[PD] debian packages WAS: Re: Linux - which distribution to use?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 19, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Frank Barknecht wrote:

> Hallo,
> Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>> It would be quite straightforward to make debian packages from the  
>> Pd-
>> extended build system.  I helped nando from CCRMA make PlanetCCRMA
>> packages from the Pd-extended build system, so we worked out most of
>> the kinks.
>
> Are these seperate packages for externals/abstractions and Pd itself?
> The Debian packages for Pd are already very good and current thanks to
> Guenter's work for several years, as are the Gem packages. But what's
> missing is a package with more externals for those, who don't want to
> compile everything on their own. As this package is more likely to
> collect lots of bug reports in the Debian BTS (because of sheer size
> of the package) and thus may put quite a burden on the official Debian
> maintainer, this pd-externals package may be easier to maintain
> outside of Debian.

The idea is to make a package for each library, then a separate  
package for pd-extended with would be Pd-vanilla with the patches in  
packages/patches.  That's how things are broken out in externals/ 
Makefile and in PlanetCCRMA (and a bit in the current Debian  
packages).  And I think it makes sense here.  Then it also makes for  
a clear path for people to make packages for their own Pd libs  
outside of the pure-data CVS, if they so choose.

.hc

>
> Ciao
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