Re: First steps

["Federico Gimenez Nieto" <fgimenez@coit.es>]

> Pretty much anywhere is a good starting point, as long as (a) it's free,
> and (b) the source doesn't require a lot patching to work or manipulation
> to install. I haven't looked at openx myself, but as long as it doesn't
> require you to manually install random files, etc. it's probably fine.
> With that being said, the new-maint guide does recommend shying away from
> daemons and packages with multiple binaries for a first package. As a web
> advertising system, openx might fit into that category, meaning you might
> want to start with something simpler. Then again, challenges are fun.
>

I would try to learn from other web applications already packaged, could
you please point me a good example? (openx relies on a web server with a
php interpreter and mysql/postgresql as databse server)

Also, are there any best-practices document for packaging web applications?

Thanks a lot,
Federico