This page references tools that aim at providing basic working Debian packages.

Language

Any

Perl

Ruby

Python

Tool (package name)

dh-make

dh-make-perl

gem2deb

python-stdeb

Upstream repository

N/A

CPAN.org

Rubygems.org

Pypi

Usage

Download upstream package from repository

Debianize (without building source)

Debianize and build source package

Debianize and build binary packages

Debianize, build, install

Refresh already created package

TODO: other use cases?

Features

version

0.84-2

0.14

0.8.2-4

cdbs or dh?

dh

dh

dh

use DEBEMAIL

yes

yes

no

Build-Depends

no

yes

no

Depends

no

yes

no

Homepage

yes

yes

no

short/long descriptions

yes

yes

short only

DEP8 tests

no

only template

no

.docs / .examples / etc.

docs + examples

docs only

no

debian/copyright

yes

only template

no

debian/watch

yes

yes

no

Refresh mode (regenerate all files, moving old ones to .bak)

yes

no

no

git repo creation, pristine-tar, etc.

yes

no

no

debian/upstream/metadata (UpstreamMetadata)

yes

no

no

Notes

Build-depends and Depends generation

dh-make-perl and gem2deb use different approaches.

TODO. 'cme update dpkg-copyright' is another approach.

TO-DO List