components, required and somewhat related - BEFORE you have .debs

### <a name="Software_States"> Software States </a>

* Upstream source
* Debian Source Package
  * Component (main, contrib, non-free, non-US, updates, security)
  * Build-depends
* Debian Binary Package
  * Component (main, contrib, non-free, non-US, updates, security)
  * Priority
  * Section

### <a name="Groups"> Groups </a>

* software author(s)
* Debian Package Maintainers, Co-Maintainers &amp; uploaders
* ftp-masters
* QA
* bug-filers
* porters for supported platforms (i386, m69k, sparc, alpha, powerpc, arm, mips, mipsel, hppa, ia64, s390)
* porters for unreleased platforms (amd64, sh)
* porters of non-linux platforms (hurd-i386, netbsd-i386, netbsd-alpha, freebsd-i386)
* International translation providers
* system administrators
* users

### <a name="Build_Software_amp_Systems"> Build Software &amp; Systems </a>

* wanna-build available in the buildd [CVS](http://m68k.debian.org/buildd/getting.html)
* buildd [CVS](http://m68k.debian.org/buildd/getting.html), [statistics](http://buildd.debian.org/stats/)
* [quinn-diff](http://buildd.debian.org/quinn-diff/) with anon-CVS
* [katie](http://ftp-master.debian.org) (was dinstall), ftp-master
  * update-excuses [output](http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_excuses.html)
* andrea, see wanna-build for source (no longer at <http://buildd.debian.org/andrea/>
* [fakeroot](http://packages.qa.debian.org/fakeroot)
* [sbuild](http://packages.qa.debian.org/sbuild)
* [pbuilder](http://packages.qa.debian.org/pbuilder)
* turtle \[[http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2001/debian-hurd-200103/msg00328.html]\[reference]
* [Package Tracking System](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/debian-devel-announce-200201/msg00011.html) (PTS)
* [Bug Tracking System](http://bugs.debian.org) (BTS)
  * Release Critical mailing to <debian-devel-announce@lists.debianNOSPAM.org>
* [Work Needed and Prospective Packages](http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/) (WNPP)
* [Lintian](http://lintian.debian.org/)
* [apt-proxy](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt-proxy) or [apt-cacher](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt-cacher)
* [reportbug](http://packages.qa.debian.org/reportbug)
* [dpkg](http://packages.qa.debian.org/dpkg)
* [apt](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt)
* grep-dctrl
* dpkg-awk

### <a name="Input_amp_Output_Files_Formats"> Input &amp; Output Files/Formats </a>

* sources file from an archive
* packages file from an archive
* log from build process
* lintian report
* debcheck report
* upstream related files (tar.gz, dsc [[SampleDscFile]])
* source deb
* binary deb
* /etc/apt/sources.list file
* bug reports
* web pages

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Inputs</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>1</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>2</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>3</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>4</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>1</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>2</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>3</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>4</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td colspan="4">   </td>
    <th align="right" bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Outputs</strong></th>
  </tr>
</table>

also see [[GNUDebianPackages]] for information on what you can do AFTER you have .debs.

-- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 03 March 2004