Add debian packaging

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hi.

Here is a patch (in git-style) that adds Debian packaging to the project, since 
it is a pain to be hunting down the dependencies and so on.

Who knows? Perhaps we can even have pdfsizeopt packaged in Debian, once we 
have, say, jbig2enc packaged. :)

Please, consider applying if you think that this is worth it.

Thanks,

Rogério Brito.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rbr...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2013 at 1:48

Attachments:

• 0001-Add-initial-debian-packaging.patch

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thank you for the patch. Added the files to the extra/debian directory.

Not adding a top-level debian directory, because I don't have a strong opinion 
on how it should be packaged. To avoid the dependency and version number hell, 
I prefer that Linux users install pdfsizeopt like this: 
http://code.google.com/p/pdfsizeopt/wiki/InstallationInstructionLinux To be 
better than that, we'd need package maintainer actively and continuously 
working on high quality and fresh Debian and Ubuntu packages.

Original comment by pts...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2013 at 11:19

• Changed state: Fixed
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hi, Peter.

On Feb 17 2013, pdfsizeopt@googlecode.com wrote:
> Thank you for the patch. Added the files to the extra/debian directory.

Thanks for accepting the patch.

> Not adding a top-level debian directory, because I don't have a
> strong opinion on how it should be packaged.

Yes, keeping the packaging aside is the least controversial solution.

> To be better than that, we'd need package maintainer actively and
> continuously working on high quality and fresh Debian and Ubuntu packages.

Regarding the packaging, it is my intention to, perhaps, maintain pdfsizeopt
(once I use it myself regularly) in what you describe as "actively and
countinuously working on high quality and fresh Debian and Ubuntu packages".
(Having stuff in Ubuntu is usually a side-effect of having things in
Debian, in my experience).

I already maintain other packages and I am always looking to squeeze some
bytes in (almost as) lossless compression as possible (with MP3, JPG, PNG
etc. files)

I would just need to decide on what to include in the package to have things
working well in a Free as in Freedom distribution, since we don't have yet
jbig2enc in Debian.

There are other issues that I think that are needed to get the program in
shape for "public consumption", which I think that I will address in other
bug reports.

Thanks for the feedback, BTW,

Rogério Brito.

Original comment by rbr...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2013 at 11:46