ITP: dev-common -- cvs/svn snapshot package building aid

[Mark Howard <mh@tildemh.com>]

Note: This is not for inclusion in the main Debian repository, nor are
any dev-gnome packages. This is not being sent to the bts.

* Package name    : dev-common
  Upstream Author : Mark Howard <mh@debian.org> (and others?)
* License         : GPL
  Description     : cvs/svn snapshot package building aid

 An abstract build system based on Makefile inheritance, inspired by
 cdbs, with as much automation as possible. 

 The reason for building this package is to make it possible to easily
 create a large number of cvs snapshot packages, hopefully all of gnome.
 Garnome is just too slow to set up for my liking :)

 Features:
   * source packages consist of cvs/svn checkout and a debian directory
         containing a rules file, possibly with only a single line to
         include the dev-common makefile.
   * Update target determines upstrem repository details from e.g. CVS
         directory,  updates the source and creates a new upstream tarball
   * configure/build targets determine requirements from source and
         pulls in the appropriate cdbs rules.
   * control file generator generates a control file from source files.
   * Enough flexibility to make it possible to produce packages of the
     standard Debian quality 

Current status: planning.

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