[KDE/Mac] New Packages. Almost, but not quite KDE 4.1.2 universal.

[Jonas Bähr]

Hi,

Am 25.09.2008 um 23:55 schrieb Big O:

> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Carsten Pfeiffer  
> <pfeiffer at kde.org> wrote:
>> Am Mittwoch, 24. September 2008 schrieb Julian Mehnle:
>>
>>> awesome work!  I'm going to test that over the next few days.
>>
>> Same here, can't wait to try them out. Did you consider also  
>> packaging
>> Digikam, btw?
> I did not consider it. My ultimate plan (yes, there is a fiendish plot
> behind all this) is to lay the groundwork for others to join in and
> contribute to KDE/Mac. With all the pain and suffering of setting up
> and build environment already done, anyone can join in and build the
> minimal deps and package they're interested in and thereafter maintain
> it.

Thanks for your packages, I'll try them as soon as possible.
Now that you have the knowledge, perhaps you (and benjamin) could set  
up a page on techbase.kde.org about *how* to create these packages.  
There is a page [1] describing how to set up the build environment  
and to compile kde from source (which helped my a lot one year ago)  
but there is nothing about how to create packages. Neither for  
individual application bundles (.app's inside .dmg's) (esp.  
interesting for 3rd party software), nor for installer (.pkg's) or  
metapackages (.mpkg's)
It would be really cool if you could share your knowledge on techbase...

[1] http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE4/Mac_OS_X

bye,
Jonas

>
> This, among other things, make the quality of the packages much
> better, as the person doing it has a vested interest (in theory
> anyways) .
> Also, doing this will remove the burden/bottleneck of only one person
> providing packages and generally make things move along more smoothly.
>
> So to make this clear, it's not as if I can't provide more packages,
> I'm just not. /My/ interest begins and ends with Amarok. As I was
> always bugging RangerRick for (and receiving) help getting it to build
> on OS X in the bad old days, I feel this is but one way I can give
> back to the project. As a bonus the project will benefit far greater
> than if I alone were giving back. It's like herpes, the gift that just
> keeps on giving.
>
> I haven't quite gotten things to where I'd like them to be. I still
> need to blow away macports (accidentally done yesterday anyways) then
> redo the whole thing over, and then provide clear, concise
> instructions to follow.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carsten
>>
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> However. I will consider adding more packages to the kde.pkg based on
> demand. KTorrent (for reasons I can not fathom) is one which is in the
> pipeline, as it was/is a popular request on IRC. I'd also like to
> finish up everything here
> http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/kde/stable/4.1.1/src/ (minus
> kdeaccessibility, kde-l10n/ and extragear). My current bias against
> packaging kde-l10n simply has to do with me not knowing what to do
> with it, so if someone could tell me...
>
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