Questions about submitting a package

[David Planella]

Al 18/10/11 13:03, En/na David Planella ha escrit:
> Al 07/10/11 17:29, En/na Jesse Smith ha escrit:
>> I have been reading the documentation on publishing a package/app and I
>> have a few questions about Step 5, packaging the app. Specifically I'm
>> curious about:
>>
> 
> Hi Jesse,
> 
> I'll try to answer the parts that I can. For other bits, I've CC'd some
> people who are not subscribed to the list to see if they can give a hand
> with the answers.
> 
>> 1. "Be in one, self-contained directory." Does this mean my application
>> plus any dependencies have to all be packaged together? My app relies on
>> the SDL library, which is included in Ubuntu's repository. Do I have to
>> include SDL in the package I submit?
>>
> 
> I believe so, but I'd recommend waiting for confirmation from someone
> from the App Review Board (CC'd).
> 
>> 2. "Be able to be installed into /opt/pkgName". By what method? Do I
>> need to supply a binary package which will install to this location, or
>> are we talking about a source-level flag like "make install-pot"? Can
>> the package also install to other locations or must it always be
>> installed to /opt/pkgName?
>>
> 
> I can't answer for other types of apps, but for an Python app created
> with quickly you can use the 'quickly submitubuntu' command, which
> should take care of making your package install in /opt
> 
>> 3. Does a non-commercial app I submit have to be in binary or source
>> format?
>>
> 
> A source package or a PPA is the recommended way.
> 
>> 4. The video tutorial shows software being published through LaunchPad.
>> Since the software already has its own website, do I need to also
>> publish on LaunchPad?
>>
> 
> You don't need to explicitly use Launchpad, although it will make your
> life easier for managing your code and most especially to publish PPAs.
> 
>> The only tutorials I can find on the site assume the developer is using
>> Python and Quickly. A step-by-step guide to packaging a C/C++ program
>> would be really helpful.
>>
> 
> We cannot support every single type of combination technologies, so we
> picked one and we recommend it as the way to create and publish
> applications.
> 
> That is for now Quickly, and while any type of app (C/C++, Java, Python,
> etc.) that follows the ARB criteria is eligible for publication, Quickly
> is currently the only easy path to pull together all the tools you'll
> need from creation to publication.
> 
> You are free to use other combinations of programming languages, build
> systems, etc., which is one of the advantages of open source software,
> but it also means that it will be slightly harder to create and package
> your app.
> 
> As per the step-by-step packaging guide, we're currently working on
> tools that should make packaging much easier for developers, indeed
> we're aiming to automatically package applications, so for this reason
> right now there is not much weight on packaging info on the app
> developer site. We'd like developers to focus in what's fun: to create
> apps and write code, rather than having to spend time on the most
> mechanical bits such as setting up the build system or packaging.
> 
> That said, if you'd like to contribute, we've got a great area for
> community involvement on writing tutorials, so if you'd like to write
> any guide, just let me know, your help will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/tutorials/all/
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 

Ah, I had missed Allison's answer, sorry for the noise.

It seems that most of the answers are the same, so take my e-mail as a
complement. If there is any conflict in the answers, take hers as the
authoritative ones.

Cheers,
David.

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