Build packages with Travis

[techtonik]

It is possible to use Travis to build, test and upload packages for Ubuntu. Just an idea.
http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/uploading-artifacts/

[hipersayanX]

As far as I know, Travis build packages using Debian, but I don't know which repositories are available, I don't know if FFmpeg is available in Travis. Is a similar problem to OBS, they doesn't offers that very basic information.

[techtonik]

Travis is just a build system. Why repositories are relevant? I thought the build scripts download dependencies and compile them regardless of repositories. Or maybe it is possible to compile the stuff statically..

[hipersayanX]

Why repositories are relevant?

Because I need to know if a certain package is available in the build system.

I thought the build scripts download dependencies and compile them regardless of repositories.

Building a package in Travis, OBS or PPA, is exactly the same that building a package locally, you need to specify the name of all packages required for build, if a repository is missing and you require a dependency from that repository, your build will fail.

For example, Webcamoid depends on FFmpeg, but FFmpeg is banned from OBS repositories for legal issues, for that reason I can't build Webcamoid using OBS.

In the case of Debian, FFmpeg is available for Stretch and higher in the main repository, I don't know if Travis provides a build environment for Debian Stretch.

[hipersayanX]

Added build tests with Travis and OBS.

[techtonik]

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