bring ExMplayer to debian repo

[freddii]

It is not possible to install ExMplayer from debian repo.
It would be usefull to be able to install it in future from debian repo.

https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/

[freddii]

It would be nice to have ExMplayer in debians repo.
It is the only player i know that has a mini-preview-image when sliding over the timeline.

There are two solutions to add it:

1. request an ITP ( Intent to Package request) if you want to package it yourself for Debian
2. request a RFP (Request for Package request) if you want someone else to pick it up and package it for Debian.

There is some help about "Request for Package" and "Intent to Package" for debian at:

https://wiki.debian.org/ITP
https://wiki.debian.org/RFP
https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1

So you have to do a bug report at debian where you either "Request for Package" or "Intent to Package" ExMplayer.

you can do that by running in terminal:

reportbug -B debian

Number 1, ITP, is what to pick if you have packaged it and want to submit it.
Number 5, RFP, is what to pick if you want someone else to package it.

RFP are listed after that at:
https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/requested_byage

Maybe you @rupeshs as the programmer can do that bug report.

[rupeshs]

@freddii Thanks for sharing this. Let me look into the possibility of packaging for Debian.

[rupeshs]

Filed ITP @Debian
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=981806

[rupeshs]

exmplayer package uploaded to debian (Waiting for a sponsor)
https://mentors.debian.net/package/exmplayer/

[rupeshs]

Unfortunately, we didn't get any sponsors.

[freddii]

yes. seams to be hard.

[freddii]

I installed ExMplayer from source with:

 git clone https://github.com/rupeshs/ExMplayer
 cd ExMplayer
 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
 cd ..
 sudo dpkg -i exmplayer_*_amd64.deb
 sudo apt-get install -f -y