Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of AddingOrRebuildingASuite

Timestamp:

06/29/12 16:32:50 (12 years ago)

Author:

jdreed

Comment:

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AddingOrRebuildingASuite

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 == Bootstrapping a new suite ==
 
-1. Add the new distribution to `scripts/debian-versions.sh`.  This is done by adding a new case in the `gettag` function.  Assuming the suite has not yet been released, the value should have an additional `~0.1` tag appended to it.  (The new suite should not be added to the `DEBIAN_CODES` variable until it has been released, as the value of that line determines whether to include the new suite when doing a "normal" build of a single package.)
+1. Add the new distribution to `scripts/debian-versions.sh`.  This is done by adding a new case in the `gettag` function.  Assuming the suite has not yet been released, the value should have an additional `~0.1` tag appended to it.  (The new suite should not be added to the `DEBIAN_CODES` variable until it has been released, as the value of that line determines whether to include the new suite when doing a "normal" build of a single package.  The `~0.1` ensures that pre-release packages sort lower than released packages -- e.g. debathena-foo_1.0~ubuntu12.04 will be "newer" than debathena-foo_1.0~ubuntu12.04~0.1)
 
 2. Add an appropriate entry in `scripts/build-server/sources.list.d/{debian|ubuntu}/$suite.list`.