Creating a NIX release

Instructions on creating a nix release. This includes nix, nixpy, nix_mx and java-nix.

Homebrew

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Linux: Creating Debian Packages and publishing on Launchpad

This is at least one possible way of doing it…

Preparatory stuff

  • Install all the packages you need for creating debian packages (see ubuntu packaging guideline)

  • Create PGP Key and activate it on Launchpad

  • Check out the debian branch and merge the master

  • Change the debian/changelog file

Building source packages

  • Create an empty directory somewhere.

cd ~/releases
mkdir nix
cd nix

  • Get the tarball. E.g. nix-1.1.0.tar.gz file from github (not *.zip).

  • Unpack the tarball within the new folder

tar -xvf nix-1.1.0.tar.gz

  • Copy the debian folder from the original folder into the source folder.

cp -r coding/nix/debian realeases/nix/nix-1.1.0/

  • Have dh_make create the ../nix_1.1.0.orig.tar.gz file. It will ask for the package type just give ‘s’.

cd nix-1.1.0
dh_make -f  ../nix-1.1.0.tar.gz

  • Create the source package and have it signed.

debuild -S -sa

  • Upload the package to launchpad and keep your fingers crossed.

cd ..
dput ppa:gnode/nix nix_1.1.0-5_source.changes

*Packages for multiple ubuntu series* - Change the changelog to name the series you want

nix (1.1.0-5) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Set to version 1.1.0

You will have to increment the version number for each upload to launchpad (1.1.0-5 will change to 1.1.0-6).

  • Upload and wait :)

*Packages for nixpy*

Packaging nixpy is similar except for the naming. The tarball you download from github will be called “nixpy-1.1.0.tar.gz”. The package, however, is call python-nix. It is easiest to rename the tarball:

mv nixpy-1.1.0.tar.gz python-nix-1.1.0.tar.gz

The rest is the same as before:

  • Unpack tarball.

  • Copy debian folder.

  • If needed, update changelog, increase version counter.

  • Have dh_make build the orig tarball.

  • Create signed source package with debuild.

  • Upload source package to Launchpad. dput ppa:gnode/nix python-nix_1.1.0-3_source.changes

Linux: Creating rpm package and building on copr

Install development tools:

sudo dnf install rpmdevtools fedpkg copr-cli

Go to the project directory and download the sources.

spectool -g -R -C . nixio.spec

Create the binary and source packages

fedpkg --release f26 local
fedpkg --release f26 srpm

Build package locally with chroot

sudo mock -r fedora-25-x86_64 <source_rpm>

Send it to copr for building.

copr build gicmo/nix nixio-1.4.1-1.f26.src.spm

Windows - Binary packages and upload to github

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