<div dir="ltr">Hi John,<div><br></div><div>Well think the main complication is that its built on top of debian packages.</div><div><br></div><div>So the ubuntu PPA launchpad system expects you to provide a debian source package which it then auto builds and makes available to ubuntu users.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is a repository system on launchpad to accompany this, but, from what I could tell it doesn't actually help or automate anything so not much point in using it over an external repo which is what I currently have.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:43 PM, John R. Hudson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com" target="_blank">j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Kriss<br>
<br>
That sounds rather different from the Open Build Service where you open<br>
your own repository, build your own code and it automatically reports<br>
success or otherwise in the various builds.<br>
<br>
John<br>
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<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 15:29 +0100, Kriss@XIXs.com wrote:<br>
> Hiya,<br>
><br>
><br>
> CC'd back into bradlug since there were some other people interested<br>
> and I figure it might be relevant.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The quality control part of PPAs seems to be based on a form of faith<br>
> based geek magick.<br>
><br>
><br>
> You are required to download a code of conduct, sign it using PGP and<br>
> return it to them.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Which I did, without reading it. I assume it said something along the<br>
> lines of "Be excellent to each other!".<br>
><br>
><br>
> <a href="https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Honestly this whole just reminds me of trying to use sourceforge and<br>
> why I stopped doing that some time ago. :)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Right now I have submitted some code to a PPA, yesterday, and have<br>
> currently no response back as to why it did not work, or even that it<br>
> did not work or even just acknowledging that I submitted some code. IE<br>
> no automated feedback whatsoever.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Maybe something will pop up later today. I don't actually expect it to<br>
> build due to missing dependencies, but I *was* expecting an error<br>
> response...<br>
><br>
><br>
> Preferably within 24 hours otherwise this is going to be a rather<br>
> painful process.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:19 PM, John R. Hudson<br>
> <<a href="mailto:j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com">j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Kriss<br>
><br>
> I realised that Brian and I had a brief conversation last<br>
> evening on<br>
> this topic which might have been useful for you.<br>
><br>
> He was commenting that the PPA system didn't appear to have<br>
> much quality<br>
> control. I commented that the same may be true of the Open<br>
> Build<br>
> Service.<br>
><br>
> This was originally SUSE's internal build software but it was<br>
> open-sourced several years ago and supports the SUSE<br>
> repositories, the<br>
> official openSUSE repositories, a number of community<br>
> repositories and<br>
> personal repositories.<br>
><br>
> AFAIK the only quality checks on personal repositories are<br>
> inherent in<br>
> the Open Build Service software.<br>
><br>
> This will build packages for a wide range of platforms from<br>
> Centos to<br>
> Ubuntu - all the KDE software is built on it - but not so far<br>
> the<br>
> Raspberry PI - however that could change.<br>
><br>
> I've only found one piece of software packaged from a personal<br>
> repository that did not work and am happily running several<br>
> programs<br>
> from such repos.<br>
><br>
> You can check it out at<br>
> <a href="http://openbuildservice.org/" target="_blank">http://openbuildservice.org/</a><br>
><br>
> John<br>
> --<br>
> On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 18:13 +0100, Kriss@XIXs.com wrote:<br>
> > Hello,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I don't suppose anyone going tonight has any experience with<br>
> using<br>
> > ubuntu launchpad and the whole PPA to build code system?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I'm currently trying to get a PPA setup to build/distribute<br>
> a project<br>
> > of mine, but of course this activity is somewhat arcane.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Lots of strange configuration files and I'm probably doing<br>
> everything<br>
> > wrong, so not having much luck at the moment. Just generally<br>
> bashing<br>
> > my head against the usual strange and rather pointless<br>
> problems.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Even when thats solved I'm going to have some advanced<br>
> future problems<br>
> > such as I would like to also support arm and I currently<br>
> cross compile<br>
> > for arm but have no idea how to fit that sort of activity<br>
> into the<br>
> > auto build systems and their DLL hell coping mechanisms.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM, David Spencer<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:baildon.research@googlemail.com">baildon.research@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > Your putting your rants on video now ?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Nobody wants to see that :-)<br>
> ><br>
> > By the way:<br>
> > >> There's a fifteen min [1] video I'd like to<br>
> share. I'll<br>
> > bring speakers<br>
> ><br>
> > 404 Footnote Not Found<br>
> > Should have refined fifteen min to 14 min 49 sec.<br>
> ><br>
> > -D.<br>
> ><br>
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> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Kriss<br>
> ><br>
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> Kriss<br>
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