Set up a PPA ("Personal Package Archive") for Ubuntu / etc.

[modem7]

Is there the potential for a PPA that we can add for the latest versions rather than building from source?

Currently, on Ubuntu 22.04 the version is 1.99.1 which seems quite outdated.

[shlomif]

@modem7 : hi. 1.99.1 is very outdated. A PPA will be nice, but the dpkg/debian/etc. ecosystem gives me nightmares and the new fortune-mod has some build-deps. You can peruse https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fortune-mod as a reference,

[modem7]

Could cross compiling via github actions or similar be a potential solution in the meantime?

[shlomif]

@modem7

Could cross compiling via github actions or similar be a potential solution in the meantime?

I presume it could. pull-reqs / patches are welcome.

[shlomif]

For every one that is interested in setting up an Ubuntu/etc. PPA note that I made some headway using the script here: https://github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod/blob/master/scripts/debian-packaging/build-fortune-mod-debian-package--using-docker.pl . It uses Docker. Now I am stuck with a gnupg/pinentry issue.

[shlomif]

Mark as "enhancement" because it isn't a showstopper.

[Sweeistaken]

Hello, I can help with this issue, but I'm not familiar with PPA's. I believe my own repository would be fine as long as I convert it into a trivial repo

[shlomif]

Hello, I can help with this issue, but I'm not familiar with PPA's. I believe my own repository would be fine as long as I convert it into a trivial repo

Hi @Sweeistaken !

Thanks for your enthusiasm! A repo of any kind that will be usable by recnt-ish ubuntu / debian / mint / etc. users will be a step forward. (And there is the curl .. | bash - hacky install proc.)

For your info, I think my docker-based scriptology builds the binary pkgs and installs them.

[modem7]

Cloudsmith might be a good choice if there's one lacking.

They even have a github actions script to upload. But not sure it would behave like a PPA, that's unfortunately outside of my knowledge level.

https://help.cloudsmith.io/docs/debian-repository

https://github.com/cloudsmith-io/action?tab=readme-ov-file#debian-package-push