Bug#764567: ITP: obs-build -- Build DEB/RPM packages for various distributions inside a chroot

[Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@debian.org>]

Hey,

On 9 October 2014 05:21, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
>
> * Package name    : obs-build
>   Version         : Git snapshot (every commit is a release)
>   Upstream Author : Michael Schroeder (https://github.com/mlschroe)
> * URL             : https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-build
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: Perl
>   Description     : Build DEB/RPM packages for various distributions inside a chroot
>
>  OBS Build creates chroots and builds DEB/RPM packages for various
>  Linux distributions. In Debian, this package fills a gap: it allows one to
>  build packages for the openSUSE/SLES distributions on Debian system.
>  .
>  Its only task is to reliably populate a chroot and attempt to build
>  a package in that chroot. It is used by the Open Build System provided
>  by SUSE, but can also be use as a standalone tool.
>  .
>  Optionally, builds can take place in KVM or XEN instance.
>

I think we had a mid-air collision:
https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/obs-build_20140918-1.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762949

I'm happy to co-maintain this package.

-- 
Regards,

Dimitri.