Comments on: Launchpad ppa tips http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/launchpad-ppa-tips/ A LAMP in the Samsara Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nigel Babu http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/launchpad-ppa-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Nigel Babu Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:16:31 +0000 http://blog.bodhizazen.net/?p=697#comment-1278 Great post Bodhi :) I should try this some time Great post Bodhi :) I should try this some time

]]> By: Bodhi.Zazen: Launchpad ppa tips | TuxWire : The Linux Blog http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/launchpad-ppa-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Bodhi.Zazen: Launchpad ppa tips | TuxWire : The Linux Blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:05:00 +0000 http://blog.bodhizazen.net/?p=697#comment-1252 [...] here:  Bodhi.Zazen: Launchpad ppa tips Share and [...] [...] here:  Bodhi.Zazen: Launchpad ppa tips Share and [...]

]]> By: Philip Peitsch http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/launchpad-ppa-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Philip Peitsch Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:11:58 +0000 http://blog.bodhizazen.net/?p=697#comment-1250 A good program I found for packaging is called "Quickly" (you may have heard of it :)): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Quickly This made the packaging for me a very easy task indeed, and takes care of uploading to ppa's etc. It's still very new, and has a few shortcomings... but is growing quite rapidly I'm finding :) For me, packaging and uploading my basic pygtk app I can simply do the following: ~$ quickly save Added new magic ~$ quickly share # does packaging and uploading to my ppa A good program I found for packaging is called “Quickly” (you may have heard of it :) ): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Quickly

This made the packaging for me a very easy task indeed, and takes care of uploading to ppa’s etc. It’s still very new, and has a few shortcomings… but is growing quite rapidly I’m finding :)

For me, packaging and uploading my basic pygtk app I can simply do the following:
~$ quickly save Added new magic
~$ quickly share # does packaging and uploading to my ppa

]]> By: Dominik http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/launchpad-ppa-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Dominik Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:58:02 +0000 http://blog.bodhizazen.net/?p=697#comment-1249 The one other useful command I use for packaging for PPAs is "dch", i.e. with dch --distribution karmic --newversion 0.6-8.2ubuntu2~ppa1 you can specify the new version that you would like to give to the package and it will automatically open the changelog-file and do all the adding for you so you can describe what you did. With only "dch" it will simply raise the last version number by one. Dominik. The one other useful command I use for packaging for PPAs is “dch”, i.e. with
dch –distribution karmic –newversion 0.6-8.2ubuntu2~ppa1

you can specify the new version that you would like to give to the package and it will automatically open the changelog-file and do all the adding for you so you can describe what you did.

With only “dch” it will simply raise the last version number by one.

Dominik.

]]> By: Bugsbane http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/launchpad-ppa-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Bugsbane Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:42:02 +0000 http://blog.bodhizazen.net/?p=697#comment-1248 Checkout Giftwrap (random blogpost about it at http://www.stefanoforenza.com/giftwrap-helps-you-create-debs/ ). It's a frontend GUI for creating debs that seems to work rather nicely. Checkout Giftwrap (random blogpost about it at http://www.stefanoforenza.com/giftwrap-helps-you-create-debs/ ).

It’s a frontend GUI for creating debs that seems to work rather nicely.

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