[Gambas-user] Could gitlab-ci + package builder = easy install?

[psaux7 at tuta.io]

3. Jan. 2021, 23:45 von bsteers4 at gmail.com:

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> There's a thought been mulling around in my head.
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> We have 2 things already happening...
> gitlab-ci and how it works making a temporary system and compiling/building and installing complete gambas3 for various distros.
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> We also have packager routines built into gambas that can create an installable .deb/.rpm/etc package from a project for each distro supported in the CI.
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> So can these 2 things not somehow be bought together?
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> My thinking is the CI could be made to make a package file of gambas it just compiled for its distro and copying the file somewhere before the runner finishes.
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> Seems like it's something sooo close to be able to happen.
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> Do the folks who made the packaging code think this is possible to adapt the code to package gambas itself?
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> Ultimate aim here is to make upgrading much simpler for various distros.
> No need for compile, no need for PPA , just download an auto-created package file and double click.
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> If it's a crap ton of coding involved then i would understand a reluctance but i can't help think there is already code doing similar things so will it be that massive a task?
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> Just a thought.
> All the best :)
> BruceS
>

Why not use OBS ( https://build.opensuse.org/ ) ?It seems to support many distributions, so everything would be in one place.
I found the following at https://software.opensuse.org/package/gambas3:
https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home:munix9&package=gambas3
https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home:munix9:unstable&package=gambas3