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Managing the Bazaar PPA
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See also: `Bazaar Developer Document Catalog <index.html>`_.
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We build Ubuntu ``.deb`` packages for Bazaar as an important part of the release
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process. These packages are hosted in a few `Personal Package Archives (PPA)`__ on
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__ https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart
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As of June 2008, there are three PPAs:
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive>
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Final released versions.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr-beta-ppa/+archive>
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Releases and release candidates.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr-nightly-ppa/+archive>
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Automatic nightly builds from trunk.
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We build packages for every supported Ubuntu release
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<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases>. Packages need no longer be updated
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when the release passes end-of-life because all users should
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have upgraded by then. (As of May 2008, Edgy Eft is no longer supported.)
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We build a distinct package for each distrorelease. As of bzr 1.5, Dapper
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uses ``python-support`` and later distributions use ``python-central``.
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If you upload a release-specific version, you should add a suffix to the
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package version, e.g. ``bzr.1.3-1~bazaar1~dapper1``.
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Every package is first uploaded into the beta ppa. For final release
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versions it is also copied to the main PPA.
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The packaging information is kept in branches of bzr on Launchpad, named
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<https://code.launchpad.net/~bzr/bzr/packaging-hardy>.
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<lp:~bzr/bzr/packaging-hardy>. These branches are intended to be used
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with the ``bzr-builddeb`` plugin.
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* You must have a Launchpad account and be a member of the teams
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that own these PPAs (``~bzr``, ``~bzr-beta-ppa``).
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* You must have a GPG key registered to your Launchpad account.
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* Configure ``dput`` to upload to our PPA with this section in your
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fqdn = ppa.launchpad.net
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incoming = ~bzr-beta-ppa/ubuntu
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allow_unsigned_uploads = 0
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fqdn = ppa.launchpad.net
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incoming = ~bzr/ubuntu
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allow_unsigned_uploads = 0
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You may also want to add these lines to prevent inadvertently attempting
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to upload into Ubuntu or Debian, which will give a somewhat unclear
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default_host_main = notspecified
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* Configure ``bzr-builddeb`` to sign the package, which is required for
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Launchpad to build it. Put this in ``~/.bazaar/builddeb.conf`` ::
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builder = dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
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source-builder= dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -S -sa
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* You need a Ubuntu (or probably Debian) machine, and ::
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sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts dput quilt patch
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* You will also want to have the `bzr-builddeb`_ plugin installed, which
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depends on `bzrtools`_.
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.. _`bzr-builddeb`: http://launchpad.net/bzr-builddeb
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.. _`bzrtools`: http://launchpad.net/bzrtools
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For people who have already set up everything they need, building the
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release packages is as simple as::
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cd ~/dev/bzr/releases/packaging
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export UBUNTU_RELEASES="dapper feisty gutsy hardy intrepid"
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~/dev/bzr/bzr.dev/tools/packaging/update-packaging-branches.sh
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~/dev/bzr/bzr.dev/tools/packaging/update-changelogs.sh 1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1
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~/dev/bzr/bzr.dev/tools/packaging/build-packages
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dput bzr-beta-ppa bzr_1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1*.changes
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#. You will end up checking out a separate directory for each supported
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release. Such as ``~/dev/bzr/releases/packaging/hardy``
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#. Decide on the final version number. It should be of this form::
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bzr-1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1~hardy1
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**Note:** There are three hyphen-separated parts: the *package name*,
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the *upstream version*, and the *packaging version*.
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**Caution:** Upstream betas or release candidates must insert a tilde
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to make them sort before the final release, like this:
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``bzr-1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1~hardy1``.
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Final releases will use a release string of the form:
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``bzr-1.6-1~bazaar1~hardy1``
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#. Export the distroreleases that you will be packaging for::
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export UBUNTU_RELEASES="dapper feisty gutsy hardy intrepid"
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#. Checkout (or update) the packaging branch for each supported release::
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bzr co lp:~bzr/bzr/packaging-hardy
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There is a script available to help::
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tools/packaging/update-packaging-branches.sh
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#. The ``bzr-builddeb`` step will download the original tarball if you do
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not already have it, putting it into a ``tarballs`` directory.
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#. For Bazaar plugins, change the ``debian/control`` file to express a
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dependency on the correct version of ``bzr``.
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For bzrtools this is typically::
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Build-Depends-Indep: bzr (>= 1.6~), rsync
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Depends: ${python:Depends}, bzr (>= 1.6~), bzr (<< 1.7~), patch
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#. Make a new ``debian/changelog`` entry for the new release,
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either by using ``dch`` or just editing the file::
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dch -v '1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1~hardy1' -D hardy
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dch will default to the distro you're working in and this isn't checked
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against the version number (which is just our convention), so make sure
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Make sure you have the correct email address for yourself, version
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number, and distribution. It should look something like this::
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bzr (1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1~hardy1) hardy; urgency=low
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* New upstream release.
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-- John Sample <sample@example.com> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:27 +1100
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If you need to upload the package again to fix a problem, normally you
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should increment the last number in the version number, following the
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distro name. Make sure not to omit the initial ``-1``, and make sure
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that the distro name in the version is consistent with the target name
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outside the parenthesis.
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You will also want to commit these changes into the packaging branch.
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There is a helper script which will update the changelog and commit it
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for all of your ``$UBUNTU_RELEASES``. It is available as::
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tools/packaging/update-changelogs.sh
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You must supply the release string, such as::
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tools/packaging/update-changelogs.sh 1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1
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It will automatically append the distro numbering on the end.
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#. Build the source packages::
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cd packaging-$DISTRO; bzr builddeb -S
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This will create a ``.changes`` file. If you didn't configure builddeb
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to automatically sign them, you can use ::
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debsign -m$UID *.changes
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where ``$UID`` is the gpg key you want to use to sign the changes.
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#. Upload into the beta PPA for each release::
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dput bzr-beta-ppa bzr_1.6-1*.changes
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#. For final release versions, also copy it into the ``~bzr`` PPA::
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dput bzr-ppa ../bzr_1.6-1\~bazaar1\~hardy1\_source.changes
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Alternatively, you can use Launchpad's "copy" feature to copy the
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packages between repositories.
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#. You should soon get an "upload accepted" mail from Launchpad, which
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means that your package is waiting to be built. You can then track its
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progress in <https://launchpad.net/~bzr-beta-ppa/+archive> and
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr-beta-ppa/+archive/+builds>.
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Monitoring the contents of PPAs
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If you add all the bzr PPAs to your ``sources.list`` then you can see a
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summary of current package versions with::
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apt-cache madison bzr
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