1 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Corrections by Michel Grentzinger
6 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 2 May 2003 00:57:24 +0200
8 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
11 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
12 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
14 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
16 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
18 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
21 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
23 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
24 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
25 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
27 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
28 - the synopsis formula changed to either
29 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
31 <package-name> is <synopsis>
33 <package-name> are <synopsis>
35 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
36 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
37 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
38 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
39 package; closes: #187143
41 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
43 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
46 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
47 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
49 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
51 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
52 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
53 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
54 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
55 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
56 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
57 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
58 right places in the document, closes: #172897
59 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
63 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
65 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
66 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
67 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
68 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
69 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
70 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
71 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
73 - editorial changes on material added in this version
74 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
75 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
76 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
77 closes: #139957, #108416
78 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
79 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
81 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
83 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
86 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
88 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
89 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
90 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
91 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
93 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
94 for best practices for documentation
95 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
96 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
97 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
98 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
100 - spell-checking pass
102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
104 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
107 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
108 descriptions" moved under there
109 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
110 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
111 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
112 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
113 the document where these tools are discussed
114 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
115 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
116 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
117 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
118 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
119 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
121 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
122 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
123 that can be fixed by DDP folks
124 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
125 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
126 - simply PS and PDF building rules
128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
130 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
133 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
134 section and adjusted links
135 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
137 - ChangeLog attribution updates
138 - fix typos, closes: #171781
139 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
140 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
141 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
142 for debian/rules", and write an intro
143 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
144 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
145 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
146 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
147 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
148 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
149 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
150 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
151 "Internationalization"
152 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
153 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
154 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
155 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
156 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
157 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
158 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
159 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
160 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
162 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
163 rather useless and broken
164 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
165 names and the first word
166 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
167 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
168 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
170 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
171 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
172 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
176 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
179 - DDP publishing update
181 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
182 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
183 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
184 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
188 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
191 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
192 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
193 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
195 - added myself as co-author
196 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
198 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
199 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
201 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
202 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
206 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
209 - Corrected several errors with —
210 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
211 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
212 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
213 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
214 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
215 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
216 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
218 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
219 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
220 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
221 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
222 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
223 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
224 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
225 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
226 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
228 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
229 descriptions". closes: #158609
230 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
231 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
232 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
233 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
234 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
236 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
237 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
238 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
239 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
240 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
241 - updated the mailing lists section
243 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
244 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
249 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
253 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
255 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
257 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
258 Ch "The Debian Archive"
260 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
262 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
263 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
264 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
265 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
266 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
268 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
269 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
270 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
271 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
272 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
273 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
274 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
276 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
277 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
280 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
281 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
282 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
283 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
284 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
285 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
286 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
287 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
288 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
289 work-around with <...>
290 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
291 - update copyright date
292 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
293 - spell check and grammar corrections
297 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
299 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
300 recompile"; closes: #102626
301 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
302 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
303 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
304 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
305 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
307 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
308 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
309 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
311 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
313 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
314 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
315 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
316 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
317 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
318 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
319 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
320 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
321 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
323 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
325 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
327 - updated the list of available architectures.
328 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
329 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
330 of the package and nothing more.
331 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
332 any pain to the ftpmasters.
333 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
334 the use of the delayed queue.
335 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
336 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
338 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
339 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
340 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
341 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
342 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
343 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
344 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
346 - new Sec "Documentation"
347 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
348 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
349 "Being kind to porter" too
350 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
351 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
352 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
353 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
354 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
356 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
357 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
360 - update French translation
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
364 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
367 - some grammar corrections
368 - update French translation
370 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
371 anymore; closes: #135559
372 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
374 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
376 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
377 that would be welcome)
378 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
379 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
380 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
381 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
382 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
383 - other minor wording changes
384 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
385 - Ch "Package uploads":
386 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
387 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
388 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
389 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
390 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
391 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
392 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
396 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
398 * from Martin Michlmayr
399 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
400 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
401 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
403 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
405 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
407 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
409 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
410 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
411 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
414 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
416 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
421 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
424 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
426 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
427 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
428 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
429 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
430 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
431 talking about uploading to distributions
432 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
433 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
434 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
436 - French translation updated
438 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
439 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
440 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
444 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
447 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
448 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
453 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
456 * fix a typo in a link
457 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
458 update documentation accordingly
460 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
461 forwarding bugs upstream
463 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
464 entities which should be used
465 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
466 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
470 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
472 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
473 * French version: completely up-to-date now
474 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
475 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
477 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
482 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
484 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
486 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
487 this translation needs updating
488 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
489 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
490 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
492 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
493 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
494 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
496 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
497 included yet, however
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
501 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
503 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
505 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
506 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
508 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
512 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
514 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
515 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
516 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
518 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
522 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
525 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
526 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
527 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
528 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
529 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
530 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
531 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
532 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
533 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
534 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
535 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
536 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
538 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
539 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
540 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
541 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
542 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
544 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
546 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
547 * update copyright notice for 2001
548 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
549 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
550 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
554 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
556 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
558 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
560 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
564 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
566 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
567 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
569 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
570 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
571 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
572 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
573 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
574 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
575 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
576 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
577 could be used if necessary
578 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
579 mention the rsync dupload method
580 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
582 * other small corrections
583 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
584 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
585 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
586 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
588 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
590 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
591 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
595 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
597 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
598 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
599 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
600 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
602 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
603 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
604 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
605 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
606 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
608 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
610 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
611 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
612 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
613 team (closes: Bug#52906)
614 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
615 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
616 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
618 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
619 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
620 - added a section about the LDAP database
621 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
622 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
624 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
625 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
629 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
632 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
633 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
635 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
636 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
637 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
638 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
639 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
640 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
641 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
642 description from developers-reference.sgml
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
646 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
648 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
649 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
651 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
653 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
654 releases are available at archive.debian.org
655 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
656 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
657 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
658 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
659 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
660 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
661 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
662 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
664 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
665 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
666 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
667 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
669 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
670 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
671 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
672 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
673 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
674 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
675 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
676 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
677 suggestion from James Troup
678 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
679 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
680 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
681 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
686 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
688 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
689 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
693 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
695 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
696 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
697 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
698 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
699 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
700 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
701 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
705 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
708 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
709 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
710 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
711 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
712 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
714 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
715 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
717 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
721 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
723 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
725 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
726 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
727 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
728 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
729 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
731 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
732 with intro; demoted server sections under that
733 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
734 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
736 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
737 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
738 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
739 a normal developer may have access.
741 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
743 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
745 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
746 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
747 step all over each other
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
753 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
754 address for PGP key updates
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
760 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
761 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
762 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
763 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
764 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
768 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
770 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
771 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
772 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
773 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
774 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
775 <keyring-maint> instead)
776 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
777 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
779 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
781 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
782 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
783 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
787 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
789 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
790 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
791 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
792 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
793 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
794 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
796 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
797 tighten up the language a bit
798 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
799 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
800 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
801 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
803 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
804 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
805 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
806 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
807 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
808 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
810 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
811 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
812 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
813 about how to depart Debian gracefully
814 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
815 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
816 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
817 number of available packages
818 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
819 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
823 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
825 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
830 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
832 * not officially released
833 * more spelling corrections
834 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
838 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
840 * not officially released
841 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
842 * some PGP-centricity removed
843 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
844 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
845 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
846 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
847 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
848 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
852 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
854 * not officially released
855 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
856 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
857 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
858 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
859 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
860 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
861 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
862 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
863 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
864 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
865 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
866 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
867 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
868 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
870 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
871 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
873 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
875 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
876 take a couple of weeks
877 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
878 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
879 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
880 excited about it and can't wait
881 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
882 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
884 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
885 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
887 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
888 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
889 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
893 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
895 * move to 3-level version number:
896 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
897 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
898 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
899 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
900 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
903 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
904 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
905 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
907 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
909 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
910 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
911 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
912 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
913 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
914 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
916 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
918 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
919 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
920 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
921 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
922 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
923 - "The CVS server": new section added
924 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
926 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
927 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
928 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
929 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
930 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
932 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
933 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
934 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
935 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
936 a canonical location?)
937 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
938 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
939 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
940 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
942 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
944 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
945 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
946 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
947 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
949 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
951 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
954 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
955 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
956 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
957 them. (closes Bug#26948)
958 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
959 and should not be included in this Reference.
960 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
961 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
962 maintainer tools only!
963 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
964 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
965 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
966 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
967 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
968 * Little corrections here and there.
969 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
970 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
973 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
975 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
977 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
978 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
979 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
981 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
982 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
983 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
984 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
985 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
986 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
987 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
988 do prior to uploading
989 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
990 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
992 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
993 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
994 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
995 duties with respect to bugs
996 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
997 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
998 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1000 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1001 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1002 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1003 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1004 explicit what is used to build this package
1006 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1012 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1013 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1014 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1015 * utilize the new URL tag
1016 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1019 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1021 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1023 * non-maintainer release
1024 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1025 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1026 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1027 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1028 text, it can't hurt you.)
1029 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1030 reflect this packages version number
1031 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1033 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1035 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1039 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1041 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1043 * New version numbering scheme:
1045 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1046 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1047 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1050 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1051 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1052 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1053 differ between the manuals.
1055 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1056 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1057 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1058 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1060 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1061 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1063 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1065 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1067 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1071 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1072 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1074 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1075 (as requested by James Troup)
1077 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1079 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1081 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1083 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1087 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1089 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1091 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1092 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1093 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1094 the non-maintainer release
1096 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1097 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1098 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1101 - Lots of typos fixed
1103 * Compressed SGML source code
1105 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1106 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1108 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1110 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1112 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1115 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1116 - Announcing package uploads
1117 * New section about Debian Mentors
1118 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1119 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1120 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1121 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1123 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1125 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1128 of our FTP server and the development process
1129 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1130 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1131 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1133 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1134 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1135 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1136 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1137 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1138 contacting the maintainer
1139 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1140 a new manual released soon)
1141 * Some minor changes
1142 * Include SGML source in package
1143 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1144 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1146 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1148 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1152 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200