# Linux packaging ## Package distribution We use different channels to build and distribute the Linux packages: - (older version) included in official repos since Ubuntu 19.04 and Debian Buster - Launchpad repo for [stable](https://launchpad.net/~keymanapp/+archive/ubuntu/keyman), [beta](https://launchpad.net/~keymanapp/+archive/ubuntu/keyman-beta) and [alpha](https://launchpad.net/~keymanapp/+archive/ubuntu/keyman-alpha) versions - [pso](http://packages.sil.org/) and [llso](http://linux.lsdev.sil.org/ubuntu/) for stable, beta, and alpha versions - artifacts on [Jenkins](https://jenkins.lsdev.sil.org/view/Keyman/view/Pipeline/job/pipeline-keyman-packaging/view/change-requests/) for pull requests Packages on [llso](http://linux.lsdev.sil.org/ubuntu/) are uploaded automatically and are intended as a staging environment for testing. Packages on [pso](http://packages.sil.org/) are uploaded manually after the packages received some testing. End users usually have only pso enabled. ## Package builds Package builds happen on [Launchpad](#package-builds-on-launchpad) and [Jenkins](#package-builds-on-jenkins). Package builds for the official Ubuntu/Debian repos happen outside of our control. However, we [upload source packages](#uploading-debian-source-packages) to the Debian community. ## Package builds on Jenkins ### Build jobs The definition of the packaging jobs, the triggering of the jobs and the necessary build scripts are scattered over several source repos: - [ci-builder-scripts](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts) contains the definition of a meta job (multi-branch pipeline job) that gets triggered when a change gets pushed to the [Keyman GitHub repo](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman). The meta job creates a new build configuration/job for each branch/pull request on GitHub. The new job gets triggered to initialize itself, but then exits immediately. We use the Jenkins [Job DSL plugin](https://github.com/jenkinsci/job-dsl-plugin/wiki) to define the meta job. ci-builder-scripts also contains several generic scripts to set up a package build environment (using `sbuilder`) and for building source and binary packages. These scripts are shared with other projects. The Keyman GitHub repo defines a webhook that triggers the meta job on Jenkins. Changes to ci-builder-scripts go through [Gerrit](https://gerrit.lsdev.sil.org). See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. File structure: - [groovy/KeymanPackagingJobs.groovy](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/groovy/KeymanPackagingJobs.groovy) contains the meta job definition - The [bash/](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/tree/master/bash) subdirectory contains `bash` scripts: - [setup.sh](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/bash/setup.sh) - setup sbuild chroot environment - [update](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/bash/update) - update the sbuild chroot environment - [build-package](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/bash/build-package) - create a binary package - [lsdev-pipeline-library](https://github.com/sillsdev/lsdev-pipeline-library) contains a reusable Jenkins pipeline library. The [vars/keymanPackaging.groovy](https://github.com/sillsdev/lsdev-pipeline-library/blob/master/vars/keymanPackaging.groovy) file contains the bulk of the logic of the Keyman packaging job. - The [Keyman GitHub repo](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman) contains various scripts that are used to trigger a build and as part of the package build, and of course the source code for the packages: - [resources/build/run-required-test-builds.sh](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/resources/build/run-required-test-builds.sh) runs on [TeamCity](https://build.palaso.org/buildConfiguration/Keyman_Test?) to trigger the builds for the various platforms, among them the Jenkins package build. - [resources/build/increment-version.sh](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/resources/build/increment-version.sh) runs on [TeamCity](https://build.palaso.org/buildConfiguration/Keyman_TriggerReleaseBuildsMaster?) and increments the version number before triggering the builds for the various platforms. - [linux/Jenkinsfile](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/Jenkinsfile) is a flag for the meta job. If the meta job finds this file, it will create a new build configuration. This file simply calls the packaging functionality defined in `lsdev-pipeline-library` and passes the distributions and architectures to build as parameters. - [linux/build/agent/install-deps](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/build/agent/install-deps) installs dependencies on the current build agent. - The [linux/scripts](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/tree/master/linux/scripts) subdirectory contains `bash` scripts that are used during the package build. Some are only needed for Launchpad builds. - [jenkins.sh](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/scripts/jenkins.sh) gets called from `lsdev-pipeline-library` to create a source package. - [linux/debian](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/tree/master/linux/debian) - this is the `debian` subdirectory for Keyman for Linux with the meta data for the Linux package. See [Debian New Maintainers' Guide](https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/) for details to the various files. ### Flow of a Linux package build - TeamCity jobs [Keyman_Test](https://build.palaso.org/buildConfiguration/Keyman_Test) or [Keyman_TriggerReleaseBuilds*](https://build.palaso.org/buildConfiguration/Keyman_TriggerReleaseBuildsBeta) trigger a build on [Jenkins](https://jenkins.lsdev.sil.org/view/Keyman/view/Pipeline/job/pipeline-keyman-packaging/) - Jenkins verifies the build parameters and starts the matching build configuration for the PR or branch - The [build job](https://github.com/sillsdev/lsdev-pipeline-library/blob/master/vars/keymanPackaging.groovy) runs several checks: - it exits immediately if the build is not manually triggered and no parameters are passed in (i.e. it got triggered by the GitHub webhook) - it doesn't build if this is a PR, didn't get triggered manually and the PR is not from a trusted user - it doesn't build if no Linux-relevant files changed unless the parameter `force` was passed - manually triggered builds will always build - build job installs [dependencies](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/build/agent/install-deps) on the current build agent - build job creates a source package for the linux packages (keyman, kmflcomp, libkmfl, and ibus-kmfl). This is done by calling [scripts/jenkins.sh](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/scripts/jenkins.sh). - build job creates the binary package for each linux package on each distribution (currently bionic, focal, and groovy) and each architecture (amd64, i386 only for bionic) - at the end of the build if it is not a build of a PR, the `.deb` file gets uploaded to llso (alpha packages to e.g. `bionic-experimental`, beta packages to `bionic-proposed` and packages build from the stable branch to the main section `bionic`) - if the build is successful the job archives the artifacts The Jenkins build progress is visible in two ways: - [traditional view](https://jenkins.lsdev.sil.org/view/Keyman/view/Pipeline/job/pipeline-keyman-packaging/) - [blue ocean view](https://jenkins.lsdev.sil.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/pipeline-keyman-packaging/activity) **Note:** TC release builds pass the git tag to build to the Jenkins job. The same tag gets passed twice as parameters `tag` and `tag2`. The first parameter gets persisted between builds, allowing to retrigger a tag-build. The second parameter is necessary to distinguish if this is a retriggered build of a tag-build. ### Local package builds It is possible to use the usual Debian/Ubuntu tools to create the package locally. For someone who only occasionally deals with packaging it might be easier to use the scripts that Jenkins runs: #### Prerequisites for local package builds Install `sbuild` (and probably some other packages that I forgot). You’ll need a chroot image before you can use sbuild. The scripts in [ci-builder-scripts](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts) will help with that. [`setup.sh`](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/bash/setup.sh) can setup such chroots: ```bash bash/setup.sh --dists "focal bionic" --arches "amd64 i386" ``` [`update`](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/bash/update) is used to later update those chroots: ```bash bash/update --dists "focal bionic" --arches "amd64 i386" ``` Set the `DEBSIGNKEY` environment variable to your public GPG key that will be used to sign the packages. #### Building packages Building packages happen in the [Keyman source tree](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman). The Keyman [`linux/scripts/jenkins.sh`](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/scripts/jenkins.sh) script can be used to create a source package. ```bash cd linux ./scripts/jenkins.sh keyman ${DEBSIGNKEY} ``` This creates a source package (`keyman_-1.dsc`) and some `*.tar.?z` files in the source root directory for `keyman`. ci-builder-script's [`build-package`](https://github.com/sillsdev/ci-builder-scripts/blob/master/bash/build-package) script creates the binary packages: ```bash cd $KEYMAN_ROOT ~/ci-builder-scripts/bash/build-package \ --dists "focal bionic" --arches "amd64 i386" \ --debkeyid ${DEBSIGNKEY} --build-in-place --no-upload ``` This will create the binary package `keyman_-1+1_.deb`. To speed up package building you might want to limit the build to a single dist (e.g. `--dists "bionic"`) and arch (e.g. `--arches "amd64"`). After building packages it might be a good idea to clean up the source tree before doing further work: ```bash git clean -dxf ``` ### Local package builds (Docker) It is possible to use the usual Debian/Ubuntu tools to create the package locally. For someone who only occasionally deals with packaging it might be easier to use the scripts that run on GitHub actions: #### Prerequisites for local package builds with Docker You'll have to create the docker image. - clone [gha-ubuntu-packaging](https://github.com/sillsdev/gha-ubuntu-packaging) repo - create the image: ```bash cd /path/to/gha-ubuntu-packaging docker build --build-arg DIST=jammy --build-arg PLATFORM=amd64 -t sillsdev/jammy . ``` #### Building packages with Docker - create the source package ```bash cd $KEYMAN_ROOT TIER=$(cat TIER.md) export TIER cd linux ./scripts/deb-packaging.sh source ``` This will create the source package in $KEYMAN_ROOT directory. - Create the binary packages with Docker: ```bash cd $KEYMAN_ROOT docker run -v $(pwd):/source -i -t -w /source --platform=linux/amd64 \ sillsdev/jammy keyman_*.dsc /source ``` This will create the binary packages in `$KEYMAN_ROOT/artifacts`. ## Package builds on Launchpad Package builds on Launchpad are triggered manually by running the Keyman script [linux/scripts/launchpad.sh](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/linux/scripts/launchpad.sh). ### Prerequisites for Launchpad 1. If you don't have one, create an account at [launchpad.net](https://launchpad.net) 2. Request to join the ["Keyman for Linux"](https://launchpad.net/~keymanapp) team. 3. Create a [GPG](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto) key and associate it to your launchpad account 4. Set the following environment variables in your `~/.profile` or `~/.bashrc` (so you don't have to set them every time) ```bash export GPGKEY=[key_id] # using the `key_id` of your GPG key export DEBEMAIL="your.email.address@example.org" export DEBFULLNAME="Firstname Lastname" ``` ### Building packages on Launchpad The `launchpad.sh` script downloads the current source code (beta or stable) from [downloads.keyman.com](https://downloads.keyman.com/linux/stable/), creates a Debian source package and uploads this to launchpad. Launchpad then rebuilds for the different distros and architectures. To upload the packages to launchpad, run the following script from the `linux/` directory: ```bash ./scripts/launchpad.sh [UPLOAD="yes"] [TIER=""] [PROJECT=""] [DIST=""] [PACKAGEVERSION=""] ``` #### Parameters - `UPLOAD="yes"` - do the dput for real - `TIER=""` - alpha, beta, or stable, default from `../TIER.md` - `PROJECT=""` - only upload this package - `DIST=""` - only upload for this distribution - `PACKAGEVERSION=""` - normally use the default so don't specify it. But if you change packaging and run another upload you need to increment the number at the end of `PACKAGEVERSION`. e.g. next one is `1~sil2` then `1~sil3`… ### Releasing a new version As part of releasing a new version it might be good to do some local testing first before uploading to Launchpad: - Run `launchpad.sh` with `UPLOAD="no"` to build the packages - Then install them on a clean VM and make sure no glaring bugs - Once you are happy with the packages you can run `launchpad.sh` with `UPLOAD="yes"` ### Troubleshooting Refer to the [launchpad uploading help](https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/Uploading) for troubleshooting and setting up for `dput` upload. ## Uploading Debian source packages Unless you're a Debian maintainer you can't directly upload to the Debian repos. Instead you upload to and then look for a sponsor who will review the packages and upload them for you. Be prepared that this might take some persistence, and if somebody looks at it, it might take some iterations to get it accepted. The Keyman packages are maintained on the Debian side by the [Debian Input Method Team](https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/IMEPackagingTeam). **NOTE:** All `changelog` files should contain the exact same entry that was previously accepted into the Debian repo (plus the new entry for the new update). This means that when your upload got accepted into Debian (not ) you'll have to update the `changelog` files to match what got accepted (sometimes the Debian maintainers will create additional package versions). ### Prerequisites - an account on [mentors.debian.net](https://mentors.debian.net/accounts/register/) - an entry for `mentors` in your `.dput.cf` file: ```bash [mentors] fqdn = mentors.debian.net incoming = /upload method = https allow_unsigned_uploads = 0 progress_indicator = 2 # Allow uploads for UNRELEASED packages allowed_distributions = .* ``` - subscribe to the [debian-input-method](https://lists.debian.org/debian-input-method/) mailing list ### Updating and uploading a stable release to Debian To do this you can run the `linux/scripts/upload-to-debian.sh` script: ```bash linux/scripts/upload-to-debian.sh -k ${DEBSIGNKEY} --push ``` This does several steps: 1. Download the source code from and create the source package by running `scripts/debian.sh` 2. sign the source package 3. upload to mentors (unless `-n` is passed) 4. Create a branch with the updated `linux/debian/changelog` file based on the stable branch 5. Cherry-pick the change on a new branch based on `master` 6. If `--push` is passed, the two branches will be pushed to GitHub There are a few additional manual required steps: 1. Create a draft-PR for the change against stable branch 2. Create a draft PR for the cherry-picked change against `master` 3. file a RFS bug (Request For Sponsorship) against the `sponsorship-requests` pseudo-package, cc'ing `debian-input-method`, or just send an email to the `debian-input-method` list. After the package got published in Debian you can mark the PRs as ready for review. This should only be done after the package got published in Debian because the changelog file needs to contain the exact same information that the changelog in Debian has. ## Reference See the [Linux readme](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/docs/linux/README.md) for how to build Keyman on Linux etc. ### References for Debian packaging - [mentors intro](https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/), especially section 3 (Publish your package) - explanation of the [sponsoring process](https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/) - [personal package upload page](https://mentors.debian.net/packages/my/)