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Woud you consider submitting this packaging to Debian ? #84

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EmmanuelCharpentier opened this issue Aug 5, 2022 · 4 comments
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@EmmanuelCharpentier
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This packaging might be submitted to Debian, thus easing its use in all Debian-based distributions...

Would you consider it ?

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retorquere commented Aug 5, 2022

I have actually tried it, but it's out of my reach. Debian doesn't allow packages that just bundle binaries, and zotero's own build process downloads binaries from Firefox. You're required to build Debian packages on their build infra, and this build infra blocks internet connections to prevent things like downloading binaries. It'd require either building the entire binary chain myself, or create a wrapper package that does the download during install, like Java, which was fragile when I had it.

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I see... Too bad.

Woud you consider setting up a "Debian repository", configurable as an apt source ?

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I already have an apt repo? The current Readme explains how to add the repo to your apt setup.

@EmmanuelCharpentier
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I already have an apt repo? The current Readme explains how to add the repo to your apt setup.

Wups ! I didn't see that. I'll try it.

Thanks a lot !

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