> I startet building Debian packages about 10 years ago and in no single > case I had the impression that this process could be done automatically. > You might be lucky if you try to package some kind of standardized > archives like CTAN or CPAN, but I doubt that this is possible if > you are picking random FOSS from the net.
Though it would be nice, I do not pretend to be able to automatically package software to the Debian archive quality standards. However, I do have tools that expedite the semi-automatic creation of rough quality packages (see Packager [0]), and believe that certain tasks in the package creation process can be completely automated to a high success rate (especially when more "AI" systems are integrated part of the available tool chain, and the large archive of source packages and their upstream sources is used as a training and testing data source). I am using debaux to completely automatically package Perl modules, and for every package in CPAN would like to attempt to create a rough quality package. [0] http://frdcsa.onshore.net/frdcsa/internal/packager/ > > Would there be any interest in a Debian-AI sub-project? > > It sounds like you should think about joining the Custom Debian > Distribution effort: > > http://wiki.debian.org/CustomDebian > http://people.debian.org/~tille/cdd/ > > If you are using the CDD tools you could gain some profit for your > users by technically grouping set of packages to takss. We have also > automatic tools to document what we just have inside official Debian > and what is on our todo list like for instance > > http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio.php > > (Please note that the later URL is just a preview of the web tools > that are currently developed and once they are bug free there will > be an official announcement. It's just to give you an idea of the > profit you might have if you are building an official CDD.) I am definitely interested in the CDDs, and think the Comprehensive Software Ontology (CSO) (which should have formal representation of software capabilities), along with a tool I am working on for generating custom distributions based on required capabilities, would help with that effort. > Kind regards and good luck for your project > > Andreas. > > -- http://fam-tille.de Slainte, Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
