[REQUEST] Memo

nrosvall · 2014-10-15 11:21:24

Hi,

I'm a long time Archlinux user. I'm also a developer of various Free Software applications. My latest project is Unix-style note taking software. I think Arch users might be interested about it. For more, see http://www.ideabyte.net/memo/

I'm asking if someone would like to make it available on AUR? I would do it myself, but I don't have the time now to learn how to make pgkbuilds.

Trilby · 2014-10-15 11:49:22

nrosvall wrote:

I don't have the time now to learn how to make pgkbuilds.

I just checked out the code - this would be ridiculously easy to make a PKGBUILD for. You could take the basic template, and just replace a few of the variables and you'd be set. If you admit to be unwilling to even take a minute or two to participate in this, then don't expect anyone else to do everything for you.

Also, if you are - as you claim - a long-time archlinux user, don't you even want to use your own software? If you don't even want to use it yourself, there is really no point in making a PKGBUILD for this.

This ends up just looking like spam, advertising, or solicitation.

nrosvall · 2014-10-15 12:18:09

Of course I'm using it. Everyday. For me, there's no point to "install" it, because I'm developing and changing it all the time.

I'll check that pkgbuild stuff later today.

drcouzelis · 2014-10-15 12:39:22

A side note: When I created an Arch Linux package for the application I wrote, I struggled for a bit trying to figure out where the "PKGBUILD" file should go in my project directory struction.

I realized I didn't want the "PKGBUILD" file to be part of the project (for exapmle, a Debian user shouldn't need to download it!) and that creating an Arch Linux package was actually a "new project" that should go in it's own directory:

~/Projects/myappname/
~/Projects/myappname-archlinux/ # PKGBUILD file in here!

You probably would have figured this out yourself (or think of a better way to organize the packages you build for Arch Linux and other distributions), but I just feel like typing a lot today, so whatever. As if anyone ever uses the software I wrote...

Last edited by drcouzelis (2014-10-15 12:39:39)

nrosvall · 2014-10-16 10:39:15

Ok, so I created the PKGBUILD and everything is ready. Except that a package name "memo" already exists. I think I have two options here, to change the name of my software(which would be a big job as it's already known as memo, of course it can be done) or I could package it under some other name e.g memo-unix, cmemo or whatever.

I'll probably come up with some other name for memo, it too generic anyway and could lead to some problems in the future.

Last edited by nrosvall (2014-10-16 10:39:52)

drcouzelis · 2014-10-16 11:26:49

You could simply call it "memo-nrosvall".

nrosvall · 2014-10-16 13:34:37

drcouzelis wrote:

You could simply call it "memo-nrosvall".

And that's what I did. memo-nrosvall is now available on AUR.

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#1 2014-10-15 11:21:24

[REQUEST] Memo

#2 2014-10-15 11:49:22

Re: [REQUEST] Memo

#3 2014-10-15 12:18:09

Re: [REQUEST] Memo

#4 2014-10-15 12:39:22

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#5 2014-10-16 10:39:15

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#6 2014-10-16 11:26:49

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#7 2014-10-16 13:34:37

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