Thanks Emmanuel for such detailed introduction. Although not with the official policies, I have quite some experience on Debian as user (~15 years) and packaging (~2 years). In my company all the internal deployment process is fully based on Debian processes, including tools such dch, dpkg-buildpackage, jdeb, reprepro, etc.
I've just submitted my request to Alioth. Assuming that Benedikt would pick commons-math3 to start, what other package do you see as target for me to be sponsored? Thanks. On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > Le 19/10/2015 21:36, Benedikt Ritter a écrit : > > > One thing I'd like to work on, is taking care that all Commons Components > > can be build with Maven at the Debian project. So some pointers on how > that > > works would be really appreciated. > > Benedikt, Sergio, > > Thank you very much for offering your help. I've compiled a quick start > guide to work on the Debian packages. Let me know if you have any > question. You can also get some help on IRC (#debian-java on OFTC). > > For switching to Maven I recommend using the commons-math3 package as a > reference (you can find more examples with "build-rdeps > maven-debian-helper"). > > Emmanuel Bourg > > -------- > > Part I - Install your development environment > > 1. Download the minimal ISO (netinst) for installing Debian: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ > > 2. Install it (on a spare box, or in a virtual machine) > > 3. Upgrade to the testing distribution > > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace stable with testing > Run: > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > 4. Upgrade to the unstable distribution (same procedure) > > 5. Install the development tools: > > apt-get install build-essential svn-buildpackage git-buildpackage > quilt default-jdk gnupg-agent topgit > > 6. Edit ~/.profile and add your name and your email: > > export MAIL=john...@example.org > export DEBFULLNAME="John Doe" > > 7. Create or import a SSH key > > 8. Create the file ~/.quiltrc and add: > > QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches > QUILT_NO_DIFF_INDEX=1 > QUILT_NO_DIFF_TIMESTAMPS=1 > QUILT_REFRESH_ARGS="-p ab" > > 9. Create the file ~/.lintianrc and add: > > color = always > pedantic = yes > display-experimental = yes > display-info = yes > > 10. Create the file ~/.devscripts and add: > > DEBCHECKOUT_SOURCE=always > > 11. Create an account on http://alioth.debian.org, and upload your SSH > public key there. > > 12. Join the Java Team on alioth: > https://alioth.debian.org/project/request.php?group_id=30085 > > > > Part II - Update a package > > 1. Checkout the package: > > debcheckout --auth <packagename> > > 2. Install the build dependencies > > sudo apt-get build-deps <packagename> > > 3. Modify the package > > 4. Update the debian/changelog file with: > > dch --team > > 5. Rebuild the package: > > debuild > > 6. Commit your changes (with svn commit or git commit, git push), one > commit per modification preferably, instead of a one big commit. > > 7. When the package is ready, notify the debian-java list about the > changes you made. A Debian Developer will review them and upload the > package. > > 8. Celebrate your first package update! :) > > > > Tips and tricks > > - Finding a package containing a specific file: > > apt-file find <filename> > > - Finding a package containing a Maven artifact: > > apt-file find <artifactId> | grep pom > > - Inspecting the content of a .deb file: > > dpkg -c foo.deb > > - Inspecting the metadata of a .deb file: > > dpkg -I foo.deb > > - Displaying the reverse dependencies of a package: > > build-rdeps <package> > apt-cache showpkg <package> > > > Ressources > > Quilt for Debian Maintainers > http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/howto/quilt.html > > Using Quilt > http://wiki.debian.org/UsingQuilt > > Maintainer Dashboard (pkg-java) > > http://udd.debian.org/dmd.cgi?email1=pkg-java-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org > > Guidelines for Packages Maintained on git.debian.org:/git/pkg-java > http://wiki.debian.org/Java/JavaGit > > > -- Sergio Fernández Partner Technology Manager Redlink GmbH m: +43 6602747925 e: sergio.fernan...@redlink.co w: http://redlink.co
