Re: Few packaging questions

[Logen Kain <walach.o...@gmail.com>]

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   - *depends:* All the stuff required to run the package on the target 
   system. Not needed at all on the building machine, and dependant on the 
   target architecture.
   

I have the issue of knowing what those dependancies actually are.  Usually 
when I find lists from upstream they list everything needed to build which 
also happens to (usually) include the run-time depends as well.  I'm just 
not sure how to easily seperate the run-time depends from the build 
dependancies.  Most of what I know are simply things that i've learned over 
practice, such as .desktop files requireing desktop-file-utils to work 
properly.

I would like the wiki page to be able to help people jump into package 
creation.  My hope is that if people see a jump start guide, they will be 
more inclined to try and build packages and refernce our excellent manual 
when more detailed information is needed.

Which I suppose means that the wiki needs to be a short and consise, 
perhaps even dirty, guide so people can get their toes a bit wet before 
diving into the full manual.  Diving into a manual such as that is 
intemidating, even if it's important. 

Oh note to self: Add commit message standards for anyone intending to do a 
pull request as well as basic forking on github instructions.

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