Re: Package building

[Sergii Stoian]

On Nov 3, 2019, at 22:02, Johannes Brakensiek <johannes@brakensiek.info> wrote:

> Hi Sergii,
> 
> thank you for your response!
> 
> On 2 Nov 2019, at 23:48, cobjective wrote:
> 
>> Could you please share some details on what exactly do you plan to do?
>> The paragraph above sounds the same as what NEXTSPACE project is developed 
>> for.
> 
> I know NEXTSPACE and really like your project! My goals are somewhat lower 
> currently: I’d be glad if I had some packages for GNU/Linux systems providing 
> the new runtime/clang based libraries. Default Debian packages use gcc and I 
> cannot ship a new app on this basis. I don’t like to be limited to one 
> distribution type though, so I thought about using something like 
> https://openbuildservice.org/ and/or https://launchpad.net/
> 
Oh, now I understand what you’re talking about. I have plan to setup CI 
environment (Jenkins? Travis?).

> If you would build your work for NEXTSPACE in a way like this, a big hurdle 
> regarding the basic libraries would be already achieved of course. Providing 
> an app would be easy and installing an app would be as simple as „apt install 
> my.app“ then.
Current state of the NEXTSPACE is somewhat special… I use particular (not 
cutting edge) versions of GNUstep libraries (gui and back) with custom patches. 
So build (or CI) process - along the NEXTSPACE part - should build custom 
GNUstep libraries. Is it fit to your goals?

> 
> Once this is done I would like to build a package applying some nice icons 
> and styling like Bertrand has created and bundled in his repositories.
NEXTSPACE contains its own fonts, icons and mouse cursors with true NeXTSTEP 
look and feel. I’m afraid it is not what you want to do.

> 
> (To test the libraries I have built I’m trying to make GWorkspace work. I’m 
> doing this to get known to the environment and to check out whether there are 
> bugs within GWorkspace, the libraries or my setup. When you have a new 
> Workspace working once I’d like to test it as well.)
NEXTSPACE has it’s own genuine Workspace, Window Manager, Preferences, Terminal 
and so on. It’s already working and functional - give it a try. :)

> 
> Johannes
> 

Sergii