Packaging informations 
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1. Directory Layout

    public releases 

        releases/
            4.1.3/
        unstable/
            4.0.xx/

    package repository to build releases 

        repository/
            kde/        - kde related packages 
            kde-i18n    - language packages 
            kdesupport/ - packages located in kdesupport subdirectory of kde svn 
            other/      - package which are not in other categories 
            win32libs/  - basic libraries from the 
 
        installer/
            manual/     - installer manual 
            unstable/   - unstable installer releases 
            old/        - old installer releases 
   

2. How to release packages on www.winkde.org 
   
   1. binary packages are build by the packagers and uploaded into the repository tree.
      The repository tree contains only the newest version of a package
      One package should have at least a bin package. 
  
   2. a release consists of binary packages, files containing md5 sums of the 
      binary packages and an installer config file. 

   3. releases are made from the repository by copying all packages 
      into the related release directory. A release could be created with the 
      following script: 
      
      /home/kde/pub/kde/ports/win32/repository/bin/make_release <release>      
      
      where <release> is the release number say 4.0.70 

3. How to release packages to the kde mirrors

    1. open an ssh connection to ftpwin32@ktown.kde.org
    
    2. run 

        ./make_release all <release> 
    
       to fetch the files for release (e.g 4.0.67) from the related release 
       of www.winkde.org, check checksums and move the release into the related 
       public area. 
       
       run ./make_release to see the available options. 
       
    3. wait some days 
    
    4. update the release number in the mirrors.lst on www.winkde.org
    

4. How to update the mirrors.lst file on www.winkde.org