Developing a simple addon : github, ckan

[DarkNounours]

Hi community.

I quite new to the developing process of a quite simple add-on.
My add-on is just a cfg file and has already been developped and tested, but I don't know how to proceed to:

• create the approriate github structure
• create dependencies to other mods
• create a release
• reference the mod so that it can be installed with CKAN.

Do you know ressources I could read ? I guess I am not the first one looking for this kind of information....

Kindly yours,

DarkNounours

[zer0Kerbal]

Congrats!

Take a look at @linuxgurugamer's github repo. He has a very standardized way of doing things that works for him.

Most of what you need is in these files:

• Mod.version
• Readme.md
• license.txt

Only comment on licenses (which you really need to have one at least in you 32bit .zip release file) is probably stay away from the CC licenses. MIT/GPL/WTFPL are very well suited for KSP mods. One might be tempted to include the Non-Commercial clause, but that is just a way to shoot yourself in the foot.

CKAN submission can be automated through Spacedock. When you create the Mod entry / or update with a new file (IIRC) just check the CKAN box.

Further questions about CKAN -> @HebaruSan

Good Luck!

[HebaruSan]

On 2/1/2020 at 12:56 PM, DarkNounours said:

• reference the mod so that it can be installed with CKAN.

There's a wiki for that:

• https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/wiki/Adding-a-mod-to-the-CKAN

... though checking the checkbox on SpaceDock definitely is the easiest way.