[ANNOUNCE] PackPack - a tool to build packages from git on Travis CI

[Roman Tsisyk]

Hi everyone,

I would like to announce the first version of PackPack [1] - a convenient
tool to build RPM and Debian packages from git repositories:

+ Fast reproducible builds using Docker containers
 + Semantic versioning based on annotated git tags
 + Support for all major Linux distributions as targets

PackPack performs all required steps to create Linux packages by the single
command [2]:

~/gitrepo$ OS=fedora DIST=24 packpack        # Build for Fedora 24
    ~/gitrepo$ OS=centos DIST=7 packpack         # Build for CentOS 7
    ~/gitrepo$ OS=debian DIST=stretch packpack   # Build for Debian Stretch
    ~/gitrepo$ OS=ubuntu DIST=xenial packpack    # Build for Ubuntu Xenial

PackPack automatically bumps version in the RPM spec, packs a source tarball,
creates a source RPM and then builds binary packages. You only need to have
a proper RPM spec at `rpm/` and `major.minor` annotated git tag.

This tool works best with GitHub, Travis CI and PackageCloud:

- Push your code to GitHub
 - Build packages using Travis CI
 - Host repositories on PackageCloud

Feel it like an alternative to `copr`, but hosted on Travis CI and PackageCloud.
It is also possible to use `packpack` locally on your host (see above).

Please see GitHub project [1] and a demo video [3] for additional details.

Your feedback is welcome ;)

[1]: https://github.com/packpack/packpack
[2]: https://asciinema.org/a/3unm4sw4g889ddk7tr0uettbn

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WBR,
  Roman Tsisyk