Public bug reported:
config-package-dev is a set of extension modules for CDBS and Debhelper
(including a dh7 sequencer module) to allow site sysadmins to create
Debian packages for system configuration. It's extensively used by the
MIT Debathena project, where it originated, and used by a handful of
other sites.
I released config-package-dev 5.0 a few days ago (it's Debian-native),
which includes the Debhelper and dh7 support. The current version of
config-package-dev in the Ubuntu archive only supports CDBS.
The CDBS module in config-package-dev 5.0 remains completely API-
compatible with 4.x, and furthermore, there are no packages in the
archive that build-depend on config-package-dev (since it's primarily
intended for use at a specific site to configure their OS, not by an
upstream distribution), so the regression potential is basically
nonexistent. I've tested the new version on everything in Debathena, to
be confident.
Syncing config-package-dev would allow us to encourage its use by folks
learning Debian packaging today, since dh7 is gaining popularity over
CDBS. I gave a lightning talk at UDS-Q about config-package-dev, and the
number one question I received is "When will it support dh7 and not just
CDBS?" I intend to file backport requests, once it's synced into Raring
(I've tested that it builds cleanly on Lucid onwards).
config-package-dev (5.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Add Debhelper support (Debathena: #867) (Closes: #693672). This
release includes a new command, dh_configpackage, and a sequencer
extension, dh --with config-package.
* Use the terms "displace" and "hide" for actions of the
config-package-dev system, instead of the terms "divert" and
"remove", which already have existing (related) meanings in the
context of Debian packages.
* Move examples/* to examples/cdbs/*, and create examples/debhelper/*,
with the same packages using Debhelper 7-style packaging.
* Change config-package-dev's own packaging to Debhelper 7.
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes required).
* Update Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser locations to new upstream.
* Drop CDBS runtime dependency. CDBS users should be explicitly
Build-Depending on CDBS, probably through use of the @cdbs@ macro in
debian/control.in.
-- Geoffrey Thomas <[email protected]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:14:42 -0800
** Affects: config-package-dev (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[FFe] Please sync config-package-dev 5.0 from Debian sid main
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