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