[config-package-dev] config-package-dev 5.0 released, with Debhelper support

[Geoffrey Thomas]

I'm happy to announce the release of config-package-dev 5.0, featuring 
Debhelper support and a Debhelper 7 sequencer extension. Most simple 
packages can just have a short-style rules file with a call to "dh $@ 
--with=config-package", and configuration in debian/*.displace etc. This 
should significantly simplify the experience around learning 
config-package-dev and understanding simple rules files, as the syntax is 
cleaner and more in line with Debian packaging trends.

Packages are available in Debian unstable and Ubuntu raring, and also in 
the Debathena apt repository for all currently-supported releases. (I've 
filed a backport request for previous Ubuntu releases.) Documentation is 
provided at
   http://debathena.mit.edu/config-package-dev
and in the dh_configpackage manpage.


This release introduces a change in the terminology used by the system -- 
our "divert" operation is now "displace", to avoid confusion with raw 
dpkg-divert, and our "remove" operation is now "hide". New CDBS uses 
should use DEB_DISPLACE_FILES, etc., but DEB_DIVERT_FILES should continue 
to work. I'm planning on officially deprecating these at some point, but 
not before all users that I currently know about have moved over. Still, 
you should plan on migrating to the new names, and preferably to 
Debhelper.

Also, from this point on, I'm going to use the config-package-dev mailing 
list as the primary one for announcements, patches, discussion, etc. If 
you're interested, please subscribe yourself or follow archives at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/config-package-dev


config-package-dev (5.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add Debhelper support (Debathena: #867) (Closes: #693672).  This
     release includes a new command, dh_configpackage, and a sequencer
     extension, dh --with config-package.
   * Use the terms "displace" and "hide" for actions of the
     config-package-dev system, instead of the terms "divert" and
     "remove", which already have existing (related) meanings in the
     context of Debian packages.
   * Move examples/* to examples/cdbs/*, and create examples/debhelper/*,
     with the same packages using Debhelper 7-style packaging.

   * Change config-package-dev's own packaging to Debhelper 7.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes required).
   * Update Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser locations to new upstream.
   * Drop CDBS runtime dependency. CDBS users should be explicitly
     Build-Depending on CDBS, probably through use of the @cdbs@ macro in
     debian/control.in.

  -- Geoffrey Thomas <geofft at mit.edu>  Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:14:42 -0800

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Geoffrey Thomas
geofft at mit.edu