Re:A new Debian package helper: debputy
by bayindirh on Saturday February 03, 2024 @10:35AM
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> I've had to build a deb package once. It's crazy how few docs and resources there are to do so, and how of poor quality they are.
After doing the first one, I was able to build binary, Debian packages in 5 minutes tops, while chatting with a friend during the process, too.
flatpak and snap are designed to solve different problems than OS native packaging paradigms.
Also, .deb and .rpm are much more capable and sophisticated than they look on the surface. Lastly, extracting a source and binary Debian package provides great documentation in itself.
Lastly, use lintian. That thing is a godsend (and does binary static analysis, too!).
After doing the first one, I was able to build binary, Debian packages in 5 minutes tops, while chatting with a friend during the process, too.
flatpak and snap are designed to solve different problems than OS native packaging paradigms.
Also, .deb and .rpm are much more capable and sophisticated than they look on the surface. Lastly, extracting a source and binary Debian package provides great documentation in itself.
Lastly, use lintian. That thing is a godsend (and does binary static analysis, too!).