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Re: [devel.cofsug] Fwd: Debian Packaging Tutorial



Addition at bottom :-

2011/5/30 shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:
> At bottom :-
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:43, Praveen A <pravi.a@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Very nice tutorials from Lucas Nussbaum.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>
>> Date: 2011/5/5
>> Subject: Debian Packaging Tutorial
>> To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I’ve been working on a Debian packaging tutorial. It is composed of
>> about 60 slides providing a throughout overview of Debian packaging.
>>
>> It now reached the point where I consider it ready for use, and I am
>> looking forward to reviews and comments.
>> The document is split into 4 different PDFs:
>> * the tutorial itself:
>>  http://git.debian.org/?p=users/lucas/packaging-tutorial.git;a=blob_plain;f=packaging-tutorial.pdf;hb=refs/heads/pdf
>> * a practical session about modifying the ‘grep’ package:
>>  http://git.debian.org/?p=users/lucas/packaging-tutorial.git;a=blob_plain;f=pract1-grep.pdf;hb=refs/heads/pdf
>> * a practical session about packaging the ‘gnujump’ game from scratch:
>>  http://git.debian.org/?p=users/lucas/packaging-tutorial.git;a=blob_plain;f=pract2-gnujump.pdf;hb=refs/heads/pdf
>> * a practical session about packaging a Java library:
>>  http://git.debian.org/?p=users/lucas/packaging-tutorial.git;a=blob_plain;f=pract3-java.pdf;hb=refs/heads/pdf
>>
>> And of course, it can be found on git.debian.org:
>> git clone git://git.debian.org/~lucas/packaging-tutorial.git
>>
>> Comments very much welcomed!
>>
>> - Lucas
>
> Hi all,
>  Dunno if its relevant or not but few days ago Lucas packaged all the
> relevant information in a package called packaging-tutorial.
>
> $ aptitude show packaging-tutorial
> Package: packaging-tutorial
> State: not installed
> Version: 0.1
> Priority: extra
> Section: doc
> Maintainer: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
> Uncompressed Size: 901 k
> Description: introduction to Debian packaging
>  This tutorial is an introduction to Debian packaging. It teaches prospective
>  developers how to modify existing packages, how to create their own
>  packages, and how to interact with the Debian community. In addition to the
>  main tutorial, it includes three practical sessions on modifying the 'grep'
>  package, and packaging the 'gnujump' game and a Java library.
>
> As can be seen, right now its in unstable
>
> $ apt-show-versions -a packaging-tutorial
> Not installed
> No stable version
> No testing version
> packaging-tutorial 0.1 sid ftp.us.debian.org
> packaging-tutorial not installed
>
> So most probably it would in the stable repo. there for wheezy .
>
> Btw does anybody know what's happening about the minidebconf ? Any updates ?
>
>> --
>> പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍
>> You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your
>> rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as
>> they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

I also put a blog post about a feature called debdelta-upgrade. This
is a feature I had been waiting for the past 6+ years in Debian/Ubuntu
which finally seems to having the light of the day.

http://wp.me/pfuZu-pa

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