From 2aac30445388ebabff4b09808723ffe6ab0b1846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:54:38 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Adding README.source. bzr revid: p_christ@hol.gr-20101019095438-b1xc7dhszox2vq6q --- debian/README.source | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/README.source diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..259f923558f --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Package Repositories +-------------------- + +Backports for the current stable debian distribution as well as snapshots of +unreleased versions may be available in repositories listed on the maintainers +homepage. The current URL of the maintainer homepage can be seen in +debian/control. + + +Source Access +------------- + +You can obtain the sources of this package with: + + $ apt-get source ${PACKAGE} + +whereas '${PACKAGE}' has to be replaced with the actual name of the package. + +This package is maintained with the Git version control system. The current git +source tree can be obtained with: + + $ git clone ${GIT_URI} + +whereas '${GIT_URI}' has to be replaced with the actual URI for the Git +repository. The current Git URI can be seen in debian/control in the extracted +package sources. + +More information about Git can be found in the git-core package. + +This package may use the Quilt patch system to manage all modifications to the +upstream source. Changes, if any, are stored in the source package as diffs in +debian/diff and are applied during the build. Current modifications can be +applied to the source tree with: + + $ quilt push -a + +More information about Quilt can be found in the quilt package.