Re: Question about packaging a library.

[punx120 <punx120@wanadoo.fr>]

Thanks for you reply.

The library, I'd like to package is FMOD (fmod.org), and it's a 
"proprietary" library, it's free to use in a non-commercial software.

And i don't think the developers will give me their code to package it. 
So, i don't really know how to start. For my soft, I ran dh_make which 
help me a lot.

So maybe, I could do all the necessary things manually,is it a good idea 
according to you ?

I download the package you mentioned, and i will have a look in the 
afternoon, thanks a lot for your help.

Regards,
Sylvain

Ps: What does ITP means ?

Andreas Fester wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Probably someone to help you, actually. See if you can get a sponsor 
> > for the library (have you done an ITP for the library?), see if there 
> > is an existing maintainer who might help you.
>
>
> I am working on debian packages for log4cxx for some time,
> and this is also my first package; learned a lot through it,
> so if you have any specific questions do not hesitate to contact
> me.
>
> Basically, the descriptions in the New Maintainers Guide should
> be enough as a starting point, and you should at least read
> the Debian Library Packaging guide you mentioned because it contains
> some important information about naming conventions.
>
> You could apt-get source some other simple library to see how other
> libraries are built.
> You could have a look at my work-in-progress at
> http://littletux.homelinux.org/debian/log4cxx. And you could browse
> the CVS repository at http://littletux.homelinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/
> to view the path I was following while working on the package :-)
>
> Once you have the package done, provide it somewhere so
> that others can have a look at it.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>     Andreas