EndraApp/packaging/Packaging.md

Overview of Packaging System

Layers of Build Tools/Scripts

1. Packaging-Toolchains: Tools, developed by other projects, to package code projects into executable/installable packages. For example:
   • pyinstaller
   • flatpak-builder
   • buildozer
2. Build-Runners: Wrapper around packaging-toolchains, consisting of scripts and configuration files for packaging this project specifically, performing the following tasks:
   • install prerequisites
   • resolve and update python dependencies
   • document the exact versions of dependencies produced
   • configure packaging toolchains for use in this project
   • run packaping toolchains
3. Orchestration-Scripts: Wrapper around build-runners, performing:
   • decide which build to run on a given platform
   • commit reports generated by build-runners to version control
   • cross-repo coordination (for contributing via forks): update repos from upstream, push to fork repos, open pull requests