IS there any movement on the Gambas3 packaging suite to compile and/or include the runtime and libs for the various distributions? I also looked at the CDE route and exceptions can be made to keep files to a minimum and just run your app with cde gbr3 project.gambas
I got minimal results though because while CDE works, it's kind of a pain when I want to interact with system files and such outside the cde-root. Benoit... any idea on how life will be in Gambas 3 for packaging runtime/libs? I know I am not the only one begging for this :D Thanks for your time. Nick On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Demosthenes Koptsis <demosthen...@gmail.com > wrote: > yes this is better. > > i tried cde with gambas project and it copied all the files in > cde-package included passwd /home directory and other files that > application used. > > This feature should work only for libs and as an option for packagers > not "an only way" method. > > This is my opinion. > > On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 12:43 +0100, Benoît Minisini wrote: > > > > > Although I'm not a gambas developer, I appreciate the idea. I would > > > > > prefer to have all the must-haves packaged into single file, > instead of > > > > > fighting with unresolved package dependencies. It's better to have > a > > > > > myprogram.bin installer, than myprogram.rpm, myprogram.deb... Maybe > > > > > Benoit would argue because of the package size. It's more like > Windows. > > > > > But who cares. If I'd be sure my program will run independently of > the > > > > > Linux platform flavor, I'd yes to size increment. > > > > > > > > > > Csaba > > > > > > > > This is exactly what Cristian Abarzua F. (craf) tried to achieve. But > it > > > > did it by hand, I tried to help him, but we encountered problems. > > > > > > > > Apparently 'cde' seems to work, so I should try it and integrate it > > > > inside the IDE packager. > > > > > > > > So, no I'm not fully against that kind of package now. Except that > users > > > > should be aware of the following: > > > > > > > > - They will be bigger (imagine a full Gambas GUI program relying of a > lot > > > > of components). > > > > > > > > - System security fix and updates won't apply to them. So packagers > must > > > > regularly repackage them. (Same nightmare as in windows). > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Another possible problem: Gambas can load a component during the > execution > > > of a program (Component.Load() method), not necesarilly at startup. So > you > > > must take that into account when making a cde package! > > > > > > Moreover, some component uses that feature. For example, the Gambas 3 > > > gb.form.stock hidden component included a full stock of icons that is > > > loaded only if an icon is not found in the Gnome or KDE icon themes > > > installed on the system (which is very possible if you didn't install > both > > > Gnome and KDE). > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Another problem again: > > > > cde will store in the packages *all* existing files opened by the program > > during its execution. Maybe I should take the source code of 'cde' and > modify > > it to only store the shared libraries? > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester recently released a report on the Return on Investment (ROI) of Google Apps. They found a 300% ROI, 38%-56% cost savings, and break-even within 7 months. Over 3 million businesses have gone Google with Google Apps: an online email calendar, and document program that's accessible from your browser. Read the Forrester report: http://p.sf.net/sfu/googleapps-sfnew _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
