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November2012
Android app sources
There were several requests for the source code of the android application Slax Installer. I've published the source code on github, feel free to submit any patches which could improve the application. By the way, I don't even know how to compile the whole thing, so introducing an INSTALL or HOWTO-COMPILE file would be helpful as well :) If you wish to become maintainer of the github code, let me know, since I'm not skilled/interested enough to check the code or approve/deny the patches.
User comments
Tomas, in Porteus 1.0, I am recreating my modules using the command strip --strip-all in the binary files. Sometimes, it reduces the file a lot, removing debug symbols. The command is used like below:
strip --strip-all binary_file
Do you use it in Slax?
Does RC2 will have "debtosb" or "lzmtosb" support or any other kind of installer for slax 7.
Regarding strip: I'm using strip --strip-unneeded, not strip-all. Some binaries will stop working if you use strip-all.
Regarding lzm tools: I don't have any plan to support old LZM format in Slax 7, I am sorry. You'll have to rebuild your modules entirely to make them work for Slax 7 anyway, so supporting the old format is somehow not needed IMHO.
IMHO you are doing what windows is doing with the surface what you see is what you get. I know for a fact that the Porteus scripts work in Slax-7 all you have to do is rename them. So what is your personal reason not to accept your own old work.
I did not know that some binary files could stop working. All the files I tested kept working.
We are interested in modifying the Android SLAX installer to create installer for our distribution. However the github source has no clear license. It would help if you would include License information to the source. Thanks.
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That's great!
The code is looking good to me.
Thanks for publishing.