Add howto and script

HOWTO-metapackage.txt

+# Originally from http://www.twinaxis.com/pmwiki/Linux/MetaPackage
+# sudo aptitude install dh-make devscripts fakeroot dput
+# export DEBFULLNAME="John Doe"
+# export DEBEMAIL="user@example.com"
+
+export PROGNAME=foobar
+mkdir $PROGNAME-0.1
+tar czf $PROGNAME_0.1.tar.gz $PROGNAME-0.1
+cd $PROGNAME-0.1
+dh_make -s -n -f ../$PROGNAME-0.1.tar.gz
+<ENTER>
+rm debian/*.ex debian/*.EX debian/README.Debian debian/README.Source
+
+$EDITOR debian.control
+ Source: $PROGNAME
+ Section: misc 		 <- MUST be debian section
+ Priority: extra
+ Maintainer: John Doe <user@example.com>
+ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5)
+ Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+
+ Package: $PROGNAME
+ Architecture: any
+ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, other-package, the-package <- your dependencies
+ Description: FooBar metapackage
+  This metapackage includes many things.
+
+#Write the changelog entry
+
+dch
+#( change 'distroseries' from unstable to precise ; in future use dch -i to increment version )
+
+#Build and sign the source package. (Leave out the -S for a binary package.)
+
+debuild -k'Jan Groenewald (Www.aims.ac.za) <jan@aims.ac.za>' -S -sa
+# ( -b for binary )
+#Upload the package to PPA
+
+cd ..
+dput ppa:aims/aims-desktop $PROGNAME_0.1_source.changes
+
+# UPDATING IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SOURCES:
+Get the sources together (foobar.dsc, foobar_0.1.tar.gz).
+Extract the source
+ $ dpkg-source -x foobar_0.1.dsc
+ $ cd foobar-0.1
+

metapackage.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+
+# personal script: fragile!
+# run in ~/src/ on snapperkob
+
+# Usage: ./metapackage.sh APPNAME DEPENDENCIES
+# DEPENDENCIES is a comma-separated list: NO SPACES
+
+export APPNAME=$1
+export DEPS=$@
+export DEPENDENCIES=`echo $DEPS | sed -e "s/${APPNAME} //" -e 's/ /, /g'`
+export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
+
+mkdir $APPNAME-0.1
+tar czf ${APPNAME}_0.1.tar.gz $APPNAME-0.1
+cd $APPNAME-0.1
+dh_make -s -n -f ../${APPNAME}_0.1.tar.gz
+rm debian/*.ex debian/*.EX debian/README.Debian debian/README.source debian/docs debian/README
+sed -ie 's#Homepage:.*#Homepage: https://launchpad.net/~aims#' debian/control
+sed -ie "s/misc:Depends}/misc:Depends}, ${DEPENDENCIES}/" debian/control
+$EDITOR debian/control
+rm debian/controle
+sed -ie 's/unstable/trusty/' debian/changelog
+rm debian/changeloge
+dch
+debuild -k'Jan Groenewald (Www.aims.ac.za) <jan@aims.ac.za>' -S -sa
+cd ..
+dput ppa:aims/aims-desktop ${APPNAME}_0.1_source.changes