Every one on wxCode could try this if is no too much hassle and offer it as a download option. In the hope of having a nice users base. It would be nice to have a nice packaging system for our wxWidgets applications. I'll try to use it in the next wxARG release.
Regards, Matías. Francesco Montorsi escribió: > Hi all, > I'm posting this announce here as I think that even if wxWPM is not a > wxCode component, you'll still be interested: > > I'm pleased to announce a new release of the wxWPM, the wxWidgets > package manager project. > > > What is it? > ----------- > > The wxWidgets Packager Manager project (wxWPM in short) provides the > tools to create and use a new format of source packages: the wxWidgets > packages. > > The wxWidgets packages are simple compressed archives containing a WXP > (wxWidgets package descriptor file) which contains the info used by the > Package Manager to build (i.e. compile), install or uninstall the > package on the user's system using the build system of the packaged > software (e.g. bakefile or cmake). > > The concept is very similar to the DevC++'s devpaks, but unlike them > wxWidgets packages are cross-platform and are completely abstracted from > the build system used by the packaged project. > They are aimed to make the software modular and easy reusable! > > Packaging your software using the wxWidgets Packager GUI is extremely > easy; once you've filled in the fields, it will even help you to make > new releases of your software faster (creating the .zip and .tar.gz > archives automatically excluding unwanted files); you won't even need to > upload/distribute a new file as you can reuse your source releases (the > usual .zip, .tar.gz archives) as wxWidgets packages (just putting a > package descriptor inside them)! > > > What does it provide? > --------------------- > > The wxWPM project provides three applications: > > 1. a GUI Package Manager which can be used to browse remote > repositories of packages, download the selected packages, build them > using the user-specified configuration and finally install them. > > 2. the wxWidgets GUI Packager: an intuitive tool which creates the > wxWidgets package descriptors (WXP) and will create the wxWidgets > compressed package. > > 3. the third application is a command-line manager which provides all > functionalities of previous apps from command-line, allowing to e.g. > script the download and the installation of the latest version of your > favourite packages. > > This project was initially sponsorised by Google in its Summer Of Code > 2006, developed by Francesco Montorsi and mentored by Julian Smart. > > > Links > ----- > > To learn more about wxWPM: http://wxwpm.sourceforge.net > wxWPM screenshots page: http://wxwpm.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php > wxWPM download page: http://wxwpm.sourceforge.net/download.php > > To learn about wxWidgets: http://www.wxwidgets.org > > > > Feedback greatly appreciated ! > > Francesco Montorsi > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > wxCode-users mailing list > wxCode-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wxcode-users > > __________________________________________________ Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí. Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). ¡Probalo ya! http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ wxCode-users mailing list wxCode-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wxcode-users
