Simplifying Debian Packaging with Debcraft
By
pabs3
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
Debcraft is an initiative to simplify Debian packaging, addressing the challenges faced by new and experienced contributors. It aims to automate tedious tasks, facilitate learning correct practices, and enhance tracking of changes in source code and build artifacts.
Key quotes
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Debcraft is my attempt to solve this by automating all the boring stuff, and making it easier to learn the correct practices and helping new and old packagers better track changes in both source code and build artifacts.
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