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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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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 a distinct package for each distrorelease.
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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. ``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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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/ubuntu/hardy/bzr/bzr-ppa>.
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<https://code.launchpad.net/~bzr/bzr/packaging-hardy>.
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<lp:~bzr/ubuntu/hardy/bzr/bzr-ppa>. These branches are intended to be used
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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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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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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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* 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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allow_unsigned_uploads = 0
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fqdn = ppa.launchpad.net
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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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source-builder= dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -S -sa
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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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* 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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Overview of packaging with builddeb
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* First update the oldest supported branch, using ``bzr merge-upstream``.
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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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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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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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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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bzrtools and bzr-svn.
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bzr-1.17~rc1-1~bazaar1~hardy1
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bzr-1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1~hardy1
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``bzr-1.17~rc1-1~bazaar1~hardy1``.
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``bzr-1.6~beta3-1~bazaar1~hardy1``.
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``bzr-1.17-1~bazaar1~hardy1``
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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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-- John Sample <sample@example.com> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:27 +1100
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There is a helper script which will build the package
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packages between repositories.
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<https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/proposed/+builds>.
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