launchpadtools 0.4.0

Tools for Debian/Ubuntu Launchpad

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

1. bump the __version__ number and

2. tag and upload to PyPi:

   $ make publish

License

The launchpadtools are published under the MIT license.