ubuntu-dev-tools

useful tools for Ubuntu developers

This is a collection of useful tools that Ubuntu developers use to make their packaging work a lot easier. Such tools include: - 404main - used to check what components a package's deps are in, for doing a main inclusion report for example. - backportpackage - helper to test package backports - bitesize - add the 'bitesize' tag to a bug and comment that you are willing to help fix it. - check-mir - check support status of build/binary dependencies - check-symbols - will compare and give you a diff of the exported symbols of all .so files in a binary package. - dch-repeat - used to repeat a change log into an older release. - grab-merge - grabs a merge from merges.ubuntu.com easily. - grep-merges - search for pending merges from Debian. - harvest - grabs information about development opportunities from http://harvest.ubuntu.com - hugdaylist - compile HugDay lists from bug list URLs. - import-bug-from-debian - copy a bug from the Debian BTS to Launchpad - merge-changelog - manually merges two Debian changelogs with the same base version. - mk-sbuild - script to create LVM snapshot chroots via schroot and sbuild. - pbuilder-dist, cowbuilder-dist - wrapper script for managing several build chroots (for different Ubuntu and Debian releases) on the same system. - pull-debian-debdiff - attempts to find and download a specific version of a Debian package and its immediate parent to generate a debdiff. - pull-debian-source - downloads the latest source package available in Debian of a package. - pull-lp-source - downloads latest source package from Launchpad. - pull-revu-source - downloads the latest source package from REVU - requestbackport - file a backporting request. - requestsync - files a sync request with Debian changelog and rationale. - reverse-depends - find the reverse dependencies (or build dependencies) of a package. - seeded-in-ubuntu - query if a package is safe to upload during a freeze. - setup-packaging-environment - assistant to get an Ubuntu installation ready for packaging work. - sponsor-patch - Downloads a patch from a Launchpad bug, patches the source package, and uploads it (to Ubuntu or a PPA) - submittodebian - automatically send your changes to Debian as a bug report. - syncpackage - helper to prepare .changes file to upload synced packages - ubuntu-build - give commands to the Launchpad build daemons from the command line. - ubuntu-iso - output information of an Ubuntu ISO image. - ubuntu-upload-permission - query / list the upload permissions for a package. - update-maintainer - script to update maintainer field in ubuntu packages.

perf-tools-unstable

DTrace-like tools for Linux

A miscellaneous collection of in-development and unsupported performance analysis tools for Linux perf_events, aka the "perf" command, and ftrace. Both perf_events and ftrace are core Linux tracing tools, and are included in the Linux kernel source. These tools are designed to be simple to use, easy to install, and provide advanced performance observability. This collection was written by Brendan Gregg (author of the DTraceToolkit). Many of these tools employ workarounds so that functionality is possible on existing Linux kernels. Because of this, many tools have caveats (see man pages), and their implementation should be considered a placeholder until future kernel features, or new tracing subsystems, are added.