Debian Multi-Architecture Package Builder

Version updated for https://github.com/ranjithrajv/debian-multiarch-builder to version v.0.1a3.

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Action Type

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Action Summary

The “Debian Multi-Architecture Package Builder” GitHub Action automates the creation of Debian packages across multiple architectures from projects hosted on GitHub. It simplifies the process by offering features such as auto-discovery of release patterns, an interactive setup wizard, and pre-built templates for popular programming languages and frameworks. This action addresses the challenges of multi-architecture packaging by providing faster builds, secure checksum verification, and integrated quality assurance tools, making it ideal for developers distributing software as Debian packages.

Release notes

What’s New in v0.1 Alpha 3

Modular Architecture

  • Refactored core scripts into focused, single-responsibility modules
  • Slimmed down telemetry to a minimal essential implementation
  • Removed legacy utils.sh in favour of dedicated helper libraries

New Libraries

  • logging.sh — Structured output and colour-coded log levels
  • progress.sh — Real-time build progress visualisation with per-arch status
  • dry-run.sh — 5-step config/version/asset validation without building
  • zero-config.sh — Auto-discovery mode: build directly from a GitHub repo without a config file
  • download-cache.sh — Download caching between builds
  • resource-pool.sh — Resource-aware parallelism management
  • architecture-tracking.sh — Per-architecture state tracking
  • reporting.sh — Build summary and badge generation
  • essential-utils.sh, file-utils.sh, package-utils.sh — Utility helpers extracted from monolithic scripts

GitHub API Improvements

  • Exponential backoff retry logic (up to 3 attempts)
  • Rate-limit detection with automatic wait
  • Shared API response cache at /tmp/github_api_cache

Configuration Templates

  • 12+ ready-to-use templates for Rust, Go, C/C++, Node.js, Python, and Ruby projects
  • Template index and usage guide in templates/README.md

CLI Improvements (src/main.sh)

  • --dry-run flag for validation without building
  • --setup flag for interactive config wizard
  • --auto-discovery / --ad flag for zero-config builds

CI Workflows

  • demo.yml — Quick demo workflow
  • try-it.yml — One-click try-it workflow
  • setup.yml — Guided setup workflow

Docs

  • Expanded usage guide, auto-discovery docs, and best-practices guide
  • New setup wizard documentation (docs/setup-wizard.md)
  • Updated README and CONTRIBUTING guide

Chores

  • Improved .gitignore to cover backup files, telemetry data, build summaries, and logs