1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
15 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
18 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
19 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
20 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
21 release codenames in <literal>
22 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
23 doesn't exist anymore.
24 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
25 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
26 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
27 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
28 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
29 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
30 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
31 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
32 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
33 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
34 team before upload. Closes: #459343
35 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
37 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
43 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
44 - fix debian/copyright
45 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
46 - add pdf for French version.
47 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
48 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
49 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
50 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
51 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
52 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
53 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
54 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
55 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
57 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
58 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
60 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
62 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
63 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
64 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
65 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
66 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
67 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
69 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
72 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
73 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
74 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
75 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
76 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
77 * Update information concerning Alioth.
78 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
79 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
81 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
82 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
84 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
87 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
89 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
91 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
93 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
94 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
96 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
97 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
98 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
100 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
101 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
102 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
104 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
105 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
106 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
107 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
108 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
109 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
110 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
111 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
112 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
113 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
114 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
115 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
117 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
118 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
119 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
120 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
121 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
122 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
123 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
124 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
125 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
126 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
130 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
132 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
134 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
137 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
138 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
139 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
140 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
141 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
142 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
144 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
146 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
148 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
150 - non-us discontinued.
151 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
153 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
154 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
155 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
156 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
157 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
158 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
159 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
160 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
161 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
162 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
163 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
164 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
165 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
166 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
167 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
168 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
169 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
170 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
172 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
173 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
175 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
178 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
180 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
182 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
185 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
186 - madison is on merkel.
187 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
188 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
189 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
190 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
191 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
192 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
194 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
195 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
196 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
197 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
198 - sync NM rules with reality.
200 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
202 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
204 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
207 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
208 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
209 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
210 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
211 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
212 - spelling, grammer fixes.
213 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
214 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
215 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
216 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
217 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
218 - add myself to uploaders.
219 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
220 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
221 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
222 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
223 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
224 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
225 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
226 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
227 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
228 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
229 - rewrote the NMU section, and
230 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
231 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
232 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
233 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
234 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
235 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
236 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
237 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
239 - Security uploads get urgency=high
240 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
242 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
244 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
246 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
249 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
250 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
251 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
252 - documented Alioth, somewhat
254 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
255 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
257 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
258 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
259 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
260 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
264 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
266 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
267 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
268 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
269 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
274 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
277 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
279 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
280 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
281 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
283 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
284 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
285 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
286 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
289 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
291 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
292 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
293 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
294 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
295 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
297 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
298 it clear these are special cases
299 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
301 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
303 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
305 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
308 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
309 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
311 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
315 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
318 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
320 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
321 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
322 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
324 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
325 - the synopsis formula changed to either
326 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
328 <package-name> is <synopsis>
330 <package-name> are <synopsis>
332 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
333 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
334 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
335 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
336 package; closes: #187143
338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
340 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
343 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
344 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
346 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
348 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
349 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
350 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
351 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
352 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
353 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
354 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
355 right places in the document, closes: #172897
356 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
360 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
362 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
363 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
364 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
365 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
366 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
367 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
368 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
370 - editorial changes on material added in this version
371 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
372 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
373 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
374 closes: #139957, #108416
375 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
376 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
380 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
383 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
385 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
386 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
387 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
388 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
390 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
391 for best practices for documentation
392 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
393 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
394 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
395 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
397 - spell-checking pass
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
401 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
404 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
405 descriptions" moved under there
406 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
407 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
408 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
409 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
410 the document where these tools are discussed
411 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
412 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
413 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
414 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
415 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
416 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
418 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
419 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
420 that can be fixed by DDP folks
421 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
422 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
423 - simply PS and PDF building rules
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
427 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
430 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
431 section and adjusted links
432 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
434 - ChangeLog attribution updates
435 - fix typos, closes: #171781
436 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
437 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
438 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
439 for debian/rules", and write an intro
440 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
441 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
442 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
443 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
444 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
445 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
446 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
447 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
448 "Internationalization"
449 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
450 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
451 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
452 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
453 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
454 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
455 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
456 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
457 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
459 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
460 rather useless and broken
461 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
462 names and the first word
463 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
464 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
465 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
467 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
468 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
469 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
473 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
476 - DDP publishing update
478 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
479 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
480 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
481 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
485 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
488 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
489 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
490 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
492 - added myself as co-author
493 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
495 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
496 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
498 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
499 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
503 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
506 - Corrected several errors with —
507 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
508 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
509 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
510 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
511 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
512 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
513 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
515 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
516 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
517 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
518 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
519 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
520 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
521 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
522 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
523 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
525 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
526 descriptions". closes: #158609
527 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
528 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
529 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
530 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
531 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
533 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
534 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
535 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
536 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
537 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
538 - updated the mailing lists section
540 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
541 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
546 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
549 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
550 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
552 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
554 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
555 Ch "The Debian Archive"
557 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
559 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
560 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
561 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
562 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
563 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
565 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
566 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
567 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
568 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
569 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
570 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
571 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
573 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
574 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
577 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
578 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
579 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
580 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
581 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
582 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
583 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
584 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
585 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
586 work-around with <...>
587 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
588 - update copyright date
589 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
590 - spell check and grammar corrections
594 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
596 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
597 recompile"; closes: #102626
598 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
599 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
600 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
601 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
602 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
604 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
605 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
606 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
608 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
610 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
611 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
612 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
613 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
614 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
615 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
616 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
617 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
618 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
620 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
622 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
624 - updated the list of available architectures.
625 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
626 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
627 of the package and nothing more.
628 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
629 any pain to the ftpmasters.
630 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
631 the use of the delayed queue.
632 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
633 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
635 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
636 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
637 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
638 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
639 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
640 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
641 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
643 - new Sec "Documentation"
644 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
645 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
646 "Being kind to porter" too
647 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
648 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
649 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
650 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
651 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
653 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
654 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
657 - update French translation
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
664 - some grammar corrections
665 - update French translation
667 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
668 anymore; closes: #135559
669 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
671 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
673 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
674 that would be welcome)
675 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
676 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
677 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
678 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
679 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
680 - other minor wording changes
681 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
682 - Ch "Package uploads":
683 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
684 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
685 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
686 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
687 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
688 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
689 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
693 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 * from Martin Michlmayr
696 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
697 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
698 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
700 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
702 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
704 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
706 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
707 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
708 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
711 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
713 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
718 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
723 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
724 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
725 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
726 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
727 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
728 talking about uploading to distributions
729 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
730 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
731 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
733 - French translation updated
735 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
736 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
737 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
741 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
744 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
745 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
750 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
753 * fix a typo in a link
754 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
755 update documentation accordingly
757 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
758 forwarding bugs upstream
760 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
761 entities which should be used
762 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
763 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
767 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
769 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
770 * French version: completely up-to-date now
771 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
772 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
774 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
781 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
783 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
784 this translation needs updating
785 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
786 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
787 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
789 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
790 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
791 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
793 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
794 included yet, however
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
800 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
802 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
803 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
805 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
809 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
811 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
812 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
813 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
815 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
819 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
822 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
823 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
824 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
825 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
826 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
827 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
828 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
829 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
830 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
831 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
832 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
833 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
835 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
836 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
837 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
838 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
839 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
841 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
843 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
844 * update copyright notice for 2001
845 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
846 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
847 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
851 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
853 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
855 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
857 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
861 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
864 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
866 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
867 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
868 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
869 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
870 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
871 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
872 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
873 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
874 could be used if necessary
875 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
876 mention the rsync dupload method
877 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
879 * other small corrections
880 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
881 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
882 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
883 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
885 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
887 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
888 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
894 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
895 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
896 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
897 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
899 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
900 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
901 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
902 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
903 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
905 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
907 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
908 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
909 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
910 team (closes: Bug#52906)
911 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
912 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
913 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
915 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
916 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
917 - added a section about the LDAP database
918 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
919 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
921 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
922 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
926 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
929 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
930 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
932 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
933 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
934 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
935 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
936 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
937 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
938 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
939 description from developers-reference.sgml
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
943 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
945 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
946 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
948 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
950 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
951 releases are available at archive.debian.org
952 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
953 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
954 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
955 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
956 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
957 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
958 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
959 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
961 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
962 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
963 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
964 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
966 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
967 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
968 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
969 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
970 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
971 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
972 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
973 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
974 suggestion from James Troup
975 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
976 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
977 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
978 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
985 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
986 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
992 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
993 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
994 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
995 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
996 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
997 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
998 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1005 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1006 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1007 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1008 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1009 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1011 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1012 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1014 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1018 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1022 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1023 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1024 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1025 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1026 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1028 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1029 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1030 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1031 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1033 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1034 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1035 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1036 a normal developer may have access.
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1040 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1043 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1044 step all over each other
1046 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1048 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1051 address for PGP key updates
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1055 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1058 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1059 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1060 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1061 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1068 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1069 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1070 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1071 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1072 <keyring-maint> instead)
1073 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1074 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1076 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1078 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1079 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1080 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1086 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1087 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1088 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1089 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1090 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1091 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1093 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1094 tighten up the language a bit
1095 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1096 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1097 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1098 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1100 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1101 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1102 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1103 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1104 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1105 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1107 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1108 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1109 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1110 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1111 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1112 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1113 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1114 number of available packages
1115 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1116 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1120 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1127 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * not officially released
1130 * more spelling corrections
1131 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1135 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * not officially released
1138 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1139 * some PGP-centricity removed
1140 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1141 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1142 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1143 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1144 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1145 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1149 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1151 * not officially released
1152 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1153 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1154 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1155 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1156 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1157 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1158 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1159 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1160 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1161 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1162 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1163 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1164 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1165 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1167 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1168 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1170 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1172 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1173 take a couple of weeks
1174 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1175 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1176 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1177 excited about it and can't wait
1178 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1179 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1181 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1182 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1184 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1185 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1186 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1190 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1192 * move to 3-level version number:
1193 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1194 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1195 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1196 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1197 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1200 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1201 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1202 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1204 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1206 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1207 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1208 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1209 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1210 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1211 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1213 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1215 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1216 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1217 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1218 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1219 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1220 - "The CVS server": new section added
1221 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1223 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1224 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1225 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1226 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1227 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1228 with respect to GPG.
1229 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1230 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1231 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1232 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1233 a canonical location?)
1234 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1235 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1236 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1237 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1239 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1241 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1242 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1243 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1244 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1246 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1248 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1251 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1252 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1253 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1254 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1255 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1256 and should not be included in this Reference.
1257 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1258 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1259 maintainer tools only!
1260 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1261 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1262 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1263 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1264 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1265 * Little corrections here and there.
1266 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1267 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1270 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1272 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1275 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1276 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1278 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1279 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1280 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1281 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1282 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1283 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1284 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1285 do prior to uploading
1286 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1287 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1289 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1290 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1291 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1292 duties with respect to bugs
1293 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1294 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1295 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1297 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1298 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1299 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1300 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1301 explicit what is used to build this package
1303 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1305 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1309 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1310 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1311 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1312 * utilize the new URL tag
1313 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1316 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1318 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1320 * non-maintainer release
1321 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1322 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1323 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1324 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1325 text, it can't hurt you.)
1326 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1327 reflect this packages version number
1328 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1330 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1332 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1336 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1338 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1340 * New version numbering scheme:
1342 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1343 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1344 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1347 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1348 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1349 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1350 differ between the manuals.
1352 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1353 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1354 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1355 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1357 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1358 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1360 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1364 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1368 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1369 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1371 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1372 (as requested by James Troup)
1374 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1376 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1378 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1380 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1384 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1386 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1388 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1389 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1390 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1391 the non-maintainer release
1393 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1394 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1395 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1398 - Lots of typos fixed
1400 * Compressed SGML source code
1402 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1403 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1405 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1407 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1409 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1412 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1413 - Announcing package uploads
1414 * New section about Debian Mentors
1415 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1416 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1417 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1418 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1420 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1422 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1425 of our FTP server and the development process
1426 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1427 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1428 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1430 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1431 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1432 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1433 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1434 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1435 contacting the maintainer
1436 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1437 a new manual released soon)
1438 * Some minor changes
1439 * Include SGML source in package
1440 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1441 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1445 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1449 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200