Re: [OF] template or empty package

[Carnë Draug]

On 24 April 2017 at 23:32, Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there an official template for an OF package?
> I guess this should include:
>
> 1. The basic folder structure
> 2. The latest Makefile
> 3. All the upper case files (NEWS, DESCRIPTION, CITATION, etc.) with
> explanatory text.
> 4. A README.md file with the explanation on how to use the template,
> e.g. what to do if there is no source code? what to do if there is no
> citation? etc. In particular when-to and how-to use the files PKG_ADD,
> PKG_DEL, pre_install.m, post_install.m, on_uninstall.m; which I think
> are controversial.
>
> (I guess 4. is an update to the Octave manual as well).
>
> If it exist shouldn't it be linked from here
> https://octave.sourceforge.io/developers.php ?
>
> Thanks

There is nothing official but there are the examples I made for my
packaging talks [1].  I guess they could be added to the templates,
next to the Makefile [2].

Carnë

[1] https://bitbucket.org/carandraug/talk-creating-octave-packages/
[2] 
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/octave/project-web/file/73ce5d49fe90/htdocs/templates