CPack 2.6 and downstream packagers

[Pau Garcia i Quiles]

Hello,

The upcoming CPack 2.6 generates .deb and .rpm packages natively.

Would it be appropriate to give Debian/Ubuntu/etc and Red Hat/Suse/etc  
packagers access to the KDE repository and have them modify the CPack  
stuff so that it's easier for them to package for their distributions?

Distribution-specific packaging information could be included in the  
CMakeLists.txt with variable definitions, for instance:

...
[generic CMakeLists.txt/CPack stuff]
...

IF( DEBIAN )
...
ENDIF( DEBIAN)

IF( UBUNTU )
...
ENDIF( UBUNTU )

I think that would make life easier for downstream packagers. The  
other options are:
- they maintain their own CPack stuff on their own repository, totally  
unrelated to KDE
- they keep packaging as they have done until now, as if CPack 2.6  
cannot properly package .deb and .rpm

Is there a kde-packagers mailing list where packagers from different  
distributions are subscribed? That would be the best place to discuss  
this

-- 
Pau Garcia i Quiles
http://www.elpauer.org
(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)