Re: Packaging Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript
Hi Alexander.
I have created a trival Debian repository. The relevant line for your
sources.list is:
deb-src http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/files/debiansrc /
At the moment I am working through some problems with image generation
using latex2html, which is the first step towards building the
documentation from a common TeX source.
I also expect that by the time I have solved this I will have build a
new source package against a new upstream version which I'm currently
beta testing.
If you could hold off uploading until I confirm that all is ready, at
which point a final check of the package may be required.
Thanks for the help,
Tez
On 9/7/05, Alexander List <alexlist@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at> wrote:
> Terry Burton wrote:
>
> >New files available at
> >http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/files/debiansrc.
> >
> Seems pretty OK now.
>
> >I would prefer not to have to regenerate the documentation from TeX
> >for the timebeing since it relies on TeX modules that are not yet part
> >of Debian. Hopefully future Debian releases of the PSTricks packages
> >will remedy this situation making this a sensible option. It would
> >also seem a bit overkill to have such a simple library depend on
> >something as large as LaTeX.
> >
> >
> No problem, just add that build dependency and build the docs with TeX
> as soon as the necessary modules are available. Meanwhile, I believe
> it's sufficient to include the docs in PDF/PS/TXT. You could also try to
> contact debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org for assistance...
>
> >PS: I don't think I'll bother with another name change. I've just
> >filed an ITP report for the project as libpostscriptbarcode against an
> >existing RFP for postscriptbarcode. I'm sure that will ruffle a few
> >DDs feathers, but changing project name again may make some of them
> >fall off their perch! No offence intended... :-)
> >
> >
> Nah - I guess this is the first (?) package written in pure PostScript.
> If that language starts to become as popular as PERL, you can still
> change the name of the package to libbarcode-ps.
>
> If nobody else steps up, I'll sponsor your package.
>
> Would you mind creating an apt source repository to ease the
> download/build process? Just use dpkg-scansources as mentioned in
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html#id2800322
> - I guess this just one more line in your build script...
>
> Alex
>
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