platform binaries

[jbenet]

Ship platform-specific binaries.

make sure to cover:

• debian/ubuntu - apt-get install data
• osx - brew install data
• windows... installer?

and, of course, if they have go installed:

go install github.com/data/data

[jbenet]

see https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/juju.rb

[jbenet]

http://dave.cheney.net/2013/07/09/an-introduction-to-cross-compilation-with-go-1-1

[jbenet]

Unfortunately, go cross-compiling isn't working for things requiring cgo. This (and testing in each platform) means compiling in vms.

Setup vms for linux. Still need darwin and windows.

[feross]

You should ship a full OS X installer, like node.js does (see http://nodejs.org/). Lots of people won't know what to do when they unzip the bundle you provide and see a binary file just sitting there.

[jbenet]

Yeah, the plan is to ship a regular osx package installer.

[jbenet]

Update:

Have:

• platform binaries for darwin_amd64, linux_386, linux_amd64
• osx installer
• source instructions

Missing:

• platform binaries for darwin_386, linux_386, linux_amd64
• lipo archs together (for osx installer, especially)
• windows installer