BIRD 2.0.8 packaging update

[Jakub Ružička]

Hello Skyler,

I'm glad you like the idea! There is currently no support for selecting
architecture for `apkg build`, but you can create source package (`apkg
srcpkg`) and build it using tool of your choice with correct parameters.

For bird-2.0.8 that would be:

apkg get-archive
apkg srcpkg -a pkg/archives/upstream/bird-2.0.8.tar.gz
$PKGBUILDTOOL $OPTS
pkg/srcpkgs/debian-unstable/bird2-2.0.8-1/bird2_2.0.8-cznic.1.dsc

However, an --arch option should probably be added to `apkg build` in
the future to make things as convenient as possible. I was starting
obligatory "feel free to open feature request" but I see you're already
one step ahead (👌) so we can continue discussion there :)

https://gitlab.nic.cz/packaging/apkg/-/issues/38

Since you've already bothered with testing apkg (thanks a lot, great it
works on your machine!), feel free to test `apkg srcpkg` as suggested
above and let me know if it does what you wanted or any other issues you
hit on the way.

Once distro/scripts/make-dev-archive.sh is fixed to produce same
archive/tarball from git repo as is used for upstream release, tha
-a/--archive can be omitted to build pkg/srcpkg directly from current
sources. For now only upstream archives work.

Finally, apkg is a tool by packagers for packagers so feedback and
feature requests from the wild are most appreciated and I'll be sure to
actively address all of it in order to create an upstream packaging tool
that's mostly painless to use. TBH it's two decades overdue...


Cheers,
Jakub 📦


On 4/18/21 6:56 AM, Skyler Mäntysaari wrote:
> Hello!
>
> That sounds awesome, but how would we build different architecture
> packages using apkg? Let's say if the host is x86_64 and we want to
> generate arm64 package with it?
>
> On 14/04/2021 16.02, Jakub Ružička wrote:
>> Hello BIRD Community!
>>
>> Latest bird-2.0.8 is available from most current downstream distro repos
>> including:
>>
>> * Arch
>> * EPEL/CentOS
>> * Fedora
>> * Gentoo
>> * Manjaro
>> * NixOS
>> * OpenBSD
>>
>> You can use repology to get an overview:
>>
>> https://repology.org/project/bird/versions
>>
>>
>> # Debian
>>
>> Debian is currently in Hard Freeze before 11/Bullseye release and thus
>> updating bird2 package to 2.0.8 is problematic (it lacks autopkgtests):
>>
>> https://release.debian.org/bullseye/freeze_policy.html#hard
>>
>> Current Maintainer of Debian bird2 package Ondřej Surý has agreed to
>> pass the maintenance to me but I don't have access yet. Once I gain it
>> I'll release bird2-2.0.8 in experimental and eventually keep
>> debian/master up-to-date after  the freeze ends.
>>
>> The Community is also working on providing Debian backports for Debian
>> stable.
>>
>> Until proper downstream packages are ready, I've prepared upstream
>> packages for Debian 9, 10 and 11 in new bird-latest OBS repos:
>>
>> https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/CZ-NIC:/bird-latest/
>>
>> However, OBS "Download Package" link is currently missing instructions
>> for Debian for some reason:
>>
>> https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3ACZ-NIC%3Abird-latest&package=bird
>>
>>
>> It's either a bug in OBS or a slow propagation of new repo. I'm trying
>> to resolve this on #opensuse-buildservice but for now you're left to
>> your Debian-fu in enabling these repos.
>>
>>
>> # Ubuntu
>>
>> I've updated BIRD launchpad PPA with upstream bird2-2.0.8 packages for
>> all current Ubuntu releases:
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/~cz.nic-labs/+archive/ubuntu/bird
>>
>> I've tested all of these packages lightly on respective Ubuntu VMs. They
>> installed successfully and bird service started.
>>
>> Ubuntu uses Debian bird packages so once they're updated in Debian,
>> Ubuntu downstream should pick them up.
>>
>>
>> # openSUSE
>>
>> bird-2.0.8 is available from openSUSE Tumbleweed.
>>
>> I've prepared new bird-latest OBS to cover remaining SUSE platforms:
>>
>> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:CZ-NIC:bird-latest/bird
>>
>> Please use "Download Package" link (top right) to enable:
>>
>> https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3ACZ-NIC%3Abird-latest&package=bird
>>
>>
>>
>> # upstream packaging
>>
>> All the upstream packages were created from official 2.0.8 archive using
>> modified downstream sources from Debian and Fedora.
>>
>> Please note that I had to disable -docs subpackages to get working
>> builds on older systems as well as other tweaks like relaxing deps.
>>
>> I've prepared an upstream MR adding packaging in apkg format directly to
>> upstream repo:
>>
>> https://gitlab.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/merge_requests/25
>>
>> In short it allows building upstream packages directly from upstream
>> sources or from upstream archives(tarballs) or combination of both, see
>> more info in the MR.
>>
>> More work is required for building from sources, but I was able to use
>> apkg to create packages for different .deb/.rpm distros from official
>> upstream archives.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Jakub Ružička
>> CZ.NIC packager 📦
>>
>>
>>