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Updated README about debian packaging, changelog with minor version bump to work around Launchpad reqs.

Graeme Humphries 13 years ago
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README-Debian

@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ a normal Debian package. Here's a few short steps on how to get it building corr
 * Build the package using pbuilder:
 	pdebuild
 * The built package should end up in /var/cache/pbuilder/results
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+Debian packaging depends on new release versions being entered into debian/changelog. The versions in that file need
+the Debian/Ubuntu release specific suffix (0precise1) as all packages go into a shared pool, and so they need to have distinct
+names for different releases.
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+When a new release happens, just add it with some brief changelog notes to that file, and it should be ready
+to generate a new source package and upload to the Launchpad PPA.

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debian/changelog

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-bfgminer (2.6.3-1precise1) precise; urgency=normal
+bfgminer (2.6.3.1-0precise1) precise; urgency=medium
+  Version 2.6.3.1 - August 7, 2012
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+  * Added minor version increment so that Launchpad will accept new orig.tar.xz upload. :/
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+ -- graeme <graeme@sudo.ca>  Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:11:28 -0700
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+bfgminer (2.6.3-1precise1) precise; urgency=medium
   Version 2.6.3 - August 6, 2012
 
   * First release to attempt Debian packaging.