Automate the packaging of eSim

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

Description

Currently the packaging in eSim is done manually.

However, it is difficult to package everything and follow the steps as new features get added on.

It also takes huge amount of time and the developer also needs to go through a proper checklist.

We need to automate the packaging of eSim to solve the above problems.

Steps to Reproduce

Automate the packaging of eSim.

Expected Behavior

A script/code should package the eSim automatically and the developer must have to do minor changes to the script whenever there are change in modules.

Version and OS

• eSim-2.2 onwards
• OS: Windows (whichever supported by eSim)

[saicharan0112]

@Eyantra698Sumanto What do you mean by packaging (I mean which branches are packed together)? I have been developing CI for a few opensource tools. Maybe I can help you in packaging and releasing the eSim automatically.

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

@saicharan0112 Please have a look at the following repository: https://github.com/FOSSEE/eSim/tree/installers/Windows

We are planning to automate the packaging of eSim Windows. Currently, the installers for the same are created manually and then passed to NSIS. But we want to automate the process so that maintenance becomes easy.

Also, Ubuntu Installer is available here: https://github.com/FOSSEE/eSim/tree/installers/Ubuntu

Please give us your valuable comments!!!

Thank You.

[saicharan0112]

@Eyantra698Sumanto This looks pretty much straight forward to me. It can be done using GHA without any hustle. Do you want me to try for Ubuntu?

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

@saicharan0112 Yes it would be great if you could try and let us know!!!

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

@saicharan0112 If you have any update, please let us know.

[saicharan0112]

@Eyantra698Sumanto Definitely. I will give an update this week. I was busy with my office work all these days.

[saicharan0112]

@Eyantra698Sumanto Here is the release that is automatically done by GHA - https://github.com/saicharan0112/eSim/releases/tag/test_tag1

Can you check whether it has all the required files?

If so, I can create a PR so that you people can use it for eSim Ubuntu release

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

@saicharan0112, Thanks a lot. I quickly went through it. Can you please provide us with a doc or readme mentioning the steps on how you automate it using GHA. Also, please correct the file name "nghld.zip" to "nghdl.zip". We will look into other files carefully and give some more comments in some time.

@rahulp13 feel free to comment.

[saicharan0112]

@Eyantra698Sumanto Checkout these jobs - https://github.com/saicharan0112/eSim/actions/runs/3356398346/jobs/5561435527

Their names should give you the idea of steps.. This GHA should take care of all the steps you mentioned in this readme file https://github.com/FOSSEE/eSim/tree/installers/Ubuntu

[saicharan0112]

It also create a release whenever you create a tag starting with "v"

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

@saicharan0112 Thanks Sai. It looks quite good. Yes, please create a pull request. If possible create another branch as Automated Packaging and then create a pull request. Also, for Windows, will the GHA be feasible? We are using the NSI script for installation and all stuff.

[saicharan0112]

@Eyantra698Sumanto I would like to point out two things in this improvement, which I hope you already observed.

• It doesn't check for eSim executable. It directly copies the source code (src/ folder) from nghdl and eSim.
• I couldn't find any eSim_manual.pdf file in the library/figures something location. However, I observed that we are deleting all the content except this pdf (if present). Is that what you would expect?

[Eyantra698Sumanto]

@saicharan0112

• Yay correct. eSim doesn't have an executable binary as of now. This approach should be correct. However, I need to install and test it once.
• Earlier eSim had an HTML-based manual. However, we switched on to LaTeX now. So, the eSim_manual.pdf needs to be there. Here is the link to the eSim manual: https://static.fossee.in/esim/manuals/eSim_Manual_2.3.pdf

[rahulp13]

@saicharan0112 your gha for Ubuntu looks promising. Some tweaks may be required, but you can proceed with the PR. Regarding the manual, we can automate it by fetching it from the above URL pattern.