Uploading d-i packages (here: for uploading l10n changes)
If there are d-i packages with pending translation updates (check at https://d-i.debian.org/translations.txt):
Make sure your sbuild chroot is up to date:
sudo sbuild-update -udcar unstable-amd64-sbuild
or build one if you don't have one already, following https://wiki.debian.org/sbuild.
Change into the packages' directory and make sure you have the latest version from GIT:
cd ./trunk/packages/package-name git pull
Create a new entry in changelog for unstable, adding all the translation updates found for that package at https://d-i.debian.org/translations.txt:
dch -i
Try to build:
sbuild -A -s -d unstable --source-only-changes --run-lintian
There are some d-i packages, which cannot be built with the above sbuild command, like s390-dasd, s390-netdevice, yaboot-installer or zipl-installer, because they are only relevant for respectively one architecture. For those you need to use an sbuild command like this for cross-building (adapt the --host parameter according to the Architecture: field in the debian/control file):
sbuild --host=s390x -s -d unstable --source-only-changes --run-lintian
If the build completes without error, review the changes: For this, download the current source package from unstable into the ./packages directory (you need an 'deb-src' line for unstable in your sources.list) ...
cd .. apt-get source -t unstable package-name
... and compare your build (version 0.46 in the example below) against the latest source package from unstable (version 0.45 in the example), with debdiff:
debdiff package-name_0.45.dsc package-name_0.46.dsc
Double-check, if all the differences are desired and ok (only changes regarding translation updates / po files) and if changelog entries exist for all shown differences. In case of any doubt, it's recommended to ask for confirmation on debian-boot. If everything is fine, push to GIT:
cd package-name git add debian/changelog git commit -m "package-name: releasing version 0.46" git push
Sign the *_source.changes file and upload it:
cd .. debsign -k<ID-of-your-GPD-key> package-name_0.46_source.changes dput package-name_0.46_source.changes
When it gets ACCEPTed, set a tag for the version in GIT:
git tag -sm "package-name: releasing version 0.46" 0.46 git push origin 0.46
Check if your package reaches testing, when the testing period is over.