Re: Debian Packaging Handbook project

On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Davide Truffa wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> we are a few wannabe-DD who think it would be really helpful to have a
> comprehensive packaging manual covering just all technical topics about
> making and maintaining Debian packages.
>

Since the beginning of July, I have started writing a book about Debian 
packaging and shopping it around to some publishers.  Looking at your wiki 
page and comparing them to the ~60 pages I have so far, I see some 
differences.  I have mainly concentrated on debhelper (but yes Manoj, 
first it will show you how to package without extra helpers) and I don't 
intend to cover project-specific stuff like uploading or sponsoring.

I haven't talked about it until now because first I wanted to set up an 
interactive site and mailing list where I could post rough drafts and have 
people comment on them.  That's the next order of business after I finish 
a consulting job I'm working on.


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