Project Ideas Build ScanCode Installers

Build ScanCode Installers for Supported OSes

The goal of this project is finsh the work done during GSoC 2019 and extend it even further. See https://aboutcode.readthedocs.io/en/latest/aboutcode-docs/gsoc_2019.html#create-linux-distros-and-freebsd-packages-for-scancode

The first step is to create proper distro packages for RPM, Debian, FreeBSD and as many other distros such as Nix and GUIX, Alpine, Arch and Gentoo (and possibly also AppImage.org packages and Docker images) and submit these package to the distros.

The second step would be to create scancode installers for Windows, macOS and linux via a snap package. The focus would be to get a scancode-toolkit package installable via the various OSS package managers on Windows and macOS (homebrew etc).

Additionally, we would need to create .exe or .pkg installer files for Windows and macOS

This requires a good understanding of packaging and Python.

• Level

  • Intermediate to Advanced

• Tech

  • Python, Windows, macOS, Linux, C/C++ for native code. Packaging

• URLS

  • https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/487
  • https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/469

• Mentor

  • @majurg https://github.com/majurg
  • @pombredanne https://github.com/pombredanne