From: Rogério Brito Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:19:24 +0000 (-0300) Subject: debian: Add a README.source file describing how the package is usually made. X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/commitdiff_plain/e93e4d7625503b08a06df20255c4c54c8d6f38a7 debian: Add a README.source file describing how the package is usually made. This is the "if I get hit by a bus" instructions on taking over my packages. --- diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3604f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Debian packaging for youtube-dl +------------------------------- + +A quick summary of how one can update the Debian packaging of youtube-dl is +to, assuming that one already has the packages `devscripts`, +`git-buildpackage`, and `pristine-tar` installed: + + git clone git+ssh://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/youtube-dl.git + cd youtube-dl + git branch upstream origin/upstream + git branch pristine-tar origin/pristine-tar + git-import-orig --pristine-tar --uscan + [ Make here some adaptations, like updating debian/patches, if needed ] + git-buildpackage --git-pristine-tar + +These are the important steps and may need to be changed according to +deviations, say, in the release process of upstream releases (e.g., if +upstream changes the location where the tarballs reside). + + -- Rogério Brito , Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:25:01 -0300