Create Debian package

[eloquence]

As with other workstation dependencies, we should create a Debian package for the client so that it can be installed easily as part of provisioning. See freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation#136 for background and discussion about packaging approaches.

[redshiftzero]

Next steps on this are:

• @kushaldas / @joshuathayer to push first pass through the packaging process to https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging
• @kushaldas to be onboarded to apt-test if not done yet for [securedrop-proxy] Create Debian package securedrop-proxy#6
• once Move alembic directory #30 and Consider how to bootstrap the database at first run #31 are implemented, we do a second pass through the packaging process, and push the changes up to https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging
• push deb package to apt-test
• we file a followup issue to modify salt logic in the workstation repo to use this package

[eloquence]

@kushaldas and/or @joshuathayer, could you provide an update on the status of this ticket, please?

[kushaldas]

@joshuathayer Can you please push your debian directory to the packaging repo?

[conorsch]

Candidate PR submitted here by @joshuathayer : freedomofpress/securedrop-builder#3

[redshiftzero]

That PR has been merged 🎉 - so, we've done a first pass here, but we should hold off on pushing a package to apt-test until we have some more functionality in securedrop-client. The reason for this is that once #40, #19, and #20 are completed, then we can modify master in the securedrop workstation repo to use securedrop-client instead of Tor Browser.

I propose at the end of this week we evaluate the functionality that's been merged in and go from there.

[kushaldas]

Just now figured that we are missing the PR on this repo for the setup.py and MANIFEST.in files, these are required to create the source tar ball from which we can create the Debian package.

@joshuathayer Can you please push those in a PR?

[kushaldas]

@joshuathayer Can you please push those in a PR?

I will add these up in the next PR I will make as those will be required to test out all the config/database changes I am going to make.

[kushaldas]

#86 has some related update, also in freedomofpress/securedrop-builder#4 @redshiftzero Please have a look :)

[redshiftzero]

this is done: https://apt-test-qubes.freedom.press/pool/main/s/securedrop-client/