Re: Fwd: [yt-dev] yt and Debian/Ubuntu
On 04/08/14 12:08, Nathan Goldbaum wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm writing in response to Ole Streicher's message below soliciting the
> contribution of a debian package for yt. I think such a package would be
> great and would significantly ease installation for people on debian-based
> distros.
>
> While I use a Ubuntu for my day-to-day work and am familiar with aptitude,
> I'm entirely unfamiliar with debian packaging.
>
> Can one of you point me to an up-to-date guide or tutorial for this process?
>
> -Nathan
>
Hi Nathan,
what about: http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/packaging-tutorial ?
>From my experience, packaging is fairly easy (for packages I maintain, in any case),
even if a bit time-consuming. I must add that the entry barrier is fairly
high from my pov, but YMMV. :)
Tomasz
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Ole Streicher <debian-devel@liska.ath.cx>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear yt developers,
> >
> > > From: Matthew Turk <matthewturk@gmail.com>
> > > Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:50 AM
> > > Subject: [yt-users] ANN: yt-3.0 released!
> > >
> > > The yt community is proud to announce the release of yt 3.0.
> >
> > I write you on the behalf of the Debian Astronomy working group. We are
> > trying to package and maintain astronomy related software for the
> > Debian/GNU operating system.
> >
> > After getting your yt-3.0 announcement, I found your web site [1], and I
> > think that this projects would be worth to be packaged for Debian.
> > Would you like to join our efforts by packaging your software? We can
> > offer any help in case you run into difficulties or have questions. You
> > can contact me directly, and/or (preferably) subscribe to our mailing
> > list [2].
> >
> > I found an older question on yt-users [3] about a possible Ubuntu ppa --
> > since Ubuntu (and other distributions, like Mint) takes most of the
> > packages directly from Debian, it would automatically be there as well.
> > And since (as mentioned in an answer to [2]) the installation procedure
> > is clean, the packaging would be quite easy, but with some advantages
> > for the user (like automated upgrades).
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Ole
> >
> > [1] http://yt-project.org/
> > [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-astro/
> > [3]
> >
> > http://lists.spacepope.org/htdig.cgi/yt-users-spacepope.org/2012-March/007566.html
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> >
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