On 6/1/2013 9:03 PM, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > Hi Robert- > > Wow, what timing! I have actually been working on the Debian packaging > for the new TrustedQSL 1.14.1 all afternoon! I uploaded the new version > to Debian just moments ago. > > The new build should appear in 'Debian unstable'[0] within the next few > hours, and the binary packages will migrate to the various Debian > deployment pages (and to Ubuntu's next version) from there. > > I am also your friendly Ubuntu maintainer, and I will be deploying the > new builds to the Ubuntu-Hams-Updates archive[1] for the four most > recent Ubuntu releases, once they finish building in my staging > archive[2], some hours from now. > > I'll let you know when all the packages are built, if you'd like to make > an announcement. :-) > > 73 de KA6MAL Spectacular! We try to stay out of the distro-specific packaging requirements and processes - it's just too much to keep up with. But obviously we like if most of our users are able to install (and stay up-to-date) just via the nice friendly package manager. Not all hams (even on Linux) are 100% comfortable building from source. I'll see if our ARRL contacts are interested in putting a note saying something like "on Debian or Ubuntu, you can just install the 'trustedqsl' package" on their instructions page. We have several other big features planned for further releases over the next several months, so we'll be sure to keep you "in the loop" on that front. To that end, is there anything packaging-specific that you'd like to see in TrustedQSL? Something just occurred to me, which is a way to turn off update-checking for maintainer builds (so it doesn't present a source tarball; the user should upgrade through the package system if that's how he got it) - I'll put that on-track for the next version. Do you have any other suggestions (including general/overall ones)? 73, -Robert, KC2YWE
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