On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:33:52 +0300 Paul Finkelshteyn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:23:51 -0400 > Eli Schwartz via aur-general <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 8/12/19 2:12 PM, Paul Finkelshteyn wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:03:55 -0400 > > > Eli Schwartz via aur-general <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >>> Hi folks, > > >>> > > >>> As kodi-devel-bin take almost forever to build I've created > > >>> github https://github.com/asm0dey/arch-kodi-devel-builder/ with > > >>> pre-built packages. > > >>> > > >>> Now I want to create AUR packages which will be able to install > > >>> these binary packages. > > >> > > >> No. > > > > > > Basically it's why I'm writing here > > > > And thank you for asking first! :) > > > > >>> As you can see I have some knowledge on how to maintain > > >>> packages: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=asm0dey > > >>> but in this concrete situation I have no any idea on how to > > >>> create packages. Of course I can't just use these packages in > > >>> source field because they have their own dependencies. Also I > > >>> think I can't just install them inside build or package phase… > > >>> > > >>> So question is: is there any recommended way to do what I want? > > >>> > > >> > > >> If you replace the word "recommended" with the word "allowed", > > >> then the answer is "you are allowed to advertise your repository > > >> on > > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unofficial_user_repositories > > >> and on the package details for the AUR package". > > >> > > >> In fact, you're actually encouraged to do so. That's why we have > > >> the wiki listing in the first place. :) > > >> > > > > > > But truth is I don't have repository (cause repository should have > > > some predefined layout and so on). And I'm not sure if it's > > > possible to create something repository-like on github. And I > > > currently I have no idea on where should I have to host repository > > > for it to be more or less reliable. > > > > I think you can probably use github pages for this. Github already > > allows release assets, and there are definitely people putting > > release assets in github pages, so I don't think this is against > > the terms of service, and github pages lets you provide a simple > > html index and file structure however you like. > > > > Just make sure to rebuild and force overwrite the gh-pages branch > > rather than appending new commits, to make sure the size doesn't get > > too big due to bloaty binary blobs in git history. > > > > Sounds awful cause it will bloat repo size to insane sizes (built > packages are tens of MB) and it's devel version so it may obtain > updates several times a week… > > OK it looks like there is no sane way to do what I want so maybe I > should just leave it as repo-for-myself. > > Paul Oh I see, you're telling about rewriting commits. It may make sense, but will take wome time to implement. Should think about it, thanks Paul
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