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FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server HEADLINE: Simple support for modifying installed packages from source DESCRIPTION: For instance if user wants to modify system installe
by dman 10y ago
FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server
HEADLINE: Simple support for modifying installed packages from source
DESCRIPTION:
For instance if user wants to modify system installed Python to either submit a bugfix/ implement an improvement/ add instrumentation. User should be able to easily do something like
a. apt fork python forkname (checks out python source code)
b. apt build-fork forkname
c. apt install-fork forkname
d. apt revert-fork forkname
Adding above will lower barrier to entry for users to submit improvements. It will also help power users.
- JdeBP 10y agoAPT already has the ability to fetch source packages, build new binary packages them from (modified) source, and install them. It's not as seamless as, say, the integration between the FreeBSD packages and ports systems, but it is there.
- kasabali 10y ago"apt-build" package is similar to what you've described. Package description talks about compiler optimizations but don't let this mislead you.