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Idea: KDE-apps.org Build service
by Bert on Friday 04/Apr/2008, @02:59

I feel the pain of that *cool app* which isn't available in my favourite repository or repository format. Can't KDE-apps.org set up a build service for the most favourite distro's (just let the distro maintainers manage the scripts)? This way everybody can easily test-drive these apps (especially new users) and apps can get popular more easily.

I know that the actual implementation of such a build service is quite difficult and might take a while. I can imagine while uploading a tar file that the developer has to click some check-boxes with library prerequisites and dependencies. The build service can build the right file with right dependencies for each distro.

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Re: Idea: KDE-apps.org Build service
by binner on Friday 04/Apr/2008, @03:10

Why not just use the openSUSE Build Service? It supports lots of distributions...

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Re: Idea: KDE-apps.org Build service
by Odysseus on Friday 04/Apr/2008, @04:53

Actually, that's exactly what the openSuse build service actually does, it's not just for openSuse, You have to take your hat off to them for doing this, how many software vendors do you know who would go to the effort and expense to support their competitors products? The build farm doesn't come cheap :-)

Here's the list of currently supported distros:

o openSUSE 10.3
o openSUSE 10.2
o SUSE Linux 10.1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
o SUSE Linux Enterprise 9
o openSUSE Factory

o Debian Etch

o Fedora 8
o Fedora 7
o Fedora 6 + Extras
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
o CentOS 5

o Mandriva 2008
o Mandriva 2007
o Mandriva 2006

o xUbuntu 6.06
o xUbuntu 7.04
o xUbuntu 7.10

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Re: Idea: KDE-apps.org Build service
by Odysseus on Friday 04/Apr/2008, @10:35

Oh, and I should add that the Build Service code is obviously Open Source, so you could run your own if you had the build farm for it :-)

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Re: Idea: KDE-apps.org Build service
by A.H.Kirchert on Sunday 27/Apr/2008, @23:51

Bin von windows zu mandriva gewechselt.Wo bekomme ich linuxtreiber für meinen comp her.Habe amd atlon dualcorex2 3000+,motherboard asrock.Es muss doch auch ohne windows gehen.

MfG A.H.

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Re: Idea: KDE-apps.org Build service
by Stefan Majewsky on Saturday 05/Apr/2008, @09:41

Actually, apps on KDE-apps.org are provided in openSUSE repositories quite quickly. When I released KDiamond at first, I got a mail from an openSUSE packager about one hour later. Every update was handled as quick as this.

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