What are Launchpad packaging recipes and how can I use them?

As I understand it, packaging recipes are a way to automate packaging into a PPA from a bzr branch. What I'm not sure of is how to go about setting one up. I have read the documentation but for some reason it still leaves me a litte confused about what to do.

• What is the step by step process of setting up a recipe? (A 'hello world' example would be useful)
• What needs to go into the branch? (eg. debian/ directory)
• What do you write in the recipe text field and what does it all mean?

Solution 1:

I'm a bit lazy today, so I'll just give you two things worth reading and watching:

• Launchpad source package recipes video
• Packaging/SourceBuilds/Recipes help

good luck!