Packaging lightsd

lightsd has already been packaged for:

• Mac OS X’s Homebrew: https://github.com/lopter/homebrew-lightsd;
• Arch Linux (AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lightsd/;
• Debian/Ubuntu: https://github.com/lopter/dpkg-lightsd;
• OpenWRT: https://github.com/lopter/openwrt-lightsd.

Here is what you need to know to build lightsd in order to be distributed:

• make sure CMake’s build type is set to RELEASE;

• lightsd needs a runtime directory, this must be configured via CMake using LGTD_RUNTIME_DIRECTORY (e.g: /run/lightsd);

• lightsd needs a lightsd user, make sure it is created when the package gets installed and make sure the user is informed, e.g:

  lightsd runs under the `lightsd' user and group by default; add yourself
  to this group to be able to open lightsd's socket and pipe under
  /run/lightsd:
  
    gpasswd -a $USER lightsd
  
  Re-open your current desktop or ssh session for the change to take effect.
  Then use systemctl to start lightsd; you can start playing with lightsd
  with:
  
    $(lightsd --prefix)/share/lightsd/examples/lightsc.py
  

• make sure lightsd is built with hardening flags;

• make sure the protocol documentation and the examples are properly shipped.

Overall, I’m all in favor of a tight collaboration between up and downstream and have enough experience to package lightsd myself on pretty much any operating system; most of it will be automated with the release process down the road. What I really need is help to get lightsd in official distribution channels and repositories.