%leave \\version unchanged: this will a variable containing the actual version
%To translate the date, use \\today or a string containing \\year, \\month, \\day
%(numeric values).
-\date{\footnotesize version 0.5 -- 2012-01-14} % DATE - use debian/rules update-version-date
+\date{\footnotesize version 0.6 -- 2012-04-09} % DATE - use debian/rules update-version-date
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Building packages}
\begin{itemize}
\item \textttc{apt-get build-dep mypackage}\\
- Installs the \textsl{build-dependencies} (for a package in the archive)
+ Installs the \textsl{build-dependencies} (for a package already in Debian)\\
+ Or \textttc{mk-build-deps -ir} (inside the package source tree)
\br
\item \textttc{debuild}: build, test with \texttt{lintian}, sign with GPG
\item Go to \url{http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/grep/} and
download version 2.6.3-3 of the package (if you use Ubuntu 11.10 or
later, or Debian testing or unstable, use version 2.9-1 or 2.9-2 instead)
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item If the source package is not unpacked automatically, unpack it with
+ \texttt{dpkg-source~-x~grep\_*.dsc}
+ \end{itemize}
\item Look at the files in \texttt{debian/}.
\begin{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
-\subsection{Packaging with a VCS (SVN, Git \& friends)}
-\begin{frame}[fragile]{Packaging with a VCS (SVN, Git, etc.)}
+\subsection{Packaging with a Version Control System (SVN, Git)}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]{Packaging with a Version Control System}
\begin{itemize}
\item Several tools to help manage branches and tags for your packaging work:\\
\texttt{svn-buildpackage}, \texttt{git-buildpackage}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]{Adopting a package: example}
+\begin{lstlisting}[basicstyle=\ttfamily\footnotesize]
+From: You <you@yourdomain>
+To: 640454@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
+Cc: Francois Marier <francois@debian.org>
+Subject: ITA: verbiste -- French conjugator
+
+retitle 640454 \textbf{ITA}: verbiste -- French conjugator
+owner 640454 !
+thanks
+
+Hi,
+
+I am using verbiste and I am willing to take care of the package.
+
+Cheers,
+
+You
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Polite to contact the previous maintainer (especially if the package was RFAed, not orphaned)
+\item Very good idea to contact the upstream project
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
\subsection{Getting your package in Debian}
\begin{frame}{Getting your package in Debian}
\begin{itemize}