Please support apt archive for Debian

[narcisgarcia]

At time of LibreTime 3.0.0~alpha.8-1u3 , I've tried "add-apt-repository ppa:libretime/libretime" as indicated, but no success in Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster - stable).

PPA has only repository for "xenial" and "bionic" versions of OS (Ubuntu-like), I've tried them anyway, but dependencies aren't satisfiable with Debian.

Please, create a "buster" repository in PPA, to make LibreTime installable in this essential distro.

[paddatrapper]

While I would like to support Debian, it seems Launchpad does not support Debian release series - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas It requires creating and managing our own APT archive. Which I currently don't have time to do

[narcisgarcia]

You can move to a more open build/repositories platform, such as build.opensuse.org

[jooola]

@paddatrapper What do you think of https://packagecloud.io/pricing/ ?
Or https://jfrog.com/pricing/ ?

[jooola]

Another idea would be to use Github pages to have our apt packages. And build them using CI. Using something like https://github.com/rpatterson/github-apt-repos

[paddatrapper]

My only requirements for an apt server are:

• Support standard Debian tools (dput in particular)
• Build supported architectures (the PPA builds for amd64, arm64, armhf, i386) from a _source.changes upload
• Has a human between a release being cut and the package being built

Why I want a human in the process is because package building is not a release process, it is effectively a downstream development process. Every new package version requires updating dependencies (if necessary), updating debian/copyright, changing build rules as required, patching upstream sources to match what Debian expects, making it Lintian clean (not completely possible with LT at the moment). Then the package is tested on all supported distros before being uploaded to the PPA

[SwampRabbit]

@paddatrapper it may not fit exactly what you want (not sure if I mentioned it before) but the OpenSUSE Build Service might be something to look at as it creates a repo for a ton of distros. Its alright to work with overall.
https://openbuildservice.org/
https://build.opensuse.org/

[paddatrapper]

OBS is definitely something to dig into. Can potentially replace the PPA and provide packages for both Debian and Ubuntu. Looks like it supports uploads of _source.changes files with a wide variety of build architectures. I'll create a test package of libretime there once I've got alpha.10 packaged

[SwampRabbit]

@paddatrapper yep, it can do builds for the major Distro families, MX Linux uses it to just build some stubborn packages that have issues with pbuilder.
It is used to distribute official releases of some major applications for example: Lutris, Palemoon, etc. If nothing else it helps ensure builds are compatible between the different Distros, releases, and arches.