That can be done as well, but most people want a .DEB or .RPM that they can install using their package tools. That's what most distributions want as well.
On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:33 PM David Flood <[email protected]> wrote: > Question from the Peanut Gallery... > > Do they have to be binary packages or can they just be a placeholder script > that then uses GIT or FTP to pull the latest stuff down and compiles it? > Sorta a modification of the "fetch tarball and compile" model that Gentoo > uses.. > > Dave > KD7MYC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Xastir-dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Curt Mills > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:28 > > It's been suggested that our current method of having non-project people do > packaging on an ad-hoc basis isn't working. Often the packages available in > various Linux distributions are years old. > > <snip> > > Not sure what to do about other OS'es. Setting up VM's / Docker instances > for several different current OS'es to do packaging might be a full-time > job. Even after the initial bunch of work, adding newer OS'es and keeping > things running might also be a full-time job. > > Thoughts? > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir-dev > -- Curt, WE7U http://we7u.wetnet.net http://www.sarguydigital.com _______________________________________________ Xastir-dev mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir-dev
