#language en
= debimg =
debimg is an alternative to debian-cd, written in Python and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or (at your option) any later version. It is focused on clean code, speed, being easy to use.

== Differences between debimg 0.0.X and newer versions (debimg core) ==
 * Almost completely rewritten codebase
 * Behave more like a library, debimg.core does not depend on any specific configuration format.
 * The modules are as independent as possible, allowing them to be used in many different situations
 * debimg.core uses the low-level apt_pkg and apt_inst extensions instead of the high-level apt package.
   * The high-level functionality provided was not required by debimg
   * By only using the lower-level extensions, debimg can be much faster
   * debimg is a perfect example for writing an application using the apt_pkg and apt_inst API
 * Using PycURL to fetch files instead of apt's Acquire methods
   * APT has problems with a large number of files, and would have become the 2nd slowest part of the build process
   * PycURL is much faster and will allow us to go further.

== What is different to deb-imgs-gen? ==
 * Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3, whereas deb-imgs-gen has no license statements at all.
 * Cleaner code, completely adhering to PEP 8.

== Status ==
 * Currently, about 75% of the core are finished. The only thing missing is image building itself.
 * There is no application yet, just the debimg.core package (aka library)

== What will be done ==
 * File-Based Configuration using YAML files
 * Configuration via GTK+ frontend
 * Complete documentation via Sphinx. At the moment, use pydoc to see debimg's docstrings, which describe almost everything.

== Get it ==
 * The source is available in the git repo at git://git.debian.org/debimg/debimg.git
 * You can browse it in gitweb: http://git.debian.org/?p=debimg/debimg.git

== Links ==
 * the ITP bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=470212
 * debimg project at jak-linux.org: http://jak-linux.org/projects/debimg/
 * debimg project at alioth.d.o: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debimg/

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