Mundus submitted 3 weeks ago

[Allison Randal]

Hi Sebastian,

On 03/31/2012 08:59 PM, Sebastian Kulesz wrote:
> Hi! I submitted my application 3 weeks ago. I would like to know
> what's the status of the review, I don't really know what's the
> average time per app.
> 
> Is there an application queue to get an estimated completion time?
> 
> Thanks a lot!

You can see the full queue of current apps at:

https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/dev/arb/

Let's see, it looks like you've done the debian packaging, that's good.
One thing that needs to be changed for ARB apps is to install your app
in /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/mundus. There are two special variables in
Makefiles that can help make this easy: DESTDIR and PREFIX.

DESTDIR is the way debian sets the special install location for building
packages. Right now you've got this working with a variable named
PREFIX, and a patch that sets:

PREFIX ?= debian/mundus

But, if you change that variable name to DESTDIR, debian/rules will set
it for you automatically. (See
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html for more details.)


PREFIX should be the system install path, like /usr, or /usr/local, or
/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/mundus. I suggest starting your Makefile with
something like:

PREFIX ?= /usr
bindir = $(PREFIX)/bin
libdir = $(PREFIX)/lib
datadir = $(PREFIX)/share

And then in the install and uninstall targets, replace literal paths like:

        install -d -m 755 $(PREFIX)/usr/share/pixmaps

With a line that uses the defined variables:

        install -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/pixmaps

That way, the debian/rules file can just set the install path once by
setting PREFIX:

override_dh_auto_install:
        dh_auto_install -- PREFIX=/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/mundus

The one exception is the mundus.desktop file, which you should still
install in $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/applications.


There are several other ways to change the install paths, but this way
is the easiest for a simple Makefile. And, it will let you maintain your
regular package and ARB package without patching the Makefile. Let us
know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Allison