Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (471 mails)

[Andreas Marschke <xxtjaxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I've been working now for several weeks with a developer that is creating a 
really interesting program for the desktop that could be used in the future 
for plugins (amarok , KDEVELOP) and plasmoids. 

The application is Aki. Its an IRC Client that ships a library for a lot of 
use cases in other programs and even a plasmoid. I've decided to start 
packagin this Applicaton for opensuse and also created a project on my build 
service home directory already. The only thing that keeps me from a  first 
time packaging it is the spec file.

I've experimented with packages before on debian and found it a nice 
opportunity to start packaging for opensuse. I really don't havve much of an 
Idea what I have to put all into these specfiles and how to do that right so 
that the buildservice can package it for other Distros too.

But I would like to tell you a little more about the application/library 
first. In its very yet basic way it is a good IRC client and by time could be 
even a replcement for konversation also the underlying api is well written and 
could be extensified so that even programs such as amarok or KDevlop can have 
a use of it. 

The Idea behind that is really simple. For example you like the musicplayer 
amarok and music in generall is a great hobby for you. So why not use the 
akiirc library for writing a little plugin that enables an IRC client in 
amarok. This way you could enjoy your daily dose of music and your favourite 
musicplayer right away. 
The usecase for KDevelop , I think , is even greater as you could implement 
the Irc client as another tab or something like this and work on a codebase 
that is provided by one user(being the host) or a group work that could be 
easiely edited this way in the group so that everybody has something from this 
virtual developersprint. This could even be a nice thing as it can be used as 
a collaborative way of debugging and increase this way the development speed 
of projects and bring the alltogether group closer together. 

So now to provide these things I would like you to help me maintain and build 
these packages. I will probably just need a first start example as I cant find 
a really good intro to this. 

Sincerely 

Andreas Marschke.
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