Get Everpad into the Debian repository

[e2jk]

Would allow all Debian derivatives (including Ubuntu) to get it straight out of their repos, without having to go through a PPA.

This issue is meant as a master issue, to list all the steps needed to get Everpad into the official repository.

• ~~#388 Provide a manpage~~
• #382 Depend on python-thrift instead of providing it.
• #255 Package must be cross-architecture
• #136 Separating the several components into different packages (the master everpad package would only install Ubuntu-specific stuff on Ubuntu)
• to be continued

[e2jk]

I have created an Intent To Package bug report on the Debian bug tracker: #739637

[philsf]

Kudos on the effort, @e2jk! Any recent progress in this package?

[e2jk]

No, I've stopped using Evernote/Everpad mid 2014 (see comment 36 on the Debian bug). I'm not aware of anyone else working on this recently, and the Debian bug had not received any attention since my last message.

[philsf]

How far did you go on that package? Did you manage it to work, for any snapshot of upstream?

I did a naive attempt to compile your package, but it added two or three wrong deps (e.g. python-py-oauth2 instead of python-oauth2), as well as the correct deps. It shouldn't be hard to fix, provided I manage to find where the error comes from.

It would be much easier if I knew, say, a specific commit where the package fully works, and then work my way forward. ;-)

[e2jk]

I don't really remember how far. You should just start over again, picking stuff out where possible and check how the upstream Ubuntu package is set up.

Good luck. Emilien