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We build Ubuntu ``.deb`` packages for Bazaar as an important part of the
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release process. These packages are hosted in a few `Personal Package
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Archives (PPA)`__ on Launchpad.
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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 January 2011, there are the following PPAs:
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/ppa>
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Final released versions and updates.
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Most users who want updates to bzr should add this.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/proposed>
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Proposed uploads to move into ~bzr/ppa, awaiting testing.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/obsolete>
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A preserved copy of the final version of packages from ~bzr/ppa for
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obsolete Ubuntu series.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/beta>
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/beta-obsolete>
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A preserved copy of the final version of packages from
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~bzr/beta for obsolete Ubuntu series.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/daily>
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Automatic nightly builds from trunk.
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We build a distinct package for each distrorelease.
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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. ``1.3-1~bazaar1~dapper1``.
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Dapper uses the ``python-support`` framework and later distributions use
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``python-central``. This has little effect on everyday packaging but does
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mean that some of the control files are quite different.
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Beta releases of bzr and plugins are uploaded into the beta PPA.
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Final release versions are first uploaded into the proposed PPA, which
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serves as a staging area to allow for new packages to be tested, and also
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so that a complete set of Bazaar core and plugin updated versions can be
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prepared together, when negotiating an API version transition.
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Once ready, packages can be copied from the proposed PPA to the main PPA
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using the lp-promote-ppa script found within the hydrazine project. This
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procedure reduces the risk of broken packages or dependencies between
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packages in the main PPA from which many people get bzr updates.
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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/ubuntu/hardy/bzr/bzr-ppa>.
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<lp:~bzr/ubuntu/hardy/bzr/bzr-ppa>. These branches are intended to be used
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with the ``bzr-builddeb`` plugin.
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The page <http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/PpaPackagingBranches> is a
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reference to where the PPA packaging branches for each of the source
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packages in the ``~bzr`` PPAs may be found.
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As of June 2008, there are two 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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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.
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As of August 2010, the following releases are supported:
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* Jaunty (support ends October 2010)
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* Dapper LTS (supported but no longer updated for new releases)
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The ``rmadison bzr`` command will gives you an up-to-date summary
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of which bzr releases are current in each Ubuntu release.
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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 that has
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different packaging requirements. As of bzr 1.5, Dapper uses
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``python-support`` and later distributions use ``python-central``, so we
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build one version for dapper and one version for everything else. If you
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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 one distroversion of the beta ppa.
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It can then be copied to other compatible distroversions. For final
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release versions it is also copied to the main PPA.
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The ``debian/`` directory containing the packaging information is kept in
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branches on Launchpad, named like
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<https://code.launchpad.net/~bzr/bzr/packaging-hardy>.
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* You must have a Launchpad account and be a member of the team
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that owns these PPAs (``~bzr``).
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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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On reasonably recent versions of Ubuntu you no longer need special dput
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configuration, because you can just say ::
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dput ppa:bzr/proposed source.changes
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However, you may still want to add these lines to ``~/.dput.cf`` prevent
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inadvertently attempting to upload into Ubuntu or Debian, which will
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give a somewhat unclear error::
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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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fqdn = ppa.launchpad.net
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incoming = ~bzr/ubuntu
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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 libcrypt-ssleay-perl debhelper cdbs python-docutils
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Please update this document if you encounter unmet dependencies or find a
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shorter way to express them.
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* You will also want to have the `bzr-builddeb`_ plugin installed.
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.. _`bzr-builddeb`: http://launchpad.net/bzr-builddeb
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sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts dput quilt patch
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Overview of packaging with builddeb
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* First update the oldest supported branch, using ``bzr merge-upstream``.
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* Run ``bzr builddeb -S -- -sa`` to build a source package, then put
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(``-S`` says to make a source-only upload, which is
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required for Launchpad's builders. ``-sa`` says to include the
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``.orig.tgz`` even if this doesn't seem to be the first upload for an
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upstream release: this is often needed when rebuilding something that's
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previously been uploaded to Debian or Ubuntu or into a different PPA.)
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* Now merge across that change into each supported branch with a
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simple ``bzr merge``.
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Locally testing using pbuilder
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It may be useful to locally test builds inside pbuilder. You may want to
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use the script from <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=255165>
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to wrap it, and to give it sensible defaults for your local machine.
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Update all packages in proposed before copying to the main ppa
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If one updates bzr, and there are plugins that are not compatible with the
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new version of bzr, this can cause pain for users using the ppa. In order to
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avoid this, we first get all packages up to date in the proposed ppa, and then
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copy them to the main ppa.
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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 VERSION="1.17~rc1-1~bazaar1"
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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
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~/dev/bzr/bzr.dev/tools/packaging/update-control.sh 1.16 1.17 1.18
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~/dev/bzr/bzr.dev/tools/packaging/build-packages.sh
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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``. In each of these
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branches, you will produce the package for the release.
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The scripts will also create the branches and produce packages for
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bzrtools and bzr-svn.
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#. You will need a working directory for each supported release, such as
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bzr-1.17~rc1-1~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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There are three hyphen-separated parts: the *package name*, the *upstream
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version*, and the *packaging version*.
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**Caution:** Upstream betas or release candidates must insert a tilde
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``bzr-1.17~rc1-1~bazaar1~hardy1``.
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``bzr-1.17-1~bazaar1~hardy1``
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Set this base of this up as a usable environment variable::
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tools/packaging/update-packaging-branches.sh
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branches. You can find the Debian unstable branch here:
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http://bzr.debian.org/pkg-bazaar/
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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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``bzr-1.4~rc2-1~bazaar1``.
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#. Copy or hardlink the original tarball into your per-disto directory, under an
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appropriate name ending in ``.orig.tar.gz``. Untar it. The extracted
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source directory and ``.orig`` file must match the version number you
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calculated above. For example::
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tar xfvz bzr_1.6~beta3.orig.tar.gz
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Build-Depends-Indep: bzr (>= 1.17~), rsync
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There is a helper script which will update the control file and commit it
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for all of your ``$UBUNTU_RELEASES``. It is available as::
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tools/packaging/update-control.sh
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OLD_VERSION CURRENT_VERSION NEXT_VERSION, such as::
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against the version number (which is just our conversion), so make sure
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Make sure you have the correct email address for yourself (you may need
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export DEBEMAIL=`bzr whoami` if it isn't already set), version number, and
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distribution. It should look something like this::
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bzr (1.17~rc1-1~bazaar1~hardy1) hardy; urgency=low
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Make sure you have the correct email address for yourself, version
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number, and distribution. It should look something like this::
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bzr (1.3-1~bazaar1) hardy; urgency=low
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* New upstream release.
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that the distro name in the version is consistent with the target name
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outside the parenthesis.
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There is a helper script which will build all the packages
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for all of your ``$UBUNTU_RELEASES``. It is available as::
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#. Build the source packages::
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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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There is a helper script which will build the package
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for all of your ``$UBUNTU_RELEASES``. It is available as::
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#. Upload into the PPA for each release::
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dput dput ppa:bzr/proposed bzr*1.17-1*.changes
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#. Commit these changes into the packaging branch::
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bzr ci -m '1.3-1~bazaar1: New upstream release.' debian
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#. Build a source package::
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This will create a ``.changes`` file in the per-distro directory,
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and should invoke gpg to sign it with your key.
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Check that file is reasonable: it should be uploading to the intended
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distribution, have a .orig file included, and the right version number.
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#. Upload into the beta PPA::
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#. Copy the uploaded package over to other Ubuntu releases, taking advantage
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of Launchpad's Copy Package feature
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr-beta-ppa/+archive/+copy-packages>
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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/+archive/proposed> and
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/proposed/+builds>.
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bzr-svn uses a packaging branch that contains both the source
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(including any changes against upstream) and the ``debian/`` directory.
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#. Get a checkout of ``lp:~bzr/bzr-svn/hardy-ppa/``
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#. Merge from ``http://bzr.debian.org/pkg-bazaar/bzr-svn/unstable/``
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This should bring in both upstream and packaging changes for the new
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release, and it's updated as part of the bzr-svn release process.
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It's quite possible you will need to resolve some conflicts.
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bzr-builddeb will automatically check out the appropriate tag from the
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main branch of bzr-svn, build, and package it.
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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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