RE: How to manage a new upstream version
On 08-Oct-99 Mauro Mazzieri wrote:
> I'm not an official maintainer, but I'm only willing to find someone who
> can sponsor me, so I take a package from the wnpp list a started to work
> on it.
>
> I'm working on hwtools. It's composed of many binary, and there are some
> new upstream version of them. My problem is: what is the best method to
> release a package with a new upstream version, without restarting all
> the work from scratch (dh_make etc...)?
>
What I typically do is:
grab the upstream source, try to compile it. Read/look for anything new and
different.
clean up said source
copy my debian/ dir from the last package version into the new source directory
fixed version number in changelog
fix any package issues due to upstream changes
build
test
test
upload
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