1 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - DDP publishing update
6 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
7 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
8 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
9 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
11 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
13 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
16 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
17 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
18 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
20 - added myself as co-author
21 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
23 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
24 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
26 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
27 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
29 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
31 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
34 - Corrected several errors with —
35 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
36 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
37 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
38 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
39 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
40 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
41 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
43 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
44 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
45 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
46 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
47 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
48 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
49 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
50 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
51 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
53 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
54 descriptions". closes: #158609
55 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
56 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
57 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
58 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
59 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
61 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
62 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
63 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
64 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
65 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
66 - updated the mailing lists section
68 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
69 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
72 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
74 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
77 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
78 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
80 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
82 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
83 Ch "The Debian Archive"
85 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
87 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
88 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
89 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
90 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
91 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
93 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
94 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
95 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
96 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
97 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
98 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
99 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
101 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
102 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
105 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
106 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
107 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
108 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
109 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
110 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
111 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
112 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
113 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
114 work-around with <...>
115 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
116 - update copyright date
117 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
118 - spell check and grammar corrections
122 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
124 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
125 recompile"; closes: #102626
126 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
127 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
128 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
129 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
130 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
132 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
133 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
134 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
136 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
138 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
139 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
140 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
141 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
142 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
143 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
144 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
145 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
146 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
148 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
150 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
152 - updated the list of available architectures.
153 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
154 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
155 of the package and nothing more.
156 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
157 any pain to the ftpmasters.
158 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
159 the use of the delayed queue.
160 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
161 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
163 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
164 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
165 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
166 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
167 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
168 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
169 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
171 - new Sec "Documentation"
172 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
173 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
174 "Being kind to porter" too
175 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
176 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
177 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
178 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
179 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
181 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
182 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
185 - update French translation
187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
189 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
192 - some grammar corrections
193 - update French translation
195 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
196 anymore; closes: #135559
197 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
199 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
201 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
202 that would be welcome)
203 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
204 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
205 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
206 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
207 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
208 - other minor wording changes
209 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
210 - Ch "Package uploads":
211 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
212 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
213 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
214 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
215 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
216 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
217 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
221 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
223 * from Martin Michlmayr
224 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
225 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
226 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
228 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
230 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
232 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
234 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
235 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
236 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
239 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
241 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
246 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
249 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
251 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
252 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
253 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
254 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
255 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
256 talking about uploading to distributions
257 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
258 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
259 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
261 - French translation updated
263 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
264 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
265 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
269 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
272 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
273 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
278 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
281 * fix a typo in a link
282 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
283 update documentation accordingly
285 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
286 forwarding bugs upstream
288 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
289 entities which should be used
290 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
291 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
295 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
297 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
298 * French version: completely up-to-date now
299 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
300 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
302 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
307 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
309 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
311 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
312 this translation needs updating
313 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
314 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
315 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
317 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
318 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
319 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
321 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
322 included yet, however
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
326 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
328 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
330 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
331 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
333 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
337 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
339 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
340 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
341 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
343 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
347 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
350 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
351 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
352 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
353 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
354 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
355 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
356 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
357 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
358 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
359 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
360 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
361 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
363 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
364 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
365 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
366 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
367 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
369 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
371 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
372 * update copyright notice for 2001
373 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
374 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
375 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
379 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
381 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
383 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
385 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
389 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
392 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
394 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
395 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
396 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
397 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
398 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
399 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
400 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
401 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
402 could be used if necessary
403 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
404 mention the rsync dupload method
405 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
407 * other small corrections
408 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
409 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
410 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
411 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
413 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
415 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
416 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
420 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
422 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
423 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
424 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
425 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
427 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
428 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
429 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
430 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
431 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
433 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
436 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
437 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
438 team (closes: Bug#52906)
439 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
440 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
441 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
443 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
444 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
445 - added a section about the LDAP database
446 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
447 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
449 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
450 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
454 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
456 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
457 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
458 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
460 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
461 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
462 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
463 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
464 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
465 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
466 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
467 description from developers-reference.sgml
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
471 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
473 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
474 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
476 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
478 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
479 releases are available at archive.debian.org
480 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
481 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
482 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
483 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
484 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
485 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
486 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
487 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
489 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
490 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
491 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
492 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
494 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
495 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
496 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
497 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
498 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
499 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
500 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
501 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
502 suggestion from James Troup
503 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
504 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
505 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
506 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
511 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
513 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
514 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
518 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
520 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
521 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
522 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
523 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
524 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
525 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
526 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
530 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
533 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
534 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
535 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
536 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
537 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
539 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
540 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
542 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
546 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
550 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
551 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
552 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
553 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
554 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
556 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
557 with intro; demoted server sections under that
558 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
559 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
561 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
562 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
563 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
564 a normal developer may have access.
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
568 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
570 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
571 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
572 step all over each other
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
576 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
578 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
579 address for PGP key updates
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
583 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
585 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
586 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
587 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
588 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
589 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
593 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
596 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
597 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
598 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
599 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
600 <keyring-maint> instead)
601 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
602 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
604 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
606 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
607 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
608 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
612 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
614 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
615 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
616 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
617 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
618 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
619 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
621 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
622 tighten up the language a bit
623 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
624 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
625 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
626 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
628 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
629 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
630 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
631 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
632 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
633 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
635 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
636 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
637 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
638 about how to depart Debian gracefully
639 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
640 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
641 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
642 number of available packages
643 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
644 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
648 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
650 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
655 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
657 * not officially released
658 * more spelling corrections
659 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
663 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
665 * not officially released
666 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
667 * some PGP-centricity removed
668 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
669 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
670 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
671 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
672 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
673 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
677 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
679 * not officially released
680 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
681 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
682 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
683 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
684 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
685 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
686 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
687 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
688 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
689 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
690 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
691 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
692 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
693 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
695 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
696 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
698 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
700 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
701 take a couple of weeks
702 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
703 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
704 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
705 excited about it and can't wait
706 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
707 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
709 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
710 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
712 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
713 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
714 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
718 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
720 * move to 3-level version number:
721 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
722 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
723 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
724 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
725 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
728 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
729 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
730 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
732 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
734 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
735 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
736 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
737 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
738 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
739 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
741 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
743 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
744 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
745 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
746 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
747 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
748 - "The CVS server": new section added
749 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
751 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
752 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
753 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
754 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
755 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
757 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
758 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
759 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
760 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
761 a canonical location?)
762 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
763 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
764 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
765 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
767 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
769 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
770 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
771 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
772 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
774 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
776 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
779 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
780 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
781 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
782 them. (closes Bug#26948)
783 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
784 and should not be included in this Reference.
785 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
786 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
787 maintainer tools only!
788 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
789 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
790 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
791 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
792 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
793 * Little corrections here and there.
794 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
795 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
798 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
800 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
802 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
803 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
804 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
806 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
807 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
808 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
809 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
810 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
811 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
812 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
813 do prior to uploading
814 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
815 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
817 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
818 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
819 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
820 duties with respect to bugs
821 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
822 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
823 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
825 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
826 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
827 * grammar and markup changes throughout
828 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
829 explicit what is used to build this package
831 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
836 * version number and date are automatically populated now
837 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
838 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
839 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
840 * utilize the new URL tag
841 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
844 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
846 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
848 * non-maintainer release
849 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
850 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
851 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
852 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
853 text, it can't hurt you.)
854 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
855 reflect this packages version number
856 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
858 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
864 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
866 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
868 * New version numbering scheme:
870 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
871 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
872 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
875 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
876 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
877 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
878 differ between the manuals.
880 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
881 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
882 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
883 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
885 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
886 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
888 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
892 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
894 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
896 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
897 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
899 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
900 (as requested by James Troup)
902 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
904 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
906 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
908 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
912 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
914 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
916 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
917 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
918 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
919 the non-maintainer release
921 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
922 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
923 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
926 - Lots of typos fixed
928 * Compressed SGML source code
930 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
931 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
933 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
935 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
937 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
940 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
941 - Announcing package uploads
942 * New section about Debian Mentors
943 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
944 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
945 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
946 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
948 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
950 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
952 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
953 of our FTP server and the development process
954 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
955 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
956 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
958 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
959 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
960 debian-devel before they are uploaded
961 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
962 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
963 contacting the maintainer
964 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
965 a new manual released soon)
967 * Include SGML source in package
968 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
969 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
971 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
973 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
977 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200