+1 votes for Bill :D
Hi Bill, I'm excited to hear your interest in this. I don't have much free
time these days, but I will make some time to get you up to speed if this is
something you want to help with. [I'm jumpkick on IRC btw]
I'm familiar with building Ubuntu packages and have some experience in
troubleshooting the process, but not all that familiar with how the PPA servers
work.
The steps I would think are something like this (folks, correct me if I miss
stuff or you have details of how the LP/PPA stuff works):
* If you haven't already done so, build Mixxx from the 1.7 branch on your box
to familiarize yourself with building (see
http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_linux)
* Get yourself signed up to the Ubuntu code of conduct
(https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct) and then activate your PPA
(https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA)
* I'll post my pbuilder .pbuilderrc configuration file and try to cook up
some instructions on how to get a packaging boot strap environment set-up
* Use the instructions I'll provide to get packages built using pbuilder and
"scons makeubuntu"
* Next replicate your success on the PPA build servers and post some packages
for people to test (I'm fuzzy on this part), tell mailing list & forums
* When folks have confirmed they look good, then we add you to the LP
MixxxDevelopers group and get your packages made official Mixxx LP PPA packages
(again fuzzy) and then we'll add them to http://mixxx.org/download.php
Cheers,
-G
On 2010-02-12, at 11:37 AM, Bill Essig wrote:
> I don't know if he is, but if he's not. I will.
>
> I've been looking for a way to give back to you all and the community for a
> while now.
>
> Depending on what all it involves, this sounds like a way I could contribute,
> not knowing how to code (anything but PHP), but being a heavy Linux user and
> capable of compiling/debugging compiles. I don't know how to package, but
> I'll bet I could figure it out quite quickly. I think the killer for me would
> be minor platform intricacies or the like, but I'll look into it.
>
> I would tentatively like to step forward as either an assistant or maintainer
> of the mixxx PPA, PROVIDED no one else would like to.
> I accept that many of you are far more technically versed in package
> management and the like, so if someone can do it quicker or better than I can
> I will gladly let them do it.
>
> ~Bill
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:09 PM, mad jester <[email protected]> wrote:
> Are you volunteering to package, upload and maintain the PPA?
>
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