[maemo-developers] Python packaging (Was: Re: debmaster priorities [YOUR INPUT HERE])

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On May 15, 2009, at 21:09, Thomas Waelti wrote:

> Did anybody ever stumble over my two wiki articles about this  
> issue? ;-)

Nope. But thank you very much for posting here, this is really good  
stuff.

> They are written from a no-real-clue-but-finally-got-it-working  
> perspective, which might shed a light on the problems these amateur  
> developers (such as myself) face on the platform.
>
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2deb (accessed >3000 times?)
> http://wiki.maemo.org/PyPackager (accessed > 4000 times?)
>
> Perhaps they could also serve as the "foundation" for an advanced  
> article or get linked in the next blog that Jeremiah writes.

I think it will be an excellent subject to include in the next blog  
post.

Thank you Tom


> Thanks and best regards
> -Tom
>
> PS: Ok, now we have a debmaster. But could Nokia also sponsor a  
> debslave? Would come in handy :-)
>
>
>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Jeremiah Foster
>> <jeremiah at jeremiahfoster.com> wrote:
>
>>> On May 15, 2009, at 9:29, Qole wrote:
>>> The maemo.org community seems to have a large number of very
>>> amateur developers (myself included) who see a need and develop a
>>> solution to fill that need. These solutions often are written in
>>> Python or are composed of a series of shell scripts, so no
>>> compiling is necessary. These new developers post their solutions
>>> on the forums, and they are very appreciated by the community.
>>>
>>> The problem then is that these amateur developers have never
>>> packaged an application before, and they don't know how to
>>> package the app (make a .deb) and make it available to a wider
>>> audience (put it in Extras).
>>>
>>> I would love to see the debmaster "pick up the slack" and help
>>> get these applications properly packaged, and then, if the
>>> community support is strong enough, help get the package into
>>> Extras.
>>
>> I have just blogged about resources for packaging - mainly links to
>> get people started. (It wasn't showing up on the planet last I
>> checked, I have to check again.) I am going to blog about packaging
>> a sample python app and push more documentation to the wiki.
>
>
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