* compare-packages: added script to compare the contents of 'old' and 'new'

binary packages of the same source package. Useful to spot moved files,
  dropped files, etc.
* README: briefly document added scripts.

README

@@ -10,12 +10,19 @@ check-symbols <package> [<directory>]
     files in all binary packages of <package>. 
     <directory> is not mandatory and set to /var/cache/pbuilder/result by default.
 
+compare-packages <source package> [<directory>]
+    ... will compare the contents of the binary packages of <source
+    package> in the current directory with those in <directory>
+
 dch-repeat [--help]
     ... will repeat a change log into an older release.
 
 get-branches <directory> <team> [checkout|branch]
     ... will branch / checkout all the Bazaar branches in a Launchpad team. 
 
+hugdaylist [-n <number>] <bug list url>
+    ... will create a list of <number> bug list for a hug day listing
+
 mk-sbuild-lv
     ... will create LVM snapshot chroots via schroot and sbuild. It assumes that 
     sbuild has not be installed and configured before.
@@ -24,6 +31,12 @@ pbuilder-dist [create|update|build|clean|login|execute]
    ... is a wrapper to use pbuilder with many different distributions / versions.
    It has to be renamed to something like pbuilder-feisty, pbuilder-gutsy, etc.
 
+ppaput [-n] <dput location> [<debuild options>]
+   ... will build a source package using <debuild options>, upload it
+   to <dput location> and follow up on specified bugs, make sure the
+   sponsoring process is followed. Also it will file a new bug, if
+   '-n' is used.
+
 pull-debian-debdiff <package> <version>
     ... will attempt to find and download a specific version of a Debian package 
     and its immediate parent to generate a debdiff.

compare-packages

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright 2007, Canonical, Daniel Holbach
+#
+# GPL 3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import glob
+
+USAGE = \
+"""compare-packages <source-package> [<directory>]
+
+   compares contents of binary packages of <source-package> in the current
+   directory with those in <directory>"""
+
+def check_args():
+    directory = "/var/cache/pbuilder/result"
+    sourcepackage = ""
+
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print USAGE
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if sys.argv[1] in [ '-h', '--help' ]:
+	print USAGE
+	sys.exit(0)
+    
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        sourcepackage = sys.argv[1]
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        directory = sys.argv[2]
+
+    return (sourcepackage, directory)
+
+
+def main():
+    (sourcepackage, directory) = check_args()
+
+    (dummy, output, dummy) = os.popen3("apt-cache showsrc %s | grep ^Binary" % \
+                (sourcepackage))
+    binarypackages = output.read().split(":")[1].strip().split(", ")
+
+    if not os.path.exists("/usr/bin/debdiff"):
+        print >> sys.stderr, \
+                "'/usr/bin/debdiff' not found, please install 'devscripts'."
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
+        print >> sys.stderr, "Directory %s not found." % directory
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    for package in binarypackages:
+        old = glob.glob("./%s*.deb" % package)
+        new = glob.glob("%s/%s*.deb" % (directory, package))
+    
+        if not new or not old:
+            print "Skipping %s, no matching new and old package found." % package
+        else:
+            print "Comparing %s and %s" % (old[0], new[0])
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+            os.system("debdiff %s %s" % (old[0], new[0]))
+            print ''
+            print '---'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+ubuntu-dev-tools (0.10) gutsy; urgency=low
+
+  * compare-packages: added script to compare the contents of 'old' and 'new'
+    binary packages of the same source package. Useful to spot moved files,
+    dropped files, etc.
+  * README: briefly document added scripts.
+
+ -- Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:23:36 +0200
+
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.9) gutsy; urgency=low
 
   * Added submittodebian.1

setup.py

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ setup(name='ubuntu-dev-tools',
                'suspicious-source',
                'ppaput',
                'requestsync',
-	       'hugdaylist'
+	       'hugdaylist',
+	       'compare-packages'
   	       ],
 )