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Get packaged in Debian and/or other Linux distributions #51

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
Please describe use-case:

We want Blacken to be widely used and available.

It should be packaged in Debian. If it can get packaged in Debian, it will be 
package-able by other distributions as well. (All of the core issues preventing 
packaging will be resolved.)

See: http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide

We need to have a solid plan in place to check API and ABI compatibility.

See http://wiki.eclipse.org/Evolving_Java-based_APIs for details on maintaining 
compatibility.

I think we're going to need a helper test function which can generate code to 
verify all API functions are still available. It need not call the functions, 
it only needs to verify they are still visible.

I'm thinking a variation on the Covers/Coverage logic currently in place. If we 
go with something along these lines, it can notice when API functions are 
missing from the test and complain with enough information that the test can be 
updated.

Note that this isn't slated until after we have a fully functional tutorial 
game, so there will be "real content" that can use the library right from the 
beginning.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by yam...@gmail.com on 27 Sep 2012 at 2:28