Ticket #29 (assigned task)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 15 months ago

Distribute ftputil as a Debian/Ubuntu package

Reported by: schwa Owned by: schwa
Priority: major Milestone: 2.5
Component: Other Version: 2.2.3
Keywords: Debian, package, Ubuntu Cc:

Description (last modified by schwa) (diff)

ftputil should not only be distributed as a tar.gz file but also as a Debian/Ubuntu package (if possible in the regular distribution, not just as an Debian-wise unofficial .deb package).

Rationale:

  • ftputil would become more widely known. This could result in more users, more feedback and possibly more contributions.
  • It would be easier for other Debian/Ubuntu developers to add FTP support to their programs by adding ftputil as dependency.

Subtasks:

  • Add a subdirectory to ftputil's repository which contains the Debian-specific stuff.
  • Extend ftputil's makefile so that source and binary packages can easily be built along with the tar.gz distribution.
  • Get the Debian package included in the regular Debian distribution.

In principle, this applies also to other distributions. The reason for choosing Debian here is that I (Stefan) usually work with Ubuntu and could develop this package myself. If you would like to provide a package for another Unix/Linux distribution, please send a mail to the mailing list at ftputil@codespeak.net . Note that you should subscribe to the mailing list at http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/ftputil before sending a mail to the list.

Stefan

Change History

Changed 2 years ago by schwa

  • status changed from new to assigned

Changed 2 years ago by schwa

  • milestone changed from 2.4 to 2.3

Changed 2 years ago by schwa

  • description modified (diff)

Changed 15 months ago by schwa

  • milestone changed from 2.3 to 2.5
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