Add script for generating a source tarball and rules for bilding a Debian package

tools/utils.py

Index: tools/utils.py
diff --git a/tools/utils.py b/tools/utils.py
index 1c460fcf24dba3c5601143242b165993c2b51732..22c937b519249f8fd324302c87cf4ada30d0fbfd 100644
--- a/tools/utils.py
+++ b/tools/utils.py
@@ -339,6 +339,14 @@ def GetSVNRevision():
   if revision:
     return revision
 
+  # When building from tarball use tools/SVN_REVISION
+  svn_revision_file = os.path.join(DART_DIR, 'tools', 'SVN_REVISION')

[kustermann, 2014/02/06 15:28:04]

You could make this a constant in utils.py add a comment explaining what it is
and use that constant in create_tarball.py as well.

+  try:
+    with open(svn_revision_file) as fd

[kustermann, 2014/02/06 15:28:04]

There is a colon missing here. I don't think this can work without ":".

+      return fd.read()
+  except:
+    pass
+
   # Only fail on the buildbot in case of a SVN client version mismatch.
   user = GetUserName()
   if user != 'chrome-bot':