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Dpkg Team
Task description
The team is in charge of the dpkg package manager, dpkg-repack and debsig-verify. It maintains it and develops new features.
Infrastructure
Alioth Project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/dpkg
Source code:
git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/dpkg/dpkg.git (web interface)
git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/dpkg/dpkg-repack.git (web interface)
git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/dpkg/debsig-verify.git (web interface)
Functional test suite:
git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/dpkg/dpkg-tests.git (web interface)
Unit test suite code coverage: https://dpkg.alioth.debian.org/coverage/
Package Tracker:
Packages autobuilt from git: master branch
Interacting with the team
Development mailing list: <debian-dpkg AT lists DOT debian DOT org> (subscribe form)
Request tracker: default view / by program / by class of problem / old view
Public IRC channel: #debian-dpkg on irc.debian.org (OFTC).
Usual roles
GuillemJover (guillem) is the primary developer.
- Many other translators have commit access to maintain their translations.
- Several other contributors provide occasional patches/branches.
Get involved
See the Contribute page, and check the following links:
Documentation
Downstream: list of downstream distributions shipping dpkg.
Triggers HOWTO by Sean Finney.
Projects
- Current projects:
/ReviewMergeQueue: patches/branches to be reviewed, updated and merged.
?/CompatSymlinks
?/StringsReview: i18ned strings review/uniformization
Current proposals (no endorsement implied by items being present in the list):
?/ChangesFormat2.0
/TimeTravelFixes: Design problems possibly too costly to solve now.
- The eternal dpkg 2.0 rewrite:
Handling of changelog bug closures in Debian derived distros.
- Conffile handling improvements:
- .deb format:
Superseded proposals:
Finished projects (from dpkg PoV):
?/PerlAPICleanup: work needed to cleanup the perl API.
/DebianRules: environment variables setup.
Historic
Announcements
Bits from the dpkg maintainer (dpkg 1.13.x upload to experimental)
Bits from the dpkg maintainer (dpkg 1.10.18.1 to 1.13.9)
New dpkg in experimental (dpkg 1.14.7~newshlib)
Misc development news (dpkg 1.14.6 to 1.14.8)
Bits from the dpkg team (dpkg 1.13.11.1 to 1.15.6.1)
Recent changes in dpkg (dpkg 1.15.6 to 1.15.7)
Sprints, Summits
dpkg summit (around 2007, never happened)
VCS
The project has transitioned over several different version control systems ("tarballs", CVS, Bazaar and git). Historic VCS data and scripts were used when switching to git, to try to preserve as much history as possible.