rpi-chromium-mods

This is our "fork" of Raspberry Pi's rpi-chromium-mods debian repository.

Base Package Last Updated: Kano OS v4.3.0 Kano Customisations Last Updated: Kano OS v4.3.2

Updating rpi-chromium-mods

In Kano OS, we mirror Rasbian and Raspberry Pi debian sources. Therefore, when we update the Raspberry Pi mirrors, we get a new version of the original rpi-chromium-mods. This newer version will always be overshadowed by Kano's rpi-chromium-mods-kano.

As such, in order to update the package, you'll simply need to unpack the newer version of rpi-chromium-mods and add the files to this repository.

Commit Conventions

From 5 April 2019, the contributions to this project will follow these rules:

• [Our single commit which adds everything on top of a default version]
• [Base version of rpi-chromium-mods]
• [Base version of rpi-chromium-mods]
• ...
• Added .gitignore and README.md
• Reset project, start fresh

This means that when a newer version of rpi-chromium-mods is added, the commit will be added below our customisations and you'll have to update those changes.

When commiting a newer version of rpi-chromium-mods, do so using the commit message convention exemplified in 7c715e74381082f0d5dba7b3719dfe4c2a568807.

Example (macOS)

1. Create a temporary workspace

mkdir -p /tmp/rpi-chromium-mods/
cd /tmp/rpi-chromium-mods/

2. Download the new package locally

wget http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/ui/r/rpi-chromium-mods/rpi-chromium-mods_20190103_armhf.deb

3. Unpack the debian package

ar x rpi-chromium-mods_20190103_armhf.deb
tar -zxvf *.tar.gz
tar -xvf *.tar.xz
cd usr/share/doc/rpi-chromium-mods/ && gunzip *.gz && cd ../../../..
rm *.deb *.tar.gz *.tar.xz

4. In the repository, revert the customisations commit and stash it

cd ~/Kano/rpi-chromium-mods/
git checkout -b update
git reset HEAD~1
git stash

5. Copy all the existing and new files from the new rpi-chromium-mods

cp /tmp/rpi-chromium-mods/usr/lib/chromium-browser/* armhf/
cp /tmp/rpi-chromium-mods/etc/chromium-browser/customizations/* armhf/
cp /tmp/rpi-chromium-mods/{config,control,postinst,postrm,templates} debian/
cp /tmp/rpi-chromium-mods/usr/share/doc/rpi-chromium-mods/* debian/

There may other files, so pay attention here.

6. Commit the newer version of rpi-chromium-mods

git commit

See Commit Conventions for what to use as the commit message.

7. Apply Kano customisations on top

git stash pop

8. Solve any issues there may be with the new version

9. Commit the new Kano customisation single commit on top

git add *
git commit

Use the same commit message (or update as necessary):

Project customisations for Kano OS

This single commit is always applied on top of the latest mirror
of rpi-chromium-mods and it contains all extras specific to Kano OS.
To view previous versions of this package, see Tags. Our changes
are only in packaging and Chromium's master_preferences file.

10. Update this README with the version of the OS this is for

11. Push your changes

Because the history has been rewritten, you'll need to push with force.

git push origin update --force-with-lease