Hello everyone, first some general information.
As I understand the information from the python-team in the wiki is to inform special handlin here.
Newcommers should first read the New Maintainer Guide and the Developer Reference You want a "complete" description about packaging also for newcommers? At the start you don't want to read a companion with several hundred pages. If some want to have more information you can read https://ddp-team.pages.debian.net/dpb/BuildWithGBP.pdf in GermanThe automated translation to English is deactivated yet but in the sources at salsa.debian.org
It is still work in Progress. Kind regards Mechtilde Am 29.03.24 um 04:45 schrieb Boyuan Yang:
Hi, (I am off debian-python mailing list -- please CC me. Also, I cannot include previous text in the threads because I don't have them in my mailbox. Sorry!) Reading https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2024/03/msg00152.html and https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2024/03/msg00151.html , I can see that https://wiki.debian.org/Python/GitPackaging#Creating_a_new_package is indeed poorly written: *) It still points to pages of GitDpm, which the Python team is not using anymore. *) It does not describe the procedure of packaging from scratch very well. To be precise, it lacks info about packaging from a status where both git repo and the .dsc source package are nonexistant. It doesn't describe the "gbp import-orig" subcommand for packaging initialization, which is suprising. The same issue applies to https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit . For newcomers, I believe they will get lost at the very first line on https://wiki.debian.org/Python/GitPackaging#Creating_a_new_package , which is "uscan". No one knows why uscan can work with an empty directory. The newcomer may not even know what uscan is (actually they are supposed to know what uscan is in advance -- but explanation should be added here anyway). If you really want a readily-available better documentation, consider reading the official documentation of git-buildpackage at https://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/ . After you understand that, merge the remaining useful information from https://wiki.debian.org/Python/GitPackaging to get a thorough understanding. I don't have a good solution to Wiki pages yet since the article logic needs some major editing. Thanks, Boyuan Yang
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