Notes-on-packaging.md

+#### First time procedure
+The aravis repo already created on salsa (ssh or https)
+```
+$ git clone git@salsa.debian.org:debian-astro-team/aravis.git
+```
+or
+```
+$ git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian-astro-team/aravis.git
+```
+then
+```
+$ wget https://github.com/AravisProject/aravis/archive/ARAVIS_0_5_10.tar.gz
+$ mv ARAVIS_0_5_10.tar.gz aravis_0.5.10.orig.tar.gz
+$ cd aravis
+$ git checkout -b upstream
+$ tar xf ../aravis_0.5.10.orig.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+$ git add --all
+$ git commit -m "Initial upstream version 0.5" 
+$ git tag upstream/0.5
+$ pristine-tar commit ../aravis_0.5.10.orig.tar.gz
+$ git checkout -b master
+```
+Create debian files
+```
+$ mkdir debian
+$ echo 9 > debian/compat
+$ mkdir debian/source
+$ echo "3.0 (quilt)" > debian/source/format
+$ dch --create --package aravis -v 0.5.6-1
+$ mkdir debian/patches
+```
+After creation of `control`, `rules`, and `copyright`
+```
+$ git add debian/
+$ git commit -m "Initial Debian files" 
+```
+Building the package
+```
+$ sudo pbuilder update
+$ sudo pdebuild
+```
+
+##### How to create and build patches with quilt
+
+```
+$ quilt new <patchname>.diff
+$ quilt add <sourcefile>
+```
+
+Make your change to <sourcefile>
+
+```
+$ quilt refresh
+$ quilt pop -a
+```
+
+Then apply your patch
+
+```
+$ quilt push -a
+```
+
+How to edit an existing patch
+
+```
+$ quilt push <patchname>.diff
+```
+
+Now edit then when finished
+
+```
+$ quilt refresh <patchname>.diff
+$ quilt pop -a
+```
+
+##### Installation tested with
+
+```
+$ sudo dpgk -i /var/cache/pbuilder/result/aravis_0.5.10-1_amd64.deb
+$ sudo dpkg -r aravis
+```
+
+##### Lintian hook
+
+```
+$ sudo mkdir /var/cache/pbuilder/hooks/
+$ sudo cp /usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B90lintian /var/cache/pbuilder/hooks/
+```
+`/root/.pbuilderrc` file contains
+```
+HOOKDIR=/var/cache/pbuilder/hooks/
+```
+
+##### To update to a new version:
+
+```
+$ wget https://github.com/AravisProject/aravis/archive/ARAVIS_0_5_11.tar.gz
+$ mv ARAVIS_0_5_11.tar.gz aravis_0.5.11.orig.tar.gz
+$ cd aravis
+$ git checkout upstream
+$ tar xf ../aravis_0.5.11.orig.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+$ git add --all
+$ git commit -m "Updating upstream version 0.5.11" 
+$ git tag upstream/0.5.11
+$ pristine-tar commit ../aravis_0.5.11.orig.tar.gz
+$ git checkout master
+$ git merge upstream -m "Merged upstream version 0.5.11" 
+```
+
+change the version in debian/changelog then push the master, pristine-tar, and upstream branches.
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