Anton, Out of curiosity, can I ask why it's worse to package software in a .deb file in the long run?
Liam On 10 February 2010 20:43, Anton Piatek <an...@piatek.co.uk> wrote: > On 10 February 2010 17:23, Mark Fraser <ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> > wrote: > > I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my > PPA > > starting with KRepton <http://www.keelhaul.me.uk/krepton>. > > > > Has anyone got any advice other than following > > www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-start.en.html ? I have > compiled > > software before and also produced a few .deb packages, but none that I > could > > distribute. > > The new maintainers guide you have already found is the main doc I > would suggest you start with. The Debian policy is also very helpful > as it explains every detail you could need to know (hopefully) but it > is more of a reference and not a tutorial. > > It really is worth learning to build the packages as source packages > and build them with dpkg-buildpackage/ppa/etc (I say this because I > know a lot of people think its just easier to compile the code and > build a .deb with dpkg-deb, but it really works out much worse in the > long run) > > Good luck with it! It really isn't as hard as it seems at first! > > Anton > > -- > Anton Piatek > email: an...@piatek.co.uk > blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com > pgp: [74B1FA37] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) > fingerprint: 7401 96D3 E037 2F8F 5965 A358 4046 71FD 74B1 FA37 > > No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a > significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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