Add linux/debian/README.md: packaging overview and headless service#3799
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| `linux/deploy_deb.sh` (run from the repository root) uses this directory to build two packages with `debuild`: | ||
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| - **jamulus** — the desktop client/server (built with `CONFIG+=noupcasename`). | ||
| - **jamulus-headless** — a server-only binary (`CONFIG+=headless serveronly`) with no GUI library dependencies, plus a systemd service. |
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noupcasename missing here?
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Not missing — rules sets TARGET=jamulus-headless explicitly for that build, which overrides the target name directly (noupcasename only renames the default Jamulus → jamulus). Updated the README to spell out both mechanisms so the asymmetry is clear.
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Thanks.
I wonder why, though. Unless there's a good reason, we should be consistent. Is TARGET used elsewhere? (I mean, we added noupcasename specifically for Debian, if I remember correctly.)
pljones asked whether noupcasename was missing from the headless package's config line. It is not: rules passes TARGET=jamulus-headless explicitly there, which makes noupcasename redundant. State both target-naming mechanisms in the README so the asymmetry is explained. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Requested by @ann0see in #3790 (comment) ("Add a README.md to linux/debian explaining this then").
One new file. Explains what
deploy_deb.shbuilds from this directory (the two packages and their qmake configs), notes thatchangelogis generated at build time, and documentsjamulus-headless.service: what it runs, as which user, and where to configure it — linking to the server options page on jamulus.io rather than duplicating it.CHANGELOG: SKIP
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