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diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a24270a --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +General maintenance + + This package is maintained in Git via the Alioth pkg-cryptsetup project. + Alioth is used only for repository access control and mailinglist hosting, + not for any of its other features. + + This package uses the "3.0 (quilt)" source format. + +Importing a new upstream release + + Since upstream release 1.7.2, we use cryptographically signed Git release + tags as basis for the Debian cryptsetup package. + + To import a new upstream release into our packaging repository, do the + following: + + 0. Ensure that you have the cryptsetup upstream Git repository available + as a remote in the Git repository where you're doing the packaging + work and it's up to date: + + git remote add upstream https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.git + git config remote.upstream.fetch +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/upstream/master + git branch -u refs/remotes/upstream/master upstream/latest + git config remote.upstream.tagOpt --tags + + 1. Merge the newest upstream release tag (pass --upstream-version=$VERSION + if you want a specific upstream version) into the 'debian/latest' + branch of your packaging repository: + + gbp import-orig --uscan + + That commands does all the magic, namely + - updating the `upstream` remote, + - verifying the cryptographic signature on the upstream tag 'v$VERSION', + - creating a new tag 'upstream/$VERSION' with 'v$VERSION' as additional parent, and + - merging 'upstream/$VERSION' it into 'debian/latest' + + N. After development and testing, the final packages to be uploaded to + Debian are built and tagged in the repository as follows: + + gbp buildpackage --git-tag + + -- Jonas Meurer <jonas@freesources.org> Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:39:49 +0200 |