KDEWIN installer binary package Howto

[Ralf Habacker]

Hi all,

I like to inform how simple it is to build binary package for the kdewin 
installer.

1. Download  recent kdewin packager from 
http://download.cegit.de/kde-windows/installer/
2. install compiled package on the local computer
3. run kdewin packager to create binary packages

     kdewin-packager-x.y.z.exe  -name <packagename> -version <x.y.z> 
-type <build type> -root <package installl root> -srcroot <source root> 
[-strip] [-complete]

Options:
                -name <packageName>
                -root <path to package files>
                -srcroot <path to source files>
                -srcexclude <patterns> path pattern to exclude from src 
package
                -version <package version>
                -strip <strip debug infos> (MinGW only)
                -notes <additional notes for manifest files>
                -type type of package (mingw, msvc) Don't specific -type 
for a combined package containing dll's and import libraries for mingw 
and msvc
                -destdir directory where to store the zip files to
                -complete also create all-in-one binary package with all 
files

4. Then upload the zip archives to  ftp://ftp.cegit.de/incoming or any 
other public web space of ftp server and send me a mail about this new 
package. I will move then the packages to the repository.

Building qt packages is a special case because the binaries lives inside 
the source tree. The packager has build in suppport for selecting the 
required files. Simple use the option -name qt  for example use the 
following line to build a mingw binary snapshot package from svn 
checkout on 2007-04-14.

     kdewin-packager-x.y.z.exe  -name qt -version 4.4.0-20070414svn 
-type mingw -root c:\qt-copy -strip -complete
 
If the package is build from a given source version use this version 
optional with a patch level '-x' appended  for example 1.3.4-5 for 
version 1.3.4 patch level 5.

After running thje above mentioned command you will have 5 packages in 
your current directory
qt-mingw-4.4.0-20070414-bin.zip  -> executables, dlls and config files
qt-mingw-4.4.0-20070414-lib.zip   -> include headers and import libraries
qt-mingw-4.4.0-20070414-doc.zip -> documentation
qt-mingw-4.4.0-20070414-src.zip  -> sources
qt-mingw-4.4.0-20070414.zip         -> contains all files from 
bin/lib/doc package


Building binary packages help new users to get faster into KDE on 
Windows development and helps user to concentrate to the really 
interesting KDE packages and I believe that if someone has already build 
a required package, creating and uploading binary package is a little 
additional step and will helps others very much.

Regards
Ralf