Did anybody ever stumble over my two wiki articles about this issue? ;-) They are written from a no-real-clue-but-finally-got-it-working perspective, which might shed a light on the problems these amateur developers (such as myself) face on the platform.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2deb (accessed >3000 times?) http://wiki.maemo.org/PyPackager (accessed > 4000 times?) Perhaps they could also serve as the "foundation" for an advanced article or get linked in the next blog that Jeremiah writes. Thanks and best regards -Tom PS: Ok, now we have a debmaster. But could Nokia also sponsor a debslave? Would come in handy :-) > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Jeremiah Foster > <jerem...@jeremiahfoster.com> wrote: >> On May 15, 2009, at 9:29, Qole wrote: >> The maemo.org community seems to have a large number of very >> amateur developers (myself included) who see a need and develop a >> solution to fill that need. These solutions often are written in >> Python or are composed of a series of shell scripts, so no >> compiling is necessary. These new developers post their solutions >> on the forums, and they are very appreciated by the community. >> >> The problem then is that these amateur developers have never >> packaged an application before, and they don't know how to >> package the app (make a .deb) and make it available to a wider >> audience (put it in Extras). >> >> I would love to see the debmaster "pick up the slack" and help >> get these applications properly packaged, and then, if the >> community support is strong enough, help get the package into >> Extras. > > I have just blogged about resources for packaging - mainly links to > get people started. (It wasn't showing up on the planet last I > checked, I have to check again.) I am going to blog about packaging > a sample python app and push more documentation to the wiki. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
