1 Hacking GStreamer for Debian
2 ============================
4 An addition to the README.Debian that has Debian package hacking notes.
6 Everything should now be versioned.
8 - To update dependencies edit debian/build-deps.in
10 - To rebuild package files from .in files:
14 - After a version update to check for missing files run:
17 debian/maint missing-libs
18 debian/maint missing-so
20 - To update package files edit gstreamer-foo then rebuild package files. This
21 will generate the gstreamerX.Y-foo file. Also update debian/rules and
22 debian/control.in as needed.
24 - The packaging tries to stay close of upstream choice. gstreamerX.Y-misc has
25 most of the files, extra packages are made for the sinks and by group of
26 depends (gnome, x, ...)
28 - Provide gstreamerX.Y-videosink and gstreamerX.Y-audiosink as needed.
30 - All interfaces and generic libraries go in libgstreamer-plugins, libraries
31 with external dependencies have their own package such as libgstreamer-gconf.
33 - Applications go in gstreamerX.Y-plugins-base-apps
40 - generated from "build-deps.in" in "rules
42 * "build-deps.in" lists build-depends for Debian main packages
43 - serves generation with "control.in" and "mk.control" of "control" in
44 "rules debian/control::"
46 - lists build-depends for Debian main packages
47 - serves generation with "extra deps" of "build-deps" in "rules
49 changelog: handled classically
50 compat: handled classically
52 - generated for "rules maint"
53 - generated from "control.in" and "build-deps" in "rules debian/control::":
54 * "build-deps" lists build-depends to be inserted in "control
56 * "control.in" serves of template for package descriptions of Debian main
57 packages and makes use of special stanzas enclosed in "@" such as
58 "@GST_ABI" which are replaced via sed in "rules debian/control::"
60 - serves generation of "control" in "rules debian/control::" via "mk.control"
61 called in "rules debian/control::"
62 - template for package descriptions of Debian main packages and makes use of
63 special stanzas enclosed in "@" such as "@GST_ABI" which are replaced via
64 sed in "rules debian/control::"
65 copyright: handled classically
66 gstreamer-$plugin.install:
67 - serves the generation of $gst_pkgname-$plugin.install (for example
68 gstreamer-alsa.install serves the generation of gstreamerX.Y-alsa.install) in
69 "rules pre-build::" via dynamic "@"-enclosed variables replacement
70 - some plugins are handled specially and some special variables are available
71 gstreamer-plugins-base-apps.install: this isn't really a plugin, but the
72 gstreamerX.Y-plugins-base-apps package
73 gstreamer-plugins-base-apps.manpages: man pages for the gstreamerX.Y-plugins-base-apps
75 HACKING.Debian: this file
76 libgstreamer-plugins-base-dev.install libgstreamer-plugins-base.install: handled similarly has gstreamerX.Y-plugins-base-apps
77 maint: makefile wrapping some targets of "rules" with some sh filtering
79 - Perl script serving the generation of "control" which reads "build-deps"
80 and "control.in", and replaces the "BUILDDEPS" stanza with the build-deps
81 patches: handled classically
82 README.Debian: handled classically
83 rules: handled classically, with special targets "maint:", and
85 watch: handled classically
87 This file is the initial work of:
88 David I. Lehn <dlehn@debian.org> Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:28:55 -0400
89 and had some additions by:
90 Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:04:58 +0200
91 Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org> Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:00:21 +0100