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Debian packages use the debian branch of the master repository.

# Selecting the right branch

In the master repository:

    git checkout debian
    git submodule update --init

# Per package Instructions

In each package you wish to update:

## Select Debian Branch

Change directories into the package and run:

    git checkout debian

## Updating Package with New Code

Merge in the source code changes.  To merge in master:

    git pull origin master

Now run:
    dch -i

This brings up a changelog where you can describe the changes in this
version.  Check the version number on the first line.  If the upstream
has changed then update the version number to be
upstream_version_number-1.  Otherwise if the upstream has not changed, then a new debian revision should have been created.
Describe the changes in the space provided.  Make sure that the "distribution" on the first line is "unstable" not "UNRELEASED".

    git add debian/changelog
    git commit

Push the debian branch:

    git push origin debian

## Update Master Repository

"git add" each updated package to the bmaster repository and then commit.  Push the debian branch of the master repository.  This will trigger builds for 64-bit and 32-bit.  Check the status [here](http://www.project-moonshot.org/buildbot/builders/).  Once the builds succeed, the packages will be in the wheezy-proposed area of our archive.

# Wheezy and Wheezy-proposed

We maintain two areas of our Debian archive described by the following /etc/apt/sources.list lines:

    deb http://repository.project-moonshot.org/debian-moonshot wheezy main 
    deb http://repository.project-moonshot.org/debian-moonshot wheezy-proposed main

The wheezy-proposed  archive should be used to grab the latest software, and the wheezy archive should be used for known good software.  When Live DVD images are produced, they install the software from wheezy-proposed.  However, the resulting image will only upgrade software from wheezy.  The intent is that you probably want to test the latest software when building a new DVD image, but until it is known to work, others may not want to upgrade to it.  To copy all software from wheezy-proposed to wheezy:

    ssh buildbot@moonshot.suchdamage.org
    cd /srv/debian
    reprepro pull wheezy

The "reprepro copy" command can be used to move individual packages.