1 developers-reference (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to latest version
5 - Proofread by Philippe Batailler
9 - Added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation.
11 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448.
13 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:49:44 +0100
15 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
18 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
20 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
21 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
22 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
23 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
25 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
26 for best practices for documentation
27 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
28 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
29 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
30 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
34 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
36 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
39 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
40 descriptions" moved under there
41 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
42 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
43 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
44 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
45 the document where these tools are discussed
46 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
47 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
48 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
49 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
50 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
51 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
53 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
54 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
55 that can be fixed by DDP folks
56 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
57 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
58 - simply PS and PDF building rules
60 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
62 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
65 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
66 section and adjusted links
67 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
69 - ChangeLog attribution updates
70 - fix typos, closes: #171781
71 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
72 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
73 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
74 for debian/rules", and write an intro
75 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
76 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
77 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
78 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
79 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
80 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
81 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
82 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
83 "Internationalization"
84 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
85 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
86 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
87 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
88 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
89 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
90 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
91 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
92 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
94 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
95 rather useless and broken
96 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
97 names and the first word
98 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
99 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
100 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
102 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
103 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
104 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
108 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
111 - DDP publishing update
113 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
114 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
115 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
116 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
120 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
123 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
124 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
125 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
127 - added myself as co-author
128 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
130 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
131 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
133 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
134 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
138 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
141 - Corrected several errors with —
142 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
143 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
144 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
145 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
146 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
147 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
148 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
150 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
151 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
152 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
153 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
154 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
155 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
156 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
157 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
158 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
160 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
161 descriptions". closes: #158609
162 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
163 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
164 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
165 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
166 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
168 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
169 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
170 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
171 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
172 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
173 - updated the mailing lists section
175 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
176 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
181 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
184 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
185 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
187 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
189 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
190 Ch "The Debian Archive"
192 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
194 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
195 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
196 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
197 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
198 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
200 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
201 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
202 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
203 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
204 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
205 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
206 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
208 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
209 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
212 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
213 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
214 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
215 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
216 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
217 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
218 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
219 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
220 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
221 work-around with <...>
222 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
223 - update copyright date
224 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
225 - spell check and grammar corrections
229 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
231 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
232 recompile"; closes: #102626
233 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
234 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
235 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
236 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
237 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
239 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
240 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
241 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
243 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
245 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
246 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
247 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
248 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
249 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
250 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
251 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
252 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
253 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
255 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
257 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
259 - updated the list of available architectures.
260 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
261 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
262 of the package and nothing more.
263 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
264 any pain to the ftpmasters.
265 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
266 the use of the delayed queue.
267 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
268 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
270 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
271 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
272 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
273 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
274 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
275 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
276 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
278 - new Sec "Documentation"
279 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
280 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
281 "Being kind to porter" too
282 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
283 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
284 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
285 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
286 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
288 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
289 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
292 - update French translation
294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
296 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
299 - some grammar corrections
300 - update French translation
302 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
303 anymore; closes: #135559
304 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
306 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
308 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
309 that would be welcome)
310 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
311 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
312 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
313 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
314 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
315 - other minor wording changes
316 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
317 - Ch "Package uploads":
318 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
319 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
320 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
321 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
322 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
323 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
324 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
328 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * from Martin Michlmayr
331 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
332 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
333 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
335 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
337 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
339 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
341 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
342 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
343 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
346 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
348 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
353 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
356 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
358 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
359 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
360 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
361 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
362 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
363 talking about uploading to distributions
364 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
365 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
366 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
368 - French translation updated
370 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
371 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
372 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
376 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
379 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
380 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
385 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
388 * fix a typo in a link
389 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
390 update documentation accordingly
392 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
393 forwarding bugs upstream
395 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
396 entities which should be used
397 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
398 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
402 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
404 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
405 * French version: completely up-to-date now
406 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
407 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
409 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
414 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
416 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
418 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
419 this translation needs updating
420 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
421 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
422 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
424 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
425 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
426 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
428 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
429 included yet, however
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
433 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
435 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
437 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
438 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
440 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
444 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
446 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
447 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
448 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
450 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
454 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
457 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
458 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
459 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
460 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
461 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
462 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
463 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
464 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
465 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
466 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
467 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
468 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
470 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
471 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
472 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
473 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
474 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
476 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
478 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
479 * update copyright notice for 2001
480 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
481 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
482 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
486 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
488 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
490 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
492 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
496 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
499 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
501 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
502 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
503 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
504 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
505 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
506 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
507 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
508 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
509 could be used if necessary
510 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
511 mention the rsync dupload method
512 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
514 * other small corrections
515 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
516 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
517 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
518 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
520 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
522 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
523 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
527 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
529 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
530 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
531 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
532 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
534 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
535 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
536 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
537 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
538 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
540 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
542 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
543 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
544 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
545 team (closes: Bug#52906)
546 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
547 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
548 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
550 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
551 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
552 - added a section about the LDAP database
553 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
554 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
556 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
557 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
561 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
564 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
565 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
567 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
568 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
569 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
570 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
571 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
572 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
573 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
574 description from developers-reference.sgml
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
578 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
580 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
581 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
583 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
585 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
586 releases are available at archive.debian.org
587 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
588 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
589 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
590 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
591 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
592 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
593 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
594 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
596 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
597 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
598 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
599 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
601 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
602 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
603 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
604 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
605 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
606 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
607 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
608 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
609 suggestion from James Troup
610 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
611 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
612 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
613 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
618 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
620 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
621 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
625 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
627 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
628 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
629 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
630 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
631 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
632 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
633 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
637 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
640 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
641 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
642 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
643 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
644 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
646 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
647 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
649 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
653 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
655 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
657 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
658 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
659 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
660 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
661 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
663 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
664 with intro; demoted server sections under that
665 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
666 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
668 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
669 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
670 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
671 a normal developer may have access.
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
675 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
677 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
678 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
679 step all over each other
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
683 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
685 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
686 address for PGP key updates
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
690 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
692 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
693 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
694 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
695 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
696 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
700 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
702 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
703 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
704 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
705 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
706 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
707 <keyring-maint> instead)
708 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
709 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
711 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
713 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
714 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
715 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
719 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
721 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
722 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
723 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
724 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
725 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
726 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
728 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
729 tighten up the language a bit
730 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
731 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
732 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
733 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
735 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
736 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
737 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
738 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
739 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
740 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
742 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
743 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
744 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
745 about how to depart Debian gracefully
746 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
747 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
748 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
749 number of available packages
750 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
751 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
755 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
757 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
762 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
764 * not officially released
765 * more spelling corrections
766 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
770 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
772 * not officially released
773 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
774 * some PGP-centricity removed
775 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
776 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
777 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
778 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
779 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
780 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
784 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
786 * not officially released
787 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
788 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
789 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
790 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
791 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
792 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
793 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
794 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
795 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
796 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
797 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
798 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
799 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
800 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
802 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
803 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
805 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
807 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
808 take a couple of weeks
809 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
810 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
811 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
812 excited about it and can't wait
813 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
814 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
816 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
817 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
819 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
820 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
821 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
825 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
827 * move to 3-level version number:
828 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
829 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
830 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
831 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
832 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
835 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
836 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
837 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
839 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
841 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
842 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
843 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
844 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
845 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
846 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
848 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
850 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
851 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
852 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
853 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
854 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
855 - "The CVS server": new section added
856 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
858 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
859 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
860 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
861 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
862 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
864 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
865 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
866 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
867 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
868 a canonical location?)
869 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
870 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
871 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
872 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
874 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
876 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
877 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
878 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
879 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
881 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
883 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
885 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
886 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
887 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
888 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
889 them. (closes Bug#26948)
890 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
891 and should not be included in this Reference.
892 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
893 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
894 maintainer tools only!
895 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
896 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
897 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
898 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
899 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
900 * Little corrections here and there.
901 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
902 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
905 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
907 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
909 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
910 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
911 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
913 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
914 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
915 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
916 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
917 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
918 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
919 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
920 do prior to uploading
921 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
922 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
924 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
925 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
926 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
927 duties with respect to bugs
928 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
929 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
930 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
932 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
933 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
934 * grammar and markup changes throughout
935 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
936 explicit what is used to build this package
938 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
943 * version number and date are automatically populated now
944 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
945 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
946 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
947 * utilize the new URL tag
948 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
951 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
955 * non-maintainer release
956 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
957 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
958 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
959 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
960 text, it can't hurt you.)
961 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
962 reflect this packages version number
963 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
965 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
971 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
973 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
975 * New version numbering scheme:
977 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
978 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
979 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
982 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
983 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
984 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
985 differ between the manuals.
987 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
988 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
989 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
990 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
992 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
993 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
995 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
997 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
999 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1003 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1004 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1006 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1007 (as requested by James Troup)
1009 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1011 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1013 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1015 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1019 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1021 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1023 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1024 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1025 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1026 the non-maintainer release
1028 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1029 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1030 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1033 - Lots of typos fixed
1035 * Compressed SGML source code
1037 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1038 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1040 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1042 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1044 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1047 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1048 - Announcing package uploads
1049 * New section about Debian Mentors
1050 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1051 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1052 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1053 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1055 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1057 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1060 of our FTP server and the development process
1061 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1062 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1063 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1065 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1066 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1067 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1068 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1069 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1070 contacting the maintainer
1071 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1072 a new manual released soon)
1073 * Some minor changes
1074 * Include SGML source in package
1075 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1076 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1078 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1080 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1084 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200