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1. 2.2.x release

   Please check the roadmap to see what's new.

   With this release, previous 2.0.x stable will no longer be available directly via Debian. You may use:

   deb [] http://debian.installiert.net/hellfield/ablg bookworm-ablg-snapshot main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
   

   in case you want to stay on 2.0.x; i …

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2. Hellfield Archive updated (2024)

   To remedy space concerns, we removed 'urold' Debian distributions and trimmed down support for Ubuntu (which we hardly use) from Hellfield Archive's repository:

   • Removing actually urold Debian squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch
   • Trimming down (~newest and newest LTS only) Ubuntu, removing xenial, bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, mantic

   I …

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3. Bookworm & mini-buildd 2.0.0 release

   mini-buildd

   Due to the (way too) long development cycle for 2.0.x && the removal of python 2 in Debian, mini-buildd updates were quite broken for some time.

   Fortunately, with trixie and the 2.0.0 release, these times are over:

   • Debian bookworm-backports: 2.0.x
   • Debian unstable/testing (trixie …

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4. Housekeeping after the Debian bullseye release

   For mini-buildd 1.0.x only.

   The Debian bullseye release implicitly inflicts some mandatory (new apt keys!) as well as some minor recommended housekeeping on an existing mini-buildd installation.

   So this is what I would recommend you to do -- assuming a basic setup, near to what the wizards would set …

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5. RoadMap Nov 2020

   State

   Updated Nov 2020 (version 1.9.4).

   'Test && polish period', addressing the POST section and optionally selected issues from BUILDING && REPOSITORY.

   Milestones

   • New deb package layout: mini-buildd (the service), mini-buildd-utils (for users), python3-mini-buildd, mini-buildd-doc
   • Code migration to python 3.
   • Update to django 2.2 (minimal version).
   • Switch to twisted …

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6. RoadMap Oct 2020

   State

   As of October 2020, development has reached the last big milestone (WEB UI rewrite).

   After that, there will be a 'test && polish period', addressing issues in the POST section (plus selected others where appropriate).

   Milestones

   • New deb package layout: mini-buildd (the service), mini-buildd-utils (for users), python3-mini-buildd, mini-buildd-doc
   • Code migration …

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7. Housekeeping after the Debian buster release

   The Debian buster release implicitly inflicts some mandatary (new apt keys!) as well as some minor recommended housekeeping on an existing mini-buildd installation.

   So this is what I would recommend you to do -- assuming a basic setup, near to what the wizards would set up automatically.

   Preliminary

   Given how the …

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8. 1.0.x maintenance moved to Hellfield Archive

   After the Debian buster release, django in Debian sid/bullseye has been updated to 2.2.

   Not only does this version have a number of incompabilities (to former 1.11), it also, more importantly, drops python 2 support.

   With mini-buildd 1.0.x (stable) being python 2, it cannot be …

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9. Hellfield Archive updated

   As a housekeeping task after the Debian buster release, the Hellfield Archive has been upgraded and cleaned up as well.

   Most noteworthy, for Debian I decided to go for the "current Debian" versioning scheme starting with buster. This may make some manual upgrades which are technically downgrades necessary when upgrading …

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