Tools for Debian/Ubuntu Launchpad
Project description
Some tools for easing submission to launchpad.
Usage
All options are documented under launchpad-submit -h.
Backporting
Sometimes, new versions of Debian packages are released and not backported to older Ubuntu releases. Backporting those manually was always a little bit of a hassle.
With launchpad-submit, it becomes easy: Just
find the DSC file of the package you want to backport,
add a new PPA on launchpad.net, and
execute
launchpad-submit \ --dsc "http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/metis/metis_5.1.0.dfsg-4.dsc" \ --ubuntu-releases trusty \ --ppa nschloe/metis-backports
Submitting from source
Sometimes, you may want to submit a source package with a Debian configuration that is available somewhere else. This may help setting up a nightly submission process. As an example, take the nightly submission script for a Mixxx PPA.
#!/bin/sh -ue TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d) cleanup() { rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"; } trap cleanup EXIT ORIG_DIR="$TMP_DIR/orig" clone --ignore-hidden \ "https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx.git" \ "$ORIG_DIR" VERSION=$(grep "define MIXXX_VERSION" "$ORIG_DIR/src/defs_version.h" | sed "s/[^0-9]*\([0-9][\.0-9]*\).*/\1/") FULL_VERSION="$VERSION~$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S")" DEBIAN_DIR="$TMP_DIR/orig/debian" clone \ --subdirectory=debian/ \ "git://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-multimedia/mixxx.git" \ "$DEBIAN_DIR" launchpad-submit \ --work-dir "$TMP_DIR" \ --ubuntu-releases trusty xenial yakkety zesty \ --ppa nschloe/mixxx-nightly \ --version-override "$FULL_VERSION" \ --version-append-hash \ --update-patches
Installation
Python Package Index
The launchpad tools are available from the Python Package Index, so for installation/upgrading simply do
pip install -U launchpadtools
Manual installation
Download the launchpad tools from the Python Package Index. Place the launchpad tools in a directory where Python can find it (e.g., $PYTHONPATH). You can install it system-wide with
python setup.py install
Distribution
To create a new release
bump the __version__ number and
tag and upload to PyPi:
$ make publish
License
The launchpadtools are published under the MIT license.
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