[pkg-horde] mini howto for Horde packages with GNU Arch

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 09:12:42PM +0200, Gregory Colpart wrote:
> I wrote a mini "howto deal with horde packages with GNU Arch"
> on my web site :

> http://www.gcolpart.com/debian/horde/arch.php

It is customary to use your email address in your tla id; other people
may have the same name as you, but not the same email. For example, I
use:

 master at capsaicin:~$ tla my-id
 Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel at mamane.lu>

If you are afraid of spam and such, you can use something still
guaranteed unique like

 Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel at .invalid.mamane.lu>

You give the "tla inventory" / "tla add-id" method for the first
import. That's fine and permits people to better understand what's
happening, but tla_load_dirs is easier :)

On the other hand, I wouldn't recommend using tla_load_dirs in the
debianisation work, on the contrary: Use "tla add-id" for files you
create (you know when you create them!), and "tla commit" for every
semantically atomic operation you do (like fix one bug, implement one
feature, ...).

To build a package for upload, please use the exact upstream .tar.gz
(suitably renamed to .orig.tar.gz), and not a retarred upstream from
the repository. (Exceptions: We have to _remove_ files from upstream
for freedom/licensing reasons and/or we package a CVS snapshot.)

At the end of "new upstream release" there is still the Debian
changelog to edit :)


Best Regards,

-- 
Lionel