[ITP] biosig [was: Re: newcomer issues when packaging biosig, stimfit, etc.]

[Alois Schlögl]

Am 1/18/22 um 23:56 schrieb Brian Inglis:
> On 2022-01-18 14:50, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>> Am 1/18/22 um 06:32 schrieb Brian Inglis:
>>> On 2022-01-17 14:44, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>>>> Am 1/15/22 um 21:44 schrieb Achim Gratz:
>>>>> Marco Atzeri writes:
>>>
>>>>>> add DIFF_EXCLUDES="Makefile" to avoid the artifact
>>>
>>>>> DISTCLEANFILES would be more appropriate it seems.
>>>
>>> DISTCLEANFILES is deleted immediately after downloading and 
>>> unpacking the *UPSTREAM* source:
>>>
>>>     https://cygwin.github.io/cygport/src_prep_cygpart.html#robo112
>>>
>>> "A list of files to be deleted immediately upon unpacking sources, 
>>> relative to $S. This is intended to be used with 
>>> buildsystem-generated files which are incorrectly included in the 
>>> source tarball."
>>>
>>>> I tried this (see attachment), but I'm not sure this is what you 
>>>> meant.
>>>
>>> DIFF_EXCLUDES is a list of files generated in $S not automatically 
>>> excluded from the source package:
>>>
>>>     https://cygwin.github.io/cygport/pkg_pkg_cygpart.html#robo384
>>>
>>> "A list of file names, directory names, or glob patterns in $S which 
>>> will be excluded when creating the .src.patch file. This should be 
>>> used for files automatically generated in $S to avoid polluting the 
>>> patch.
>>> NOTE
>>> Files generated by various buildsystem infrastructures, such as 
>>> autoconf, automake, gettext, and libtool are already excluded 
>>> automatically and need not be listed here."
>
>>> Add to DIFF_EXCLUDES the names of any files you see after the output 
>>> header:
>>>
>>>>>> Creating source patches
>
>> Ok, thanks for these clear hints. I've now added these files as 
>> suggested. The revised version is attached.
>> Moreover, I've removed (commented) all aspects for building of 
>> python-biosig bindings, in order not to delay the inclusion of Biosig 
>> in Cygwin.
>> Is there anything else that need to be considered ?
>
> CATEGORY is a *space* separated list in quotes.
>
> Before SRC_URI and PATCH_URI normally comes:
>
>     HOMEPAGE=https://sourceforge.net/projects/biosig/files/
>
> you don't need to add quotes for nonspaced strings.
>
> You may also test your cygport and any other source patches and files 
> you require by creating and committing them into a local git repo 
> named the same as the package (preferably all lower case) and pushing 
> to the git-cygwin-packages playground repo and branch:
>
> git push --set-upstream ssh://cygwin/git/cygwin-packages/playground.git
> playground -f
>
> which will submit the build to the Cygwin GitHub Action CI and print 
> the link for you to monitor the CI job, view the build logs for 
> noarch, x86, and x86_64, and download them.
>


In order to use the playgroun, I guess I need to provide my ssh key. 
Here it is:

Name: Alois Schloegl
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Cheers,
   Alois