Overview about piuparts

 Description: .deb package installation, upgrading, and removal testing tool 

piuparts is being run constantly on the main archive, the results are public on piuparts.debian.org. piuparts itself has a README_1st and a piuparts manpage, for the piuparts.debian.org setup there is also an FAQ available. Below is an overview of information not covered elsewhere.

Developing piuparts

• alioth project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/piuparts/

  • source code: Browse: https://alioth.debian.org/scm/browser.php?group_id=30965 Get: git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/piuparts/piuparts.git

  • mailing list: piuparts-devel@l.a.d.o

  • commit diff list: piuparts-commits@l.a.d.o

• TODO

Old development efforts

• there was a SummerOfCode2007/PiupartsImprovements

• code analysis and more on ohloh

• Developing piuparts, the rewrite of version 2
  • stalled at planning stage

  • in bzr: bzr get http://code.liw.fi/piuparts2/bzr/trunk/ (may move to bzr.debian.org later)

• From the BoF at Debconf9

  • new output format: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/07/msg00662.html

  • piuparts should not fail just because dependencies fail

More ressources

• README_server

• README_pejecevic.txt

• piuparts.conf.anbe
• piuparts.conf.goldwasser

• piuparts/UseCases

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