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diff --git a/README-Debian b/README-Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77dccd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-Debian @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +This repository is used for building the python-requests .deb package for debian and ubuntu. + +The debian packaging files are located in the debian branch. + +Building the package +------------------------- + +1. set up environment variables, making sure the full name and email exactly match the GPG key used to sign: +$ export DEBFULLNAME="Your Name" +$ export DEBEMAIL="Your.Email@address.here" + +2. Download the tarball from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests + +3. Unpack the tarball + +4. cd into the source directory + +5. run dh_make: +$ dh_make -s -f ../requests-0.14.0.tar.gz -e <Your.Email@address.here> -p python-requests + +6. edit the debian/control file using the following fields: + + Source: python-requests + Maintainer: Your Name <Your.Email@address.here> + Section: python + Priority: optional + Build-Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), debhelper (>= 7), python-support (>= 0.8.4) + Standards-Version: 3.8.4 + + Package: python-requests + Architecture: all + Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends} + XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions} + Provides: ${python:Provides} + Description: Python HTTP for Humans. + +7. edit the debian/copyright file, using the COPYING file in the source tree for the copyright text. + +8. specify supported python versions: +$ echo "2.6-" > debian/pyversions + +9. [TODO] edit the debian/changelog file + +10. run debuild +$ debuild |