1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
31 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
32 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
33 * Remove reference to #debian-sf which doesn't exist anymore.
34 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
35 * Put myself back in Uploaders.
36 * Generaly wrap lines longer than 78 characters. Closes: #278267
37 Not done for translations. I leave that up to translators if they want to
39 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
40 * Update information concerning Alioth.
41 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
43 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
44 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes: #445642
46 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:51:06 +0200
48 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
50 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
52 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
53 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
55 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
56 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
57 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
59 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
60 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
61 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
63 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
64 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
65 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
66 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
67 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
68 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
69 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
70 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
71 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
72 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
73 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
74 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
76 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
77 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
78 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
79 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
80 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
81 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
82 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
83 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
84 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
85 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
89 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
91 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
93 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
96 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
97 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
98 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
99 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
100 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
101 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
103 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
105 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
107 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
109 - non-us discontinued.
110 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
112 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
113 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
114 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
115 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
116 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
117 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
118 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
119 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
120 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
121 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
122 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
123 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
124 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
125 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
126 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
127 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
128 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
129 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
131 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
132 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
134 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
137 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
139 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
141 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
144 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
145 - madison is on merkel.
146 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
147 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
148 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
149 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
150 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
151 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
153 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
154 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
155 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
156 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
157 - sync NM rules with reality.
159 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
161 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
163 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
166 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
167 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
168 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
169 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
170 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
171 - spelling, grammer fixes.
172 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
173 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
174 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
175 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
176 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
177 - add myself to uploaders.
178 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
179 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
180 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
181 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
182 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
183 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
184 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
185 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
186 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
187 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
188 - rewrote the NMU section, and
189 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
190 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
191 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
192 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
193 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
194 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
195 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
196 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
198 - Security uploads get urgency=high
199 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
201 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
203 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
205 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
208 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
209 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
210 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
211 - documented Alioth, somewhat
213 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
214 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
216 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
217 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
218 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
219 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
223 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
225 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
226 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
227 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
228 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
233 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
236 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
238 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
239 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
240 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
242 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
243 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
244 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
245 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
248 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
250 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
251 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
252 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
253 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
254 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
256 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
257 it clear these are special cases
258 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
260 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
264 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
267 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
268 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
270 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
274 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
277 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
279 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
280 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
281 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
283 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
284 - the synopsis formula changed to either
285 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
287 <package-name> is <synopsis>
289 <package-name> are <synopsis>
291 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
292 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
293 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
294 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
295 package; closes: #187143
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
299 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
302 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
303 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
305 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
307 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
308 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
309 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
310 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
311 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
312 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
313 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
314 right places in the document, closes: #172897
315 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
319 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
321 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
322 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
323 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
324 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
325 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
326 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
327 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
329 - editorial changes on material added in this version
330 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
331 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
332 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
333 closes: #139957, #108416
334 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
335 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
339 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
342 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
344 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
345 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
346 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
347 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
349 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
350 for best practices for documentation
351 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
352 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
353 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
354 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
356 - spell-checking pass
358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
360 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
363 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
364 descriptions" moved under there
365 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
366 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
367 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
368 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
369 the document where these tools are discussed
370 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
371 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
372 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
373 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
374 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
375 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
377 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
378 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
379 that can be fixed by DDP folks
380 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
381 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
382 - simply PS and PDF building rules
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
386 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
389 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
390 section and adjusted links
391 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
393 - ChangeLog attribution updates
394 - fix typos, closes: #171781
395 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
396 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
397 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
398 for debian/rules", and write an intro
399 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
400 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
401 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
402 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
403 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
404 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
405 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
406 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
407 "Internationalization"
408 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
409 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
410 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
411 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
412 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
413 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
414 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
415 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
416 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
418 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
419 rather useless and broken
420 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
421 names and the first word
422 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
423 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
424 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
426 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
427 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
428 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
432 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
435 - DDP publishing update
437 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
438 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
439 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
440 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
444 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
447 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
448 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
449 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
451 - added myself as co-author
452 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
454 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
455 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
457 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
458 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
462 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
465 - Corrected several errors with —
466 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
467 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
468 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
469 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
470 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
471 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
472 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
474 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
475 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
476 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
477 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
478 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
479 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
480 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
481 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
482 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
484 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
485 descriptions". closes: #158609
486 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
487 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
488 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
489 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
490 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
492 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
493 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
494 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
495 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
496 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
497 - updated the mailing lists section
499 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
500 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
505 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
508 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
509 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
511 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
513 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
514 Ch "The Debian Archive"
516 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
518 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
519 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
520 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
521 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
522 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
524 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
525 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
526 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
527 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
528 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
529 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
530 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
532 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
533 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
536 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
537 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
538 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
539 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
540 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
541 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
542 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
543 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
544 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
545 work-around with <...>
546 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
547 - update copyright date
548 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
549 - spell check and grammar corrections
553 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
555 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
556 recompile"; closes: #102626
557 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
558 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
559 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
560 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
561 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
563 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
564 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
565 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
567 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
569 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
570 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
571 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
572 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
573 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
574 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
575 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
576 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
577 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
579 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
581 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
583 - updated the list of available architectures.
584 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
585 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
586 of the package and nothing more.
587 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
588 any pain to the ftpmasters.
589 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
590 the use of the delayed queue.
591 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
592 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
594 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
595 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
596 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
597 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
598 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
599 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
600 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
602 - new Sec "Documentation"
603 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
604 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
605 "Being kind to porter" too
606 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
607 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
608 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
609 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
610 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
612 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
613 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
616 - update French translation
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
620 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
623 - some grammar corrections
624 - update French translation
626 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
627 anymore; closes: #135559
628 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
630 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
632 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
633 that would be welcome)
634 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
635 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
636 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
637 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
638 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
639 - other minor wording changes
640 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
641 - Ch "Package uploads":
642 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
643 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
644 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
645 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
646 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
647 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
648 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
652 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
654 * from Martin Michlmayr
655 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
656 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
657 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
659 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
661 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
663 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
665 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
666 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
667 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
670 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
672 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
677 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
680 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
682 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
683 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
684 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
685 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
686 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
687 talking about uploading to distributions
688 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
689 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
690 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
692 - French translation updated
694 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
695 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
696 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
700 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
703 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
704 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
709 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
712 * fix a typo in a link
713 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
714 update documentation accordingly
716 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
717 forwarding bugs upstream
719 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
720 entities which should be used
721 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
722 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
726 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
728 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
729 * French version: completely up-to-date now
730 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
731 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
733 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
740 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
742 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
743 this translation needs updating
744 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
745 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
746 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
748 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
749 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
750 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
752 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
753 included yet, however
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
757 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
759 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
761 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
762 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
764 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
768 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
770 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
771 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
772 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
774 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
778 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
781 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
782 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
783 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
784 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
785 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
786 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
787 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
788 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
789 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
790 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
791 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
792 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
794 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
795 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
796 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
797 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
798 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
800 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
802 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
803 * update copyright notice for 2001
804 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
805 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
806 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
810 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
812 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
814 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
816 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
820 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
823 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
825 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
826 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
827 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
828 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
829 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
830 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
831 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
832 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
833 could be used if necessary
834 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
835 mention the rsync dupload method
836 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
838 * other small corrections
839 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
840 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
841 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
842 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
844 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
846 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
847 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
851 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
853 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
854 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
855 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
856 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
858 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
859 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
860 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
861 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
862 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
864 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
866 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
867 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
868 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
869 team (closes: Bug#52906)
870 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
871 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
872 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
874 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
875 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
876 - added a section about the LDAP database
877 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
878 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
880 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
881 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
888 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
889 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
891 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
892 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
893 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
894 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
895 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
896 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
897 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
898 description from developers-reference.sgml
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
902 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
904 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
905 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
907 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
909 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
910 releases are available at archive.debian.org
911 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
912 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
913 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
914 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
915 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
916 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
917 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
918 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
920 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
921 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
922 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
923 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
925 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
926 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
927 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
928 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
929 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
930 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
931 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
932 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
933 suggestion from James Troup
934 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
935 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
936 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
937 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
944 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
945 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
949 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
951 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
952 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
953 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
954 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
955 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
956 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
957 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
964 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
965 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
966 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
967 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
968 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
970 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
971 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
973 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
977 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
981 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
982 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
983 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
984 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
985 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
987 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
988 with intro; demoted server sections under that
989 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
990 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
992 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
993 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
994 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
995 a normal developer may have access.
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
999 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1002 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1003 step all over each other
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1007 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1010 address for PGP key updates
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1014 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1017 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1018 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1019 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1020 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1027 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1028 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1029 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1030 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1031 <keyring-maint> instead)
1032 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1033 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1035 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1037 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1038 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1039 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1043 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1045 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1046 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1047 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1048 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1049 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1050 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1052 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1053 tighten up the language a bit
1054 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1055 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1056 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1057 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1059 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1060 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1061 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1062 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1063 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1064 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1066 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1067 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1068 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1069 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1070 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1071 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1072 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1073 number of available packages
1074 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1075 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1079 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1084 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1086 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * not officially released
1089 * more spelling corrections
1090 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * not officially released
1097 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1098 * some PGP-centricity removed
1099 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1100 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1101 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1102 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1103 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1104 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1108 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1110 * not officially released
1111 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1112 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1113 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1114 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1115 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1116 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1117 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1118 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1119 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1120 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1121 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1122 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1123 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1124 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1126 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1127 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1129 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1131 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1132 take a couple of weeks
1133 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1134 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1135 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1136 excited about it and can't wait
1137 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1138 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1140 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1141 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1143 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1144 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1145 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1149 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1151 * move to 3-level version number:
1152 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1153 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1154 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1155 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1156 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1159 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1160 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1161 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1163 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1165 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1166 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1167 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1168 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1169 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1170 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1172 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1174 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1175 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1176 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1177 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1178 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1179 - "The CVS server": new section added
1180 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1182 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1183 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1184 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1185 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1186 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1187 with respect to GPG.
1188 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1189 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1190 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1191 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1192 a canonical location?)
1193 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1194 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1195 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1196 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1198 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1200 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1201 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1202 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1203 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1205 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1207 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1210 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1211 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1212 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1213 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1214 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1215 and should not be included in this Reference.
1216 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1217 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1218 maintainer tools only!
1219 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1220 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1221 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1222 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1223 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1224 * Little corrections here and there.
1225 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1226 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1229 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1231 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1234 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1235 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1237 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1238 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1239 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1240 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1241 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1242 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1243 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1244 do prior to uploading
1245 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1246 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1248 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1249 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1250 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1251 duties with respect to bugs
1252 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1253 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1254 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1256 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1257 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1258 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1259 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1260 explicit what is used to build this package
1262 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1264 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1268 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1269 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1270 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1271 * utilize the new URL tag
1272 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1275 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1277 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1279 * non-maintainer release
1280 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1281 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1282 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1283 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1284 text, it can't hurt you.)
1285 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1286 reflect this packages version number
1287 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1289 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1291 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1295 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1297 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1299 * New version numbering scheme:
1301 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1302 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1303 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1306 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1307 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1308 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1309 differ between the manuals.
1311 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1312 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1313 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1314 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1316 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1317 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1319 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1321 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1323 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1327 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1328 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1330 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1331 (as requested by James Troup)
1333 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1335 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1337 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1339 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1343 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1345 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1347 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1348 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1349 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1350 the non-maintainer release
1352 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1353 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1354 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1357 - Lots of typos fixed
1359 * Compressed SGML source code
1361 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1362 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1364 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1368 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1371 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1372 - Announcing package uploads
1373 * New section about Debian Mentors
1374 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1375 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1376 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1377 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1381 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1384 of our FTP server and the development process
1385 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1386 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1387 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1389 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1390 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1391 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1392 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1393 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1394 contacting the maintainer
1395 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1396 a new manual released soon)
1397 * Some minor changes
1398 * Include SGML source in package
1399 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1400 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1402 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1404 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1408 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200