This chapter documents the procedures within the Debian Live project for various tasks that need cooperation with other teams in Debian.
Releasing a new stable major version of Debian includes a lot of different teams working together to make it happen. At some point, the Live team comes in and builds live system images. The requirements to do this are:
Remember to adjust both chroot and binary mirrors when building the last set of images for a Debian release after it has been moved away from ftp.debian.org to archive.debian.org. That way, old prebuilt live images are still useful without user modifications.
An annoucement mail for point releases can be generated using the template below and the following command:
$ sed \
-e 's|@MAJOR@|7.0|g' \
-e 's|@MINOR@|7.0.1|g' \
-e 's|@CODENAME@|wheezy|g' \
-e 's|@ANNOUNCE@|2013/msgXXXXX.html|g'
Please check the mail carefully before sending and pass it to others for proof-reading.
Updated Debian Live @MAJOR@: @MINOR@ released
The Debian Live project is pleased to announce the @MINOR@ update of the
Live images for the stable distribution Debian @MAJOR@ (codename "@CODENAME@").
The images are available for download at:
<http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/current/>
and later at:
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/>
This update includes the changes of the Debian @MINOR@ release:
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/@ANNOUNCE@>
Additionally it includes the following Live-specific changes:
* [INSERT LIVE-SPECIFIC CHANGE HERE]
* [INSERT LIVE-SPECIFIC CHANGE HERE]
* [LARGER ISSUES MAY DESERVE THEIR OWN SECTION]
About Debian Live
-----------------
The Debian Live project produces the tools used to build official
Debian Live systems and the official Debian Live images themselves.
About Debian
------------
The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who
volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free
operating system Debian.
Contact Information
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For further information, please visit the Debian Live web pages at
<http://live.debian.net/>, or contact the Debian Live team at
<debian-live@lists.debian.org>.