paultag/crank repository overview

⁠CRANK

⁠MUCH WIP; USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Tianon hates cats and eats kittens, just like this software might.

You're on your own, foo'.

⁠Ok, I get it. This is super experimental software I probably shouldn't use yet. Seriously though, what the heck is it?

It's a super cool Hy program for doing regular builds (esp. nightly) of Debian packages! For an example, see Hy nightly builds⁠, which comes from eg/hy.hy⁠.

⁠DSL Key Values

• source - source package name
• key - OpenPGP key to sign with
• upstream - upstream git or svn repo url
• upstream-refspec - upstream tag, branch, or svn revision
• version - upstream version (often a command) of the package
• maintainer-email - email of the person maintaining the build
• maintainer-name - name of the person maintaining the build
• upload-location - HTTP URL to check for the build already
• suites - list of suites to upload to
• target - dput-ng target
• debian - debian git or svn repo url
• debian-refspec - debian tag, branch, or svn revision

See eg/ (and especially eg/hy.hy) for concrete examples that will make this much more clear.