Make Packages for Common Distributions

[Ericson2314]

There are few open source multiplayer games with a big player base. We could make OpenSpades a big thing in the open source world, but only if we can get packages in the distribution repositories (and a PPA on launchpad for Ubuntu).

This is old, but demonstrates that launchpad (for ubuntu) can mirror a git repo elsewhere:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/13613/git-on-launchpad

Building packages with CMake:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#DEB_.28UNIX_only.29
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#RPM_.28Unix_Only.29

[NotAFile]

.deb would be really awesome, as compiling does not create a "install" file for me

[ghost]

Heck, why not the Open Build Service then instead of vendor/distro-specific packages?

It makes programs easily portable on a number of distros and a friend of mine knows a hack to make it build on Windows via RPM, though Windows is planned to be supported. It will provide binary downloads so you don't have to!

[learn-more]

because porting stuff like rpm to windows is a bad idea?

[learn-more]

try it out, and patch it up for .dep / .rpm
#82

[Ericson2314]

I can test deb file on Ubuntu.
@yvt: Do you want to create an account an project on launchpad so we can have an Ubuntu PPA?

• https://help.launchpad.net/Code/Imports
• https://help.launchpad.net/Teams/CreatingAndRunning