1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
16 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
18 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
19 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
24 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
26 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
28 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
29 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
31 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
32 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
33 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
35 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
36 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
37 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
39 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
40 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
41 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
42 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
43 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
44 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
45 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
46 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
47 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
48 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
49 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
50 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
52 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
53 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
54 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
55 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
56 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
57 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
58 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
59 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
60 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
61 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
65 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
67 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
69 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
72 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
73 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
74 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
75 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
76 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
77 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
79 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
81 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
83 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
85 - non-us discontinued.
86 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
88 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
89 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
90 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
91 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
92 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
93 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
94 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
95 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
96 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
97 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
98 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
99 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
100 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
101 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
102 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
103 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
104 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
105 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
107 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
108 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
110 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
113 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
115 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
117 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
120 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
121 - madison is on merkel.
122 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
123 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
124 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
125 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
126 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
127 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
129 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
130 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
131 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
132 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
133 - sync NM rules with reality.
135 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
137 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
139 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
142 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
143 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
144 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
145 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
146 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
147 - spelling, grammer fixes.
148 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
149 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
150 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
151 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
152 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
153 - add myself to uploaders.
154 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
155 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
156 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
157 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
158 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
159 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
160 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
161 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
162 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
163 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
164 - rewrote the NMU section, and
165 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
166 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
167 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
168 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
169 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
170 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
171 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
172 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
174 - Security uploads get urgency=high
175 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
177 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
179 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
181 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
184 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
185 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
186 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
187 - documented Alioth, somewhat
189 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
190 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
192 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
193 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
194 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
195 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
199 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
201 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
202 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
203 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
204 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
209 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
212 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
214 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
215 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
216 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
218 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
219 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
220 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
221 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
224 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
226 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
227 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
228 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
229 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
230 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
232 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
233 it clear these are special cases
234 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
236 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
240 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
243 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
244 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
246 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
250 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
253 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
255 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
256 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
257 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
259 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
260 - the synopsis formula changed to either
261 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
263 <package-name> is <synopsis>
265 <package-name> are <synopsis>
267 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
268 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
269 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
270 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
271 package; closes: #187143
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
275 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
278 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
279 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
281 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
283 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
284 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
285 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
286 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
287 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
288 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
289 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
290 right places in the document, closes: #172897
291 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
295 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
297 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
298 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
299 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
300 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
301 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
302 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
303 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
305 - editorial changes on material added in this version
306 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
307 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
308 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
309 closes: #139957, #108416
310 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
311 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
315 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
318 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
320 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
321 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
322 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
323 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
325 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
326 for best practices for documentation
327 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
328 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
329 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
330 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
332 - spell-checking pass
334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
336 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
339 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
340 descriptions" moved under there
341 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
342 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
343 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
344 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
345 the document where these tools are discussed
346 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
347 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
348 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
349 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
350 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
351 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
353 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
354 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
355 that can be fixed by DDP folks
356 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
357 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
358 - simply PS and PDF building rules
360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
362 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
365 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
366 section and adjusted links
367 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
369 - ChangeLog attribution updates
370 - fix typos, closes: #171781
371 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
372 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
373 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
374 for debian/rules", and write an intro
375 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
376 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
377 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
378 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
379 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
380 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
381 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
382 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
383 "Internationalization"
384 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
385 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
386 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
387 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
388 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
389 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
390 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
391 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
392 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
394 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
395 rather useless and broken
396 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
397 names and the first word
398 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
399 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
400 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
402 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
403 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
404 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
408 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
411 - DDP publishing update
413 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
414 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
415 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
416 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
420 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
423 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
424 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
425 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
427 - added myself as co-author
428 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
430 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
431 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
433 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
434 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
438 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
441 - Corrected several errors with —
442 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
443 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
444 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
445 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
446 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
447 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
448 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
450 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
451 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
452 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
453 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
454 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
455 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
456 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
457 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
458 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
460 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
461 descriptions". closes: #158609
462 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
463 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
464 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
465 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
466 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
468 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
469 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
470 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
471 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
472 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
473 - updated the mailing lists section
475 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
476 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
481 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
484 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
485 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
487 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
489 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
490 Ch "The Debian Archive"
492 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
494 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
495 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
496 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
497 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
498 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
500 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
501 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
502 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
503 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
504 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
505 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
506 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
508 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
509 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
512 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
513 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
514 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
515 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
516 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
517 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
518 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
519 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
520 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
521 work-around with <...>
522 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
523 - update copyright date
524 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
525 - spell check and grammar corrections
529 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
531 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
532 recompile"; closes: #102626
533 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
534 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
535 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
536 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
537 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
539 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
540 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
541 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
543 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
545 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
546 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
547 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
548 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
549 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
550 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
551 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
552 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
553 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
555 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
557 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
559 - updated the list of available architectures.
560 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
561 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
562 of the package and nothing more.
563 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
564 any pain to the ftpmasters.
565 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
566 the use of the delayed queue.
567 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
568 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
570 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
571 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
572 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
573 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
574 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
575 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
576 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
578 - new Sec "Documentation"
579 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
580 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
581 "Being kind to porter" too
582 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
583 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
584 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
585 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
586 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
588 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
589 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
592 - update French translation
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
596 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
599 - some grammar corrections
600 - update French translation
602 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
603 anymore; closes: #135559
604 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
606 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
608 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
609 that would be welcome)
610 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
611 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
612 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
613 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
614 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
615 - other minor wording changes
616 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
617 - Ch "Package uploads":
618 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
619 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
620 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
621 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
622 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
623 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
624 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
628 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * from Martin Michlmayr
631 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
632 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
633 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
635 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
637 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
639 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
641 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
642 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
643 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
646 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
648 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
653 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
658 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
659 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
660 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
661 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
662 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
663 talking about uploading to distributions
664 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
665 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
666 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
668 - French translation updated
670 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
671 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
672 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
674 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
676 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
679 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
680 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
688 * fix a typo in a link
689 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
690 update documentation accordingly
692 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
693 forwarding bugs upstream
695 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
696 entities which should be used
697 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
698 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
702 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
704 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
705 * French version: completely up-to-date now
706 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
707 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
709 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
714 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
716 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
718 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
719 this translation needs updating
720 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
721 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
722 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
724 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
725 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
726 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
728 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
729 included yet, however
731 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
733 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
735 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
737 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
738 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
740 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
744 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
746 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
747 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
748 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
750 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
754 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
757 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
758 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
759 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
760 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
761 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
762 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
763 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
764 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
765 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
766 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
767 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
768 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
770 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
771 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
772 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
773 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
774 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
776 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
778 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
779 * update copyright notice for 2001
780 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
781 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
782 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
786 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
788 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
790 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
792 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
796 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
799 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
801 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
802 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
803 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
804 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
805 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
806 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
807 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
808 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
809 could be used if necessary
810 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
811 mention the rsync dupload method
812 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
814 * other small corrections
815 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
816 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
817 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
818 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
820 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
822 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
823 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
825 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
827 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
829 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
830 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
831 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
832 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
834 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
835 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
836 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
837 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
838 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
840 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
842 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
843 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
844 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
845 team (closes: Bug#52906)
846 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
847 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
848 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
850 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
851 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
852 - added a section about the LDAP database
853 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
854 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
856 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
857 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
861 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
864 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
865 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
867 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
868 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
869 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
870 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
871 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
872 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
873 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
874 description from developers-reference.sgml
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
880 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
881 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
883 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
885 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
886 releases are available at archive.debian.org
887 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
888 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
889 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
890 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
891 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
892 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
893 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
894 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
896 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
897 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
898 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
899 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
901 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
902 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
903 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
904 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
905 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
906 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
907 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
908 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
909 suggestion from James Troup
910 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
911 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
912 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
913 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
920 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
921 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
925 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
927 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
928 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
929 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
930 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
931 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
932 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
933 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
937 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
940 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
941 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
942 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
943 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
944 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
946 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
947 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
949 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
955 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
957 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
958 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
959 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
960 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
961 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
963 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
964 with intro; demoted server sections under that
965 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
966 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
968 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
969 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
970 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
971 a normal developer may have access.
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
975 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
977 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
978 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
979 step all over each other
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
985 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
986 address for PGP key updates
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
993 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
994 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
995 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
996 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1003 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1004 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1005 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1006 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1007 <keyring-maint> instead)
1008 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1009 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1011 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1013 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1014 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1015 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1017 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1019 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1021 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1022 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1023 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1024 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1025 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1026 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1028 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1029 tighten up the language a bit
1030 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1031 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1032 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1033 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1035 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1036 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1037 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1038 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1039 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1040 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1042 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1043 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1044 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1045 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1046 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1047 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1048 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1049 number of available packages
1050 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1051 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1055 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1062 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * not officially released
1065 * more spelling corrections
1066 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1070 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * not officially released
1073 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1074 * some PGP-centricity removed
1075 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1076 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1077 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1078 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1079 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1080 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1086 * not officially released
1087 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1088 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1089 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1090 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1091 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1092 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1093 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1094 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1095 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1096 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1097 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1098 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1099 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1100 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1102 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1103 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1105 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1107 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1108 take a couple of weeks
1109 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1110 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1111 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1112 excited about it and can't wait
1113 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1114 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1116 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1117 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1119 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1120 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1121 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1125 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1127 * move to 3-level version number:
1128 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1129 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1130 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1131 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1132 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1135 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1136 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1137 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1139 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1141 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1142 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1143 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1144 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1145 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1146 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1148 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1150 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1151 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1152 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1153 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1154 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1155 - "The CVS server": new section added
1156 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1158 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1159 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1160 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1161 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1162 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1163 with respect to GPG.
1164 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1165 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1166 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1167 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1168 a canonical location?)
1169 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1170 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1171 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1172 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1174 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1176 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1177 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1178 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1179 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1181 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1183 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1186 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1187 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1188 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1189 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1190 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1191 and should not be included in this Reference.
1192 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1193 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1194 maintainer tools only!
1195 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1196 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1197 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1198 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1199 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1200 * Little corrections here and there.
1201 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1202 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1205 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1210 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1211 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1213 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1214 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1215 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1216 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1217 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1218 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1219 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1220 do prior to uploading
1221 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1222 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1224 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1225 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1226 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1227 duties with respect to bugs
1228 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1229 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1230 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1232 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1233 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1234 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1235 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1236 explicit what is used to build this package
1238 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1240 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1244 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1245 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1246 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1247 * utilize the new URL tag
1248 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1251 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1253 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1255 * non-maintainer release
1256 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1257 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1258 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1259 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1260 text, it can't hurt you.)
1261 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1262 reflect this packages version number
1263 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1265 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1267 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1271 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1273 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1275 * New version numbering scheme:
1277 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1278 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1279 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1282 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1283 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1284 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1285 differ between the manuals.
1287 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1288 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1289 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1290 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1292 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1293 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1295 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1297 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1299 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1303 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1304 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1306 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1307 (as requested by James Troup)
1309 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1311 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1313 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1315 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1319 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1321 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1323 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1324 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1325 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1326 the non-maintainer release
1328 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1329 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1330 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1333 - Lots of typos fixed
1335 * Compressed SGML source code
1337 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1338 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1340 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1342 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1344 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1347 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1348 - Announcing package uploads
1349 * New section about Debian Mentors
1350 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1351 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1352 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1353 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1357 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1360 of our FTP server and the development process
1361 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1362 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1363 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1365 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1366 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1367 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1368 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1369 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1370 contacting the maintainer
1371 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1372 a new manual released soon)
1373 * Some minor changes
1374 * Include SGML source in package
1375 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1376 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1378 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1380 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200