Theodore,
On 26.04.2026 11:59, Theodore Tucker wrote:
Hi all,
BuildStream 2.7.0 and its dependencies have now been accepted into
Debian's unstable/sid distribution.
Consequently, it should be possible to "just" `apt install
buildstream` in the next releases of Debian and Ubuntu, and have a
working BuildStream 2.x setup without the relatively high barriers of
building buildbox from source, or managing fiddly Python environments.
We have some CI in Debian to verify that the BuildStream package can
build the example projects in upstream documentation, but please do
not hesitate to report any bugs you find to the Debian bug tracker.
You can also keep up to date with the status of the Debian package on
the tracker, and I will endeavour to keep it in a good state as a
co-maintainer [1].
Thank you to the BuildStream and Debian developers who generously
assisted with this work and sponsored my uploads.
Kind regards,
Theodore
[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/buildstream
--
Theodore Tucker
[email protected]
Great work on this. And you did it in your free time as well, so I
think I speak on behalf of us all when I congratulate your work,
dedication, and persistence in getting this into Debian.
Will you be adding auto-updates to the BuildStream/BuildBox packages -
does Debian support that? My Nixpkgs derivations for the aforementioned
support automatically-created MRs for updating the packages, and I just
approve it. Then I backport it to a stable release, and its very simple
:-)
Best regards,
--
Dom Rodriguez (he/him)
Software Engineer
Codethink Ltd
Codethink delivers cutting edge open source design, development and
integration services.
https://codethink.co.uk
