired about using the debian >> package for 3.4. Marketing theory (no, I'm a software engineer by >> avocation) says that there are several more that would take advantage if >> it were more "supported". >> >> Here are my thoughts: >> >> 1. Both Ubuntu (Launchpad) and Debian request certain files in a >> ~/debian folder. Most of these appear to be copies of files the >> application already has. Perhaps a softlink could be put in the >> debian folder that points to the original so that changes in the >> original automatically show up in the folder. Does this work via git? >> 2. I'm willing to coordinate the effort to build that folder (I presume >> on the Master branch) but will need volunteers from more technical >> folks from time-to-time to handle some of the techy stuff. I know >> the devs are busy squashing bugs so this would have to take a back >> seat to that. >> 3. Building this folder might even be beneficial to the official >> packagers for the various distros. >> 4. One team for whom I did light testing, published a daily build (no >> longer daily as the software matured) for the adventurous. >> >> >> https://launchpad.net/~subsurface/+archive/ubuntu/subsurface-daily >> >> I would be willing to push the files up to Launchpad if the team sees >> value in perusing this. However, I don't want to step on anybodies toes >> if this would get in the way of the official release process for the >> various distros. And, if this got to the point of highly automated, >> perhaps the dev team would prefer to do the push themselves. >> >> --Steve > > > > -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 --- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 pEpkey.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad
Steve, It's nice to see you're willing to work on getting gnucash on launchpad. >From my point of view this is completely disconnected from what the gnucash project itself does, so feel free to go about this as you like. On the other hand I'm not really sure I understand the bit about the debian directory. From the GnuCash project's point of view this is not something to add in the gnucash git repository as it's distribution/packaging specific. You could set up a separate repository for this if you like. The GnuCash project currently maintains 3 like that as well: one each for packaging GnuCash on Windows, MacOS or Flatpak. Lastly at this point I don't think we want to add yet another release target as part of the primary release process. But you're most welcome to take this on you and I appreciate your offer! Regards, Geert Op maandag 31 december 2018 18:41:35 CET schreef Stephen M. Butler: > Dev Team, > > So far, three folks have either used or inquired about using the debian > package for 3.4. Marketing theory (no, I'm a software engineer by > avocation) says that there are several more that would take advantage if > it were more "supported". > > Here are my thoughts: > > 1. Both Ubuntu (Launchpad) and Debian request certain files in a > ~/debian folder. Most of these appear to be copies of files the > application already has. Perhaps a softlink could be put in the > debian folder that points to the original so that changes in the > original automatically show up in the folder. Does this work via git? > 2. I'm willing to coordinate the effort to build that folder (I presume > on the Master branch) but will need volunteers from more technical > folks from time-to-time to handle some of the techy stuff. I know > the devs are busy squashing bugs so this would have to take a back > seat to that. > 3. Building this folder might even be beneficial to the official > packagers for the various distros. > 4. One team for whom I did light testing, published a daily build (no > longer daily as the software matured) for the adventurous. > > > https://launchpad.net/~subsurface/+archive/ubuntu/subsurface-daily > > I would be willing to push the files up to Launchpad if the team sees > value in perusing this. However, I don't want to step on anybodies toes > if this would get in the way of the official release process for the > various distros. And, if this got to the point of highly automated, > perhaps the dev team would prefer to do the push themselves. > > --Steve ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
