From 52b91b6856d682f84d298ac97be843573513cc21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Dowland Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 14:02:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] document debian packaging --- debian/README.source | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source index b4ae667..9e93608 100644 --- a/debian/README.source +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -3,3 +3,18 @@ bup for Debian The bup source is obtained via git from The debian packaging tracks the latest tagged release, rather than master. + +The bup package source is collaboratively maintained by the Debian collab-maint project. You can obtain a copy of the source (including the upstream source) +from . + + * The 'master' branch is used to track upstream's master + * you may wish to add it as a remote to any clone: + git remote add upstream http://github.com/apenwarr/bup.git + * we fast-forward merge from upstream's master + * The 'debian' branch is used to track the debian packaging effort + * This usually tracks the most recent upstream tag + * we non-fast-forward merge when moving between upstream tags + * we carry upstream's tags, which are of the form bup-x.xxx + * we prefix our tags with 'debian/' e.g. debian/0.14a-1 + * experimental releases are prefixed 'debian/experimental' + e.g. debian/experimental/0.14a-1 -- 2.39.5