[Ubuntu] The Future of UbuntuGIS

[Alex Mandel]

Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:44:41PM -0400, Alan Boudreault wrote:
>>> We also need to contemplate building on the great work of
>>> deb http://les-ejk.cz/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
>>> who seems to always be one step ahead of everyone else.
>>>
>>>   
>> Yes, if it is, we can.
> 
> (les-ejk is reading)
> 
> I started to package GRASS (and related soft) because of I did it for
> myself and to publish it was only another step. I never used
> launchpad&co. because of I never found any simple and fast how-to, how
> to publish packages there (I was not searching too deep, any link, please?)
> 
> the packages of mine do work for myself. some other people seems to be
> using them as well. I'm building on top of svn.debian.org - there are
> only little ubuntu modifications (sometimes, non-systemathic).
> 
> I do build only for currently used architecture (amd64 or i386 now),
> because of lack of time. 
> 
> I do not support older distributions, because of lack of time.
> 
> and I guess, that using launchpad would solve the problems. 
> 
> for jaunty I used gdal from qgis-lounchpad repository.
> 
> please, if you want me to join ubuntugis team, send me little howto,
> where I can step-by-step follow, how I cand prepare, build (for more
> then one architecture, for more then one ubuntu version), test
> gis packages I'm providing in launchpad. It will help me to make the
> work for more people and it will save my time, before I start to search
> (and try) some manually. It might be sounding lazy, but packaging gis
> packages is not my hobby or my job. I do it just as side-effect. If you
> want me to participate, I need your hand, to guide me. If it is too
> complicated or demanding for you, I'll continue on les-ej.cz/ubuntu as
> long as needed.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Jachym
> 

This page seems to have all the information
https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA

1. Alan(or another Guru creates the PPA)
2. Contributors register with launchpad, including public signing key
3. Alan grants your account permission
4. Use dput to upload the package source and diff files

The really relevant commands are 1/2 down that help page.

I'm happy to help you figure it out as I've been meaning to also.

Alex