<div dir="ltr">and the PPA now actually seem to contain something.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://launchpad.net/~kriss-o/+archive/gamecake">https://launchpad.net/~kriss-o/+archive/gamecake</a><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>Haven't tested it yet (still waiting on the 32bit version to build) but if it managed to compile then I reckon we may have a win.</div><div><br></div><div>Next up is fixing its description/text and setting it to the right version number.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Kriss@XIXs.com <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kriss@xixs.com" target="_blank">Kriss@xixs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>I'm currently building using the following repo.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://bitbucket.org/xixs/build.gamecake" target="_blank">https://bitbucket.org/xixs/build.gamecake</a><br>
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<div>The build script in the base is the script that tries to build something that I can then upload to launchpad.</div><div><br></div><div>The files under debian are the things that are generally getting tweaked.</div><div>
<br></div><div>not very useful commit messages though since I have no idea what I'm doing :)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:28 PM, David Carpenter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.carpenter@nornir.co.uk" target="_blank">david.carpenter@nornir.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Can we follow your antics on launchpad? Is there a URL?<br>
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David<br>
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On 20 August 2013 15:29, Kriss@XIXs.com <<a href="mailto:Kriss@xixs.com" target="_blank">Kriss@xixs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hiya,<br>
><br>
> CC'd back into bradlug since there were some other people interested and I<br>
> figure it might be relevant.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The quality control part of PPAs seems to be based on a form of faith based<br>
> geek magick.<br>
><br>
> You are required to download a code of conduct, sign it using PGP and return<br>
> it to them.<br>
><br>
> Which I did, without reading it. I assume it said something along the lines<br>
> of "Be excellent to each other!".<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct</a><br>
><br>
> Honestly this whole just reminds me of trying to use sourceforge and why I<br>
> stopped doing that some time ago. :)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Right now I have submitted some code to a PPA, yesterday, and have currently<br>
> no response back as to why it did not work, or even that it did not work or<br>
> even just acknowledging that I submitted some code. IE no automated feedback<br>
> whatsoever.<br>
><br>
> Maybe something will pop up later today. I don't actually expect it to build<br>
> due to missing dependencies, but I *was* expecting an error response...<br>
><br>
> Preferably within 24 hours otherwise this is going to be a rather painful<br>
> process.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:19 PM, John R. Hudson <<a href="mailto:j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com" target="_blank">j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Kriss<br>
>><br>
>> I realised that Brian and I had a brief conversation last 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 much quality<br>
>> control. I commented that the same may be true of the Open 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 repositories, the<br>
>> official openSUSE repositories, a number of community repositories and<br>
>> personal repositories.<br>
>><br>
>> AFAIK the only quality checks on personal repositories are inherent in<br>
>> the Open Build Service software.<br>
>><br>
>> This will build packages for a wide range of platforms from Centos to<br>
>> Ubuntu - all the KDE software is built on it - but not so far 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 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>
>><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 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 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 everything<br>
>> > wrong, so not having much luck at the moment. Just generally bashing<br>
>> > my head against the usual strange and rather pointless problems.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Even when thats solved I'm going to have some advanced future problems<br>
>> > such as I would like to also support arm and I currently cross compile<br>
>> > for arm but have no idea how to fit that sort of activity 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" target="_blank">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 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>
>> > Kriss<br>
>> ><br>
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