1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst.
25 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
27 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
30 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
31 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
32 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
33 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
34 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
35 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
37 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
39 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
41 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
43 - non-us discontinued.
44 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
46 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
47 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
48 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
49 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
50 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
51 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
52 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
53 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
54 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
55 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
56 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
57 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
58 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
59 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
60 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
61 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
62 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
63 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
65 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
66 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
68 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
71 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
73 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
75 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
78 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
79 - madison is on merkel.
80 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
81 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
82 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
83 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
84 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
85 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
87 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
88 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
89 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
90 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
91 - sync NM rules with reality.
93 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
95 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
97 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
100 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
101 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
102 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
103 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
104 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
105 - spelling, grammer fixes.
106 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
107 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
108 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
109 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
110 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
111 - add myself to uploaders.
112 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
113 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
114 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
115 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
116 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
117 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
118 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
119 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
120 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
121 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
122 - rewrote the NMU section, and
123 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
124 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
125 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
126 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
127 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
128 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
129 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
130 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
132 - Security uploads get urgency=high
133 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
135 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
137 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
139 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
142 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
143 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
144 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
145 - documented Alioth, somewhat
147 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
148 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
150 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
151 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
152 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
153 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
157 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
159 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
160 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
161 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
162 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
167 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
170 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
172 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
173 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
174 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
176 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
177 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
178 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
179 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
182 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
184 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
185 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
186 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
187 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
188 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
190 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
191 it clear these are special cases
192 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
194 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
198 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
201 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
202 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
204 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
208 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
211 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
213 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
214 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
215 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
217 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
218 - the synopsis formula changed to either
219 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
221 <package-name> is <synopsis>
223 <package-name> are <synopsis>
225 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
226 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
227 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
228 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
229 package; closes: #187143
231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
233 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
236 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
237 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
239 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
241 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
242 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
243 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
244 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
245 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
246 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
247 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
248 right places in the document, closes: #172897
249 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
253 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
255 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
256 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
257 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
258 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
259 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
260 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
261 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
263 - editorial changes on material added in this version
264 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
265 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
266 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
267 closes: #139957, #108416
268 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
269 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
273 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
276 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
278 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
279 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
280 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
281 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
283 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
284 for best practices for documentation
285 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
286 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
287 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
288 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
290 - spell-checking pass
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
294 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
297 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
298 descriptions" moved under there
299 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
300 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
301 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
302 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
303 the document where these tools are discussed
304 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
305 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
306 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
307 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
308 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
309 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
311 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
312 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
313 that can be fixed by DDP folks
314 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
315 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
316 - simply PS and PDF building rules
318 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
320 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
323 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
324 section and adjusted links
325 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
327 - ChangeLog attribution updates
328 - fix typos, closes: #171781
329 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
330 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
331 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
332 for debian/rules", and write an intro
333 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
334 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
335 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
336 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
337 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
338 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
339 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
340 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
341 "Internationalization"
342 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
343 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
344 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
345 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
346 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
347 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
348 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
349 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
350 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
352 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
353 rather useless and broken
354 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
355 names and the first word
356 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
357 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
358 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
360 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
361 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
362 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
366 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
369 - DDP publishing update
371 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
372 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
373 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
374 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
378 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
381 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
382 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
383 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
385 - added myself as co-author
386 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
388 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
389 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
391 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
392 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
396 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
399 - Corrected several errors with —
400 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
401 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
402 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
403 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
404 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
405 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
406 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
408 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
409 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
410 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
411 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
412 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
413 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
414 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
415 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
416 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
418 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
419 descriptions". closes: #158609
420 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
421 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
422 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
423 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
424 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
426 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
427 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
428 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
429 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
430 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
431 - updated the mailing lists section
433 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
434 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
439 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
443 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
445 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
447 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
448 Ch "The Debian Archive"
450 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
452 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
453 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
454 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
455 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
456 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
458 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
459 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
460 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
461 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
462 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
463 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
464 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
466 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
467 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
470 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
471 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
472 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
473 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
474 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
475 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
476 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
477 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
478 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
479 work-around with <...>
480 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
481 - update copyright date
482 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
483 - spell check and grammar corrections
487 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
489 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
490 recompile"; closes: #102626
491 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
492 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
493 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
494 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
495 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
497 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
498 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
499 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
501 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
503 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
504 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
505 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
506 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
507 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
508 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
509 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
510 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
511 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
513 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
515 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
517 - updated the list of available architectures.
518 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
519 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
520 of the package and nothing more.
521 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
522 any pain to the ftpmasters.
523 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
524 the use of the delayed queue.
525 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
526 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
528 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
529 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
530 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
531 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
532 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
533 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
534 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
536 - new Sec "Documentation"
537 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
538 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
539 "Being kind to porter" too
540 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
541 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
542 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
543 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
544 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
546 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
547 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
550 - update French translation
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
554 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
557 - some grammar corrections
558 - update French translation
560 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
561 anymore; closes: #135559
562 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
564 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
566 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
567 that would be welcome)
568 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
569 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
570 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
571 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
572 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
573 - other minor wording changes
574 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
575 - Ch "Package uploads":
576 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
577 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
578 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
579 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
580 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
581 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
582 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
586 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
588 * from Martin Michlmayr
589 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
590 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
591 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
593 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
595 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
597 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
599 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
600 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
601 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
604 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
606 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
611 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
614 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
616 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
617 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
618 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
619 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
620 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
621 talking about uploading to distributions
622 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
623 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
624 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
626 - French translation updated
628 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
629 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
630 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
634 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
637 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
638 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
643 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
646 * fix a typo in a link
647 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
648 update documentation accordingly
650 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
651 forwarding bugs upstream
653 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
654 entities which should be used
655 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
656 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
658 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
660 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
662 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
663 * French version: completely up-to-date now
664 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
665 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
667 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
672 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
674 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
676 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
677 this translation needs updating
678 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
679 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
680 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
682 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
683 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
684 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
686 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
687 included yet, however
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
691 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
693 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
695 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
696 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
698 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
702 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
704 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
705 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
706 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
708 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
712 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
715 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
716 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
717 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
718 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
719 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
720 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
721 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
722 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
723 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
724 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
725 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
726 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
728 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
729 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
730 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
731 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
732 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
734 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
736 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
737 * update copyright notice for 2001
738 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
739 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
740 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
744 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
746 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
748 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
750 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
754 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
757 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
759 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
760 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
761 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
762 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
763 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
764 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
765 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
766 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
767 could be used if necessary
768 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
769 mention the rsync dupload method
770 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
772 * other small corrections
773 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
774 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
775 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
776 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
778 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
780 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
781 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
787 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
788 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
789 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
790 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
792 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
793 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
794 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
795 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
796 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
798 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
800 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
801 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
802 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
803 team (closes: Bug#52906)
804 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
805 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
806 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
808 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
809 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
810 - added a section about the LDAP database
811 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
812 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
814 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
815 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
822 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
823 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
825 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
826 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
827 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
828 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
829 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
830 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
831 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
832 description from developers-reference.sgml
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
838 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
839 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
841 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
843 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
844 releases are available at archive.debian.org
845 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
846 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
847 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
848 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
849 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
850 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
851 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
852 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
854 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
855 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
856 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
857 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
859 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
860 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
861 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
862 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
863 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
864 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
865 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
866 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
867 suggestion from James Troup
868 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
869 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
870 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
871 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
878 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
879 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
885 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
886 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
887 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
888 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
889 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
890 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
891 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
898 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
899 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
900 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
901 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
902 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
904 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
905 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
907 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
913 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
915 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
916 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
917 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
918 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
919 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
921 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
922 with intro; demoted server sections under that
923 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
924 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
926 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
927 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
928 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
929 a normal developer may have access.
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
935 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
936 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
937 step all over each other
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
941 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
943 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
944 address for PGP key updates
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
951 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
952 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
953 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
954 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
958 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
960 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
961 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
962 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
963 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
964 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
965 <keyring-maint> instead)
966 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
967 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
969 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
971 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
972 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
973 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
977 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
979 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
980 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
981 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
982 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
983 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
984 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
986 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
987 tighten up the language a bit
988 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
989 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
990 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
991 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
993 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
994 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
995 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
996 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
997 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
998 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1000 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1001 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1002 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1003 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1004 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1005 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1006 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1007 number of available packages
1008 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1009 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1011 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1013 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1020 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * not officially released
1023 * more spelling corrections
1024 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1028 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * not officially released
1031 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1032 * some PGP-centricity removed
1033 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1034 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1035 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1036 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1037 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1038 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1042 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1044 * not officially released
1045 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1046 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1047 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1048 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1049 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1050 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1051 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1052 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1053 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1054 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1055 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1056 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1057 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1058 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1060 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1061 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1063 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1065 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1066 take a couple of weeks
1067 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1068 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1069 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1070 excited about it and can't wait
1071 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1072 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1074 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1075 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1077 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1078 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1079 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1083 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1085 * move to 3-level version number:
1086 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1087 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1088 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1089 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1090 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1093 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1094 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1095 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1097 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1099 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1100 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1101 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1102 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1103 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1104 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1106 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1108 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1109 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1110 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1111 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1112 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1113 - "The CVS server": new section added
1114 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1116 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1117 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1118 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1119 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1120 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1121 with respect to GPG.
1122 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1123 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1124 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1125 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1126 a canonical location?)
1127 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1128 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1129 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1130 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1132 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1134 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1135 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1136 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1137 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1139 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1141 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1144 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1145 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1146 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1147 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1148 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1149 and should not be included in this Reference.
1150 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1151 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1152 maintainer tools only!
1153 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1154 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1155 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1156 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1157 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1158 * Little corrections here and there.
1159 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1160 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1163 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1168 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1169 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1171 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1172 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1173 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1174 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1175 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1176 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1177 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1178 do prior to uploading
1179 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1180 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1182 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1183 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1184 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1185 duties with respect to bugs
1186 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1187 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1188 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1190 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1191 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1192 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1193 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1194 explicit what is used to build this package
1196 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1198 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1202 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1203 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1204 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1205 * utilize the new URL tag
1206 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1209 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1211 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1213 * non-maintainer release
1214 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1215 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1216 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1217 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1218 text, it can't hurt you.)
1219 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1220 reflect this packages version number
1221 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1223 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1225 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1229 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1231 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1233 * New version numbering scheme:
1235 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1236 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1237 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1240 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1241 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1242 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1243 differ between the manuals.
1245 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1246 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1247 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1248 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1250 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1251 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1253 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1255 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1257 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1261 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1262 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1264 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1265 (as requested by James Troup)
1267 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1269 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1271 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1273 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1277 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1279 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1281 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1282 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1283 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1284 the non-maintainer release
1286 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1287 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1288 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1291 - Lots of typos fixed
1293 * Compressed SGML source code
1295 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1296 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1298 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1300 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1302 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1305 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1306 - Announcing package uploads
1307 * New section about Debian Mentors
1308 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1309 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1310 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1311 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1313 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1315 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1318 of our FTP server and the development process
1319 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1320 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1321 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1323 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1324 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1325 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1326 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1327 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1328 contacting the maintainer
1329 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1330 a new manual released soon)
1331 * Some minor changes
1332 * Include SGML source in package
1333 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1334 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1336 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1338 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1342 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200