Re: Please test static .deb package Was: [XaraXtreme-dev] 0.4Release

[Phil Martin <phil@xxxxxxxx>]

Charles Moir wrote:

> Yes and I'm sure we'd want to put a .deb package on our servers, would
> we not Neil? If that makes installing easier and safer, then it's got to
> be the recommended way for most users surely.
>
> Charles
>
>
>  
Yep, and similarly someone should be making an "rpm" for Red Hat and 
other rpm-based distributions?

Phil

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Howe
> > Sent: 07 April 2006 11:05
> > To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: Please test static .deb package Was: 
> > [XaraXtreme-dev] 0.4Release
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi again,
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 06.04.2006, 13:04 +0200 schrieb Joachim Breitner:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I just created a binary-only debian package, that 
> > > >        
> > includes, besides
> > the
> >    
> >
> > > > menu entries and the examples, only the binary from the
> > > >        
> > xaraxtreme.org
> >    
> >
> > > > download tar.bz2 it is distributed, i.e., wxwidgets are 
> > > >        
> > statically 
> >    
> >
> > > > linked. (I could not build such a file myself, as the wxwidgets
> > > >        
> > debian
> >    
> >
> > > > packages don't provide statical libs).
> > > >
> > > > The package is available for download on:
> > > > http://people.debian.org/~nomeata/xaralx/xaralx_0.4r779-
> > > >        
> > > 0.static.1_i386.deb
> > >
> > > I have now successful reports on these platforms:
> > > * debian sid
> > > * debian etch
> > > * ubuntu breezy (5.10)
> > > * ubuntu pre-Dapper
> > > I'd like to hear whether it works on debian stable (sarge), but
> > >      
> > besides
> >    
> >
> > > that, I think the package is fine.
> > >
> > > So Neil, do you want the have such a .deb along the .tar.gz in the 
> > > magazine? I think it would be a nice thing for Debian and Ubuntu
> > >      
> > users,
> >    
> >
> > > especially for those who have not much experience with the 
> > >      
> > console - 
> >    
> >
> > > these just need to install the .deb and find XaraLX in their Debian 
> > > menu.
> > >
> > > I plan to provide a .deb for the released 0.4 shortly after 
> > >      
> > I read the 
> >    
> >
> > > announcement here.
> > >      
> > The magazine (Linux Format) went with the current recommended 
> > 0.3 version in the end, because 0.4 had a few outstanding 
> > serious issues we couldn't ship with. But they plan to 
> > include 0.4 in next month's issue, so we can include the deb 
> > package along with the tar archive then.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Neil 
> >
> >