[Debian-ezgo-packaging] Debian packaging

[Andrew Lee]

Cool! I will have a look tonight.

BTW, I would be free in Taipei this Sunday.
If you want to meet and discuss, please let me know.

Best regards,
-Andrew


2014-03-14 14:30 GMT+08:00 Franklin Weng <franklin at goodhorse.idv.tw>:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions and advises.  Since Andreas strongly
> suggested me to be familiar with debian packaging first, I spent a week and
> did some work.  Please visit
>
> ftp://goodhorse.idv.tw/debian-ezgo/
>
> I read and studied some debian packaging documents [1][2][3] and made
> three packages: ezgo-artwork, ezgo-menu and ezgo-opencontent.  When I
> install these three packages on a debian-edu (skolelinux) system it can
> become ezgo style successfully, and when I remove or purge them it can
> revert back to the original settings (except one thing -- see below.)
>
> For ezgo-artwork, I studied and referenced debian-edu-artwork about how to
> replace kdm / ksplash and desktop background images, and followed the
> example of debian packaging introduction [1].  I also followed
> debian-edu-artwork and changed some settings under debian/.  However, I
> have to admit that I don't really understand some settings in
> debian-edu-artwork.  Like debian-edu-artwork.install，I don't understand why
> they put
>
> debian/tmp/etc
> debian/tmp/usr/share
>
> I just followed their example, and it worked!  Besides, I only put
> settings with KDE only.
>
> For ezgo-menu, it has a "dirty hacked" component, about changing the
> content of application desktop files.  This step is to change the name
> (mainly for traditional Chinese) into CATEGORY_NAME form.  However, it is
> not revertible.  I mean, if I changed it, it would not be able to revert to
> their original setting after I purge the ezgo-menu package.
>
> For ezgo-opencontent, currently only PhET is inside.  I put a binary tar
> gz file and extract it when installing.  The problem of this package is
> that it depends on browser's java plugins.  Right now I know that it should
> work for all simulations using Oracle Java 8.  However it didn't work using
> current icetea java in debian-edu original system.  I don't know what's
> debian's policy about java.
>
> In all these packages, the settings under debian/ are still not complete,
> and still have many defects hence not debian acceptable.  Anyway, now I can
> demo this system to our local teachers.  My short term target is reached.
>
> It's just a start.  The next step I want to study is how to turn this into
> "Pure" (debian acceptable) debian packages.
>
> Therefore, if you have time, please have a look at these packages and I
> need your advises about
>  - debian packaging : how should I improve the debian packaging?
>  - how to solve the "unrevertible" problem of ezgo-menu?
>
> And the long term target:  to make a debian-ezgo pure blends.
>
> Any advice and help will be very appreciated.
>
>
>
> Franklin
>
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging
> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian
> [3] packaging-tutorial packages
>
>
>


-- 
-Andrew
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