[maemo-developers] Packaging questions

[From: Ajai Khattri]

On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Jeremiah Foster wrote:

> > Im trying to create my first Maemo package
> 
> Awesome! :)

Yes, Maemo needs more developers and more software! :-)

> That depends, but for the current situation, I would say no. Firstly, 
> creating multiple binary packages is harder than a single binary, though 
> not by much. I recommend you start out with just a single binary if you 
> can.

OK, but Im curious: what would be an example of a package with multiple 
binaries?

> > 2) I got an error saying it could not find package.orig.tar.gz - what does 
> > that mean?
> 
> This means you do not have an original tarball of your package that has the suffix orig.tar.gz.
> 
> Take a look at the debian documentation here which should help: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-first.en.html#s-dh_make

So, to clarify, I need to have a tarball of the original source inside the 
untarred tarball build directory? :-)

> You have to specify the license the software is under yourself. From the man page for dh_make:
> 
> "OPTIONS
>        -c, --copyright <license>
>               Use  <license>  type  in  copyright file.  <license> can be gpl, lgpl, artistic or bsd.  If this field is not specified the copyright file has a space to fill in which sort of license is
>               used. The field is case-insensitive so -c GPL works as well as -c gpl."

I was following the Maemo docs which dont mention anything about licenses. 

Maybe there ought to be a link to the dh_make man page from there?

> You may want to review this document: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/

Thanks for this and the other links.



-- 
Aj.