Remove unofficial packaging.

Unofficial packaging should be maintained externally since
it is not tested in CI or used in the official release process.

Maintainers of unofficial packages are better equipped with the necessary
expertise and testing resources to support alternative packaging.

.gitignore

@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ docs/docsite/searchindex.js
 docs/docsite/_static/*.gif
 docs/docsite/_static/*.png
 docs/docsite/_static/websupport.js
-# deb building stuff...
-/debian/
-deb-build
 # Vim swap files
 *.swp
 *.swo

Makefile

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #   make webdocs -------------- produce ansible doc at docs/docsite/_build/html
 #   make coredocs ------------- produce core doc at docs/docsite/_build/html
 #   make sdist ---------------- produce a tarball
-#   make deb-src -------------- produce a DEB source
-#   make deb ------------------ produce a DEB
 #   make docs ----------------- rebuild the manpages (results are checked in)
 #   make gettext -------------- produce POT files for docs
 #   make generate-po ---------- generate language specific po file
@@ -64,37 +62,6 @@ endif
 # Intenationalisation and Localisation
 LANGUAGES ?=
 
-# DEB build parameters
-DEBUILD_BIN ?= debuild
-DEBUILD_OPTS = --source-option="-I"
-DPUT_BIN ?= dput
-DPUT_OPTS ?=
-DEB_DATE := $(shell LC_TIME=C date +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %z")
-DEB_VERSION ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) packaging/release/versionhelper/version_helper.py --debversion)
-ifeq ($(OFFICIAL),yes)
-    DEB_RELEASE ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) packaging/release/versionhelper/version_helper.py --debrelease)ppa
-    # Sign OFFICIAL builds using 'DEBSIGN_KEYID'
-    # DEBSIGN_KEYID is required when signing
-    ifneq ($(DEBSIGN_KEYID),)
-        DEBUILD_OPTS += -k$(DEBSIGN_KEYID)
-    endif
-else
-    DEB_RELEASE ?= 100.git$(DATE)$(GITINFO)
-    # Do not sign unofficial builds
-    DEBUILD_OPTS += -uc -us
-    DPUT_OPTS += -u
-endif
-DEBUILD = $(DEBUILD_BIN) $(DEBUILD_OPTS)
-DEB_PPA ?= ppa
-# Choose the desired Ubuntu release: lucid precise saucy trusty
-DEB_DIST ?= unstable
-
-# pbuilder parameters
-PBUILDER_ARCH ?= amd64
-PBUILDER_CACHE_DIR = /var/cache/pbuilder
-PBUILDER_BIN ?= pbuilder
-PBUILDER_OPTS ?= --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd --architecture $(PBUILDER_ARCH) --debbuildopts -b
-
 # ansible-test parameters
 ANSIBLE_TEST ?= bin/ansible-test
 TEST_FLAGS ?=
@@ -161,9 +128,6 @@ clean:
 	find test/ -type f -name '*.retry' -delete
 	@echo "Cleaning up symlink cache"
 	rm -f SYMLINK_CACHE.json
-	@echo "Cleaning up Debian building stuff"
-	rm -rf debian
-	rm -rf deb-build
 	rm -rf docs/json
 	rm -rf docs/js
 	@echo "Cleaning up docsite"
@@ -205,73 +169,10 @@ sdist_upload: clean docs
 changelog:
 	PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog release -vv --use-ansible-doc && PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog generate -vv --use-ansible-doc
 
-.PHONY: debian
-debian: sdist
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    mkdir -p deb-build/$${DIST} ; \
-	    tar -C deb-build/$${DIST} -xvf dist/$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ; \
-	    cp -a packaging/debian deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ ; \
-        sed -ie "s|%VERSION%|$(DEB_VERSION)|g;s|%RELEASE%|$(DEB_RELEASE)|;s|%DIST%|$${DIST}|g;s|%DATE%|$(DEB_DATE)|g" deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/debian/changelog ; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: deb
-deb: deb-src
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    PBUILDER_OPTS="$(PBUILDER_OPTS) --distribution $${DIST} --basetgz $(PBUILDER_CACHE_DIR)/$${DIST}-$(PBUILDER_ARCH)-base.tgz --buildresult $(CURDIR)/deb-build/$${DIST}" ; \
-	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) create $${PBUILDER_OPTS} --othermirror "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $${DIST} universe" ; \
-	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) update $${PBUILDER_OPTS} ; \
-	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) build $${PBUILDER_OPTS} deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}.dsc ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-
-# Build package outside of pbuilder, with locally installed dependencies.
-# Install BuildRequires as noted in packaging/debian/control.
-.PHONY: local_deb
-local_deb: debian
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    (cd deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ && $(DEBUILD) -b) ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-
-.PHONY: deb-src
-deb-src: debian
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    (cd deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ && $(DEBUILD) -S) ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_source.changes ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-
-.PHONY: deb-upload
-deb-upload: deb
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    $(DPUT_BIN) $(DPUT_OPTS) $(DEB_PPA) deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: deb-src-upload
-deb-src-upload: deb-src
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    $(DPUT_BIN) $(DPUT_OPTS) $(DEB_PPA) deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_source.changes ; \
-	done
-
 .PHONY: epub
 epub:
 	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) $(MAKE) epub)
 
-# for arch or gentoo, read instructions in the appropriate 'packaging' subdirectory directory
 .PHONY: webdocs
 webdocs:
 	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) $(MAKE) docs)

docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst

@@ -265,12 +265,6 @@ To configure the PPA on your machine and install Ansible run these commands:
 
 .. note:: On older Ubuntu distributions, "software-properties-common" is called "python-software-properties". You may want to use ``apt-get`` instead of ``apt`` in older versions. Also, be aware that only newer distributions (in other words, 18.04, 18.10, and so on) have a ``-u`` or ``--update`` flag, so adjust your script accordingly.
 
-Debian/Ubuntu packages can also be built from the source checkout, run:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    $ make deb
-
 Installing Ansible on Debian
 ----------------------------