1 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403.
6 - Added myself as co-author.
7 - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance". Closes: #161488
9 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> UNRELEASED
11 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
14 - Corrected several errors with —
15 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
16 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
17 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
18 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
19 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
20 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
21 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
23 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
24 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
25 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
26 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
27 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
28 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
29 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
30 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
31 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
33 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
34 descriptions". closes: #158609
35 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
36 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
37 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
38 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
39 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
41 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
42 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
43 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
44 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
45 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
46 - updated the mailing lists section
48 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
49 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
52 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
54 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
58 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
60 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
62 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
63 Ch "The Debian Archive"
65 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
67 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
68 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
69 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
70 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
71 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
73 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
74 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
75 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
76 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
77 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
78 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
79 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
81 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
82 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
85 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
86 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
87 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
88 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
89 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
90 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
91 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
92 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
93 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
94 work-around with <...>
95 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
96 - update copyright date
97 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
98 - spell check and grammar corrections
102 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
104 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
105 recompile"; closes: #102626
106 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
107 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
108 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
109 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
110 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
112 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
113 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
114 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
116 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
118 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
119 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
120 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
121 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
122 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
123 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
124 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
125 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
126 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
128 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
130 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
132 - updated the list of available architectures.
133 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
134 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
135 of the package and nothing more.
136 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
137 any pain to the ftpmasters.
138 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
139 the use of the delayed queue.
140 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
141 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
143 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
144 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
145 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
146 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
147 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
148 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
149 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
151 - new Sec "Documentation"
152 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
153 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
154 "Being kind to porter" too
155 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
156 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
157 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
158 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
159 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
161 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
162 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
165 - update French translation
167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
169 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
172 - some grammar corrections
173 - update French translation
175 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
176 anymore; closes: #135559
177 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
179 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
181 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
182 that would be welcome)
183 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
184 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
185 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
186 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
187 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
188 - other minor wording changes
189 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
190 - Ch "Package uploads":
191 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
192 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
193 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
194 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
195 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
196 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
197 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
201 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * from Martin Michlmayr
204 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
205 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
206 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
208 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
210 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
212 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
214 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
215 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
216 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
219 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
221 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
226 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
229 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
231 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
232 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
233 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
234 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
235 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
236 talking about uploading to distributions
237 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
238 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
239 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
241 - French translation updated
243 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
244 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
245 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
249 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
252 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
253 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
258 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
261 * fix a typo in a link
262 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
263 update documentation accordingly
265 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
266 forwarding bugs upstream
268 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
269 entities which should be used
270 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
271 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
275 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
277 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
278 * French version: completely up-to-date now
279 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
280 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
282 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
287 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
289 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
291 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
292 this translation needs updating
293 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
294 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
295 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
297 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
298 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
299 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
301 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
302 included yet, however
304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
306 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
308 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
310 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
311 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
313 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
317 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
319 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
320 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
321 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
323 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
327 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
330 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
331 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
332 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
333 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
334 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
335 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
336 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
337 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
338 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
339 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
340 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
341 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
343 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
344 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
345 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
346 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
347 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
349 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
351 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
352 * update copyright notice for 2001
353 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
354 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
355 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
359 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
361 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
363 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
365 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
369 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
371 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
372 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
374 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
375 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
376 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
377 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
378 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
379 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
380 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
381 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
382 could be used if necessary
383 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
384 mention the rsync dupload method
385 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
387 * other small corrections
388 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
389 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
390 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
391 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
393 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
395 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
396 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
400 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
402 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
403 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
404 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
405 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
407 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
408 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
409 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
410 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
411 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
413 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
415 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
416 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
417 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
418 team (closes: Bug#52906)
419 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
420 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
421 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
423 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
424 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
425 - added a section about the LDAP database
426 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
427 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
429 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
430 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
434 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
437 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
438 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
440 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
441 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
442 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
443 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
444 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
445 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
446 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
447 description from developers-reference.sgml
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
451 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
453 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
454 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
456 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
458 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
459 releases are available at archive.debian.org
460 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
461 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
462 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
463 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
464 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
465 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
466 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
467 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
469 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
470 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
471 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
472 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
474 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
475 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
476 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
477 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
478 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
479 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
480 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
481 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
482 suggestion from James Troup
483 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
484 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
485 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
486 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
491 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
493 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
494 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
498 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
500 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
501 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
502 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
503 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
504 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
505 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
506 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
510 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
513 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
514 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
515 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
516 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
517 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
519 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
520 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
522 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
526 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
530 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
531 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
532 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
533 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
534 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
536 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
537 with intro; demoted server sections under that
538 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
539 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
541 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
542 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
543 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
544 a normal developer may have access.
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
548 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
550 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
551 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
552 step all over each other
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
556 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
558 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
559 address for PGP key updates
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
563 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
566 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
567 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
568 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
569 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
573 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
575 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
576 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
577 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
578 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
579 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
580 <keyring-maint> instead)
581 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
582 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
584 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
586 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
587 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
588 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
592 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
594 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
595 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
596 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
597 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
598 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
599 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
601 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
602 tighten up the language a bit
603 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
604 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
605 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
606 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
608 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
609 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
610 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
611 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
612 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
613 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
615 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
616 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
617 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
618 about how to depart Debian gracefully
619 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
620 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
621 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
622 number of available packages
623 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
624 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
628 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
630 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
635 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
637 * not officially released
638 * more spelling corrections
639 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
643 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
645 * not officially released
646 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
647 * some PGP-centricity removed
648 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
649 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
650 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
651 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
652 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
653 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
657 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
659 * not officially released
660 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
661 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
662 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
663 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
664 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
665 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
666 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
667 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
668 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
669 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
670 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
671 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
672 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
673 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
675 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
676 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
678 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
680 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
681 take a couple of weeks
682 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
683 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
684 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
685 excited about it and can't wait
686 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
687 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
689 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
690 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
692 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
693 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
694 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
698 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
700 * move to 3-level version number:
701 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
702 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
703 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
704 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
705 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
708 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
709 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
710 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
712 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
714 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
715 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
716 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
717 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
718 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
719 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
721 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
723 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
724 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
725 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
726 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
727 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
728 - "The CVS server": new section added
729 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
731 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
732 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
733 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
734 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
735 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
737 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
738 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
739 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
740 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
741 a canonical location?)
742 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
743 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
744 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
745 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
747 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
749 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
750 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
751 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
752 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
754 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
756 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
758 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
759 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
760 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
761 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
762 them. (closes Bug#26948)
763 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
764 and should not be included in this Reference.
765 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
766 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
767 maintainer tools only!
768 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
769 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
770 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
771 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
772 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
773 * Little corrections here and there.
774 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
775 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
778 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
780 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
782 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
783 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
784 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
786 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
787 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
788 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
789 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
790 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
791 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
792 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
793 do prior to uploading
794 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
795 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
797 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
798 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
799 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
800 duties with respect to bugs
801 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
802 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
803 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
805 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
806 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
807 * grammar and markup changes throughout
808 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
809 explicit what is used to build this package
811 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
813 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
816 * version number and date are automatically populated now
817 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
818 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
819 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
820 * utilize the new URL tag
821 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
824 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
828 * non-maintainer release
829 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
830 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
831 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
832 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
833 text, it can't hurt you.)
834 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
835 reflect this packages version number
836 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
838 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
840 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
844 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
846 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
848 * New version numbering scheme:
850 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
851 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
852 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
855 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
856 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
857 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
858 differ between the manuals.
860 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
861 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
862 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
863 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
865 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
866 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
868 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
870 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
872 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
874 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
876 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
877 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
879 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
880 (as requested by James Troup)
882 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
884 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
886 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
888 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
892 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
894 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
896 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
897 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
898 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
899 the non-maintainer release
901 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
902 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
903 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
906 - Lots of typos fixed
908 * Compressed SGML source code
910 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
911 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
913 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
915 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
917 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
920 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
921 - Announcing package uploads
922 * New section about Debian Mentors
923 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
924 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
925 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
926 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
928 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
930 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
932 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
933 of our FTP server and the development process
934 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
935 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
936 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
938 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
939 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
940 debian-devel before they are uploaded
941 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
942 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
943 contacting the maintainer
944 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
945 a new manual released soon)
947 * Include SGML source in package
948 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
949 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
951 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
953 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200