timvisee
commented
5 years ago Yes, I like this. I primarily use Debian/Ubuntu based systems myself and like real packages better in contrast to snap.
About half a year ago I attempted to build a .deb package, and wanted to publish it to my personal PPA. I didn't really find clear instructions on how to properly do that with a Rust binary though, and eventually stopped attempting it because I had to focus on other things. I do have a script available to build a .deb package, but actually publishing the source version to the PPA would be the next step.
I don't have time to look into this right now, but I definitely want to implement and release this as soon as possible. Thank you for linking the guide, it seems interesting. It might help me realize this.
Steps I'd have to take to implement this:
- Create a CI job to generate
.debpackage, utilizecreate_debfor this, port the script - Mark
.debpackage as artifact on CI - Publish
.debpackage as release artifact on GitHub - Figure out how to properly build a source pakcage
- Figure out how to publish a source package to my personal PPA
- Automate package releases and PPA publishes on CI
lyndalopez544
sbrl
m3thm4th
werdahias
An
aptrepository for those using a Debian-base distribution who don't usesnapwould be great.Since packages are already been generated for other platforms, perhaps a tool like fpm could be used to convert 1 to the other?
Guides exist to walk through the setting up of an apt repo too, though of course the apache server doesn't have to be used - another or a pre-existing server can be used instead.