batl10n(1)
NAME
batl10n - Batch updater for kde-l10n-* packages
SYNOPSIS
batl10n
DESCRIPTION
- batl10n will run through a directory containing upstream's bz2 tarballs
and apply the usual merge (get new source, extract new source, get old
source, extract old source, copy debian directory, add changelog enty,
build source) in addition to that it will move the uploadable source
package to a seperate location which makes batch uploading easier.
- Tip
- A bit of hacking in batl10n makes it possible to do addition changes (e.g. bump dependency versions). A sensible method is in place and just needs to be enhanced as needed. This is probably going to be replaced by a hook API at some point.
- In order to make batl10n work you need to run it in a directory, with (hopefully) one subdirectory called "langs". In this subdirectory you should download the upstream tarballs and strip any delta files (batl10n will try to avoid them, but to be on the save side...). Once batl10n finished with processing all languages in "langs" it will report all languages that are not yet available in the archives and thus need packaging from scratch. The languages which are ready for upload are stored in a newly created "uploads" directory.
AUTHOR
- Harald Sitter <apachelogger@ubuntu.com>.