[Gambas-user] Gambas fundation ?

[Rob]

On Wednesday 06 August 2003 11:47, Nelson Ferraz wrote:
> Make it easier to build packages, so users will be able to use standard
> tools like RPM and APT.

I've already packaged one Gambas app as an RPM (PVRec.)  I could write some 
gambas code that generates a spec file for a given project so you could 
possibly generate RPM's directly from Gambas (on RPM-based distributions) but 
proper generation of RPM's requires (1) the user to be non-root (not a 
problem, I assume most of us run Gambas as a normal user), (2) the user to 
have his own RPM tree (and I could certainly create one if need be), and (3) 
the user to have his .rpmmacros file set up with appropriate values.

Now, I could also make an "RPM wizard" in Gambas that would set up those files 
and directories automatically, but then the question is whether that's beyond 
the scope of a development environment.  I'm guessing it's not, because 
Kdevelop has some similar options (which I never got to work, but hey, they 
tried.)

Maybe I'll just do it, and submit a patch.... VB has "package and deployment 
wizard" after all.... of course then we may hear from the Debian users 
because I have no idea how to generate Debian packages, and then from the BSD 
users because I have no idea how to create something suitable for the ports 
system, etc....

One other cool thing I noticed (unrelated to packaging) is that OPIE 1.0 
(stable release of a totally GPL'ed OS for Zaurus and other PDA's) has been 
released, and uses Qt 3 for its desktop.  I haven't been brave enough to zap 
my Zaurus with it to try porting Gambas, but the idea of being able to target 
handhelds with Gambas gives me a little thrill ;)

Rob