1 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
5 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
7 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
8 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
9 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
11 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
12 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
13 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
14 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
17 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
19 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
20 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
21 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
22 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
23 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
25 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
26 it clear these are special cases
28 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 03:59:01 -0400
30 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
33 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
34 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
36 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
38 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
40 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
43 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
45 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
46 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
47 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
49 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
50 - the synopsis formula changed to either
51 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
53 <package-name> is <synopsis>
55 <package-name> are <synopsis>
57 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
58 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
59 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
60 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
61 package; closes: #187143
63 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
65 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
68 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
69 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
71 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
73 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
74 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
75 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
76 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
77 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
78 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
79 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
80 right places in the document, closes: #172897
81 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
85 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
87 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
88 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
89 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
90 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
91 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
92 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
93 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
95 - editorial changes on material added in this version
96 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
97 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
98 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
99 closes: #139957, #108416
100 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
101 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
105 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
108 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
110 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
111 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
112 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
113 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
115 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
116 for best practices for documentation
117 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
118 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
119 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
120 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
122 - spell-checking pass
124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
126 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
129 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
130 descriptions" moved under there
131 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
132 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
133 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
134 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
135 the document where these tools are discussed
136 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
137 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
138 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
139 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
140 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
141 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
143 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
144 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
145 that can be fixed by DDP folks
146 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
147 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
148 - simply PS and PDF building rules
150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
152 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
155 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
156 section and adjusted links
157 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
159 - ChangeLog attribution updates
160 - fix typos, closes: #171781
161 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
162 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
163 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
164 for debian/rules", and write an intro
165 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
166 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
167 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
168 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
169 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
170 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
171 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
172 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
173 "Internationalization"
174 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
175 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
176 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
177 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
178 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
179 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
180 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
181 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
182 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
184 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
185 rather useless and broken
186 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
187 names and the first word
188 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
189 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
190 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
192 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
193 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
194 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
198 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
201 - DDP publishing update
203 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
204 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
205 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
206 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
210 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
213 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
214 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
215 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
217 - added myself as co-author
218 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
220 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
221 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
223 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
224 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
228 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
231 - Corrected several errors with —
232 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
233 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
234 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
235 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
236 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
237 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
238 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
240 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
241 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
242 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
243 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
244 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
245 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
246 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
247 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
248 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
250 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
251 descriptions". closes: #158609
252 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
253 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
254 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
255 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
256 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
258 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
259 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
260 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
261 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
262 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
263 - updated the mailing lists section
265 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
266 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
271 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
274 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
275 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
277 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
279 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
280 Ch "The Debian Archive"
282 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
284 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
285 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
286 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
287 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
288 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
290 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
291 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
292 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
293 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
294 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
295 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
296 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
298 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
299 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
302 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
303 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
304 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
305 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
306 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
307 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
308 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
309 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
310 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
311 work-around with <...>
312 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
313 - update copyright date
314 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
315 - spell check and grammar corrections
319 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
321 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
322 recompile"; closes: #102626
323 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
324 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
325 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
326 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
327 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
329 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
330 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
331 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
333 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
335 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
336 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
337 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
338 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
339 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
340 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
341 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
342 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
343 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
345 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
347 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
349 - updated the list of available architectures.
350 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
351 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
352 of the package and nothing more.
353 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
354 any pain to the ftpmasters.
355 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
356 the use of the delayed queue.
357 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
358 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
360 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
361 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
362 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
363 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
364 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
365 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
366 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
368 - new Sec "Documentation"
369 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
370 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
371 "Being kind to porter" too
372 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
373 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
374 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
375 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
376 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
378 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
379 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
382 - update French translation
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
386 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
389 - some grammar corrections
390 - update French translation
392 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
393 anymore; closes: #135559
394 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
396 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
398 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
399 that would be welcome)
400 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
401 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
402 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
403 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
404 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
405 - other minor wording changes
406 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
407 - Ch "Package uploads":
408 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
409 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
410 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
411 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
412 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
413 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
414 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
418 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
420 * from Martin Michlmayr
421 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
422 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
423 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
425 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
427 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
429 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
431 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
432 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
433 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
436 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
438 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
443 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
448 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
449 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
450 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
451 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
452 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
453 talking about uploading to distributions
454 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
455 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
456 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
458 - French translation updated
460 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
461 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
462 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
466 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
469 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
470 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
473 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
475 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
478 * fix a typo in a link
479 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
480 update documentation accordingly
482 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
483 forwarding bugs upstream
485 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
486 entities which should be used
487 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
488 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
492 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
494 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
495 * French version: completely up-to-date now
496 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
497 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
499 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
504 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
506 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
508 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
509 this translation needs updating
510 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
511 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
512 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
514 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
515 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
516 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
518 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
519 included yet, however
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
523 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
525 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
527 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
528 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
530 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
534 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
536 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
537 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
538 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
540 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
544 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
547 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
548 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
549 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
550 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
551 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
552 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
553 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
554 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
555 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
556 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
557 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
558 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
560 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
561 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
562 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
563 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
564 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
566 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
568 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
569 * update copyright notice for 2001
570 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
571 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
572 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
576 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
578 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
580 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
582 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
586 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
588 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
589 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
591 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
592 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
593 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
594 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
595 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
596 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
597 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
598 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
599 could be used if necessary
600 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
601 mention the rsync dupload method
602 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
604 * other small corrections
605 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
606 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
607 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
608 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
610 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
612 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
613 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
617 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
619 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
620 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
621 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
622 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
624 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
625 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
626 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
627 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
628 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
630 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
632 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
633 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
634 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
635 team (closes: Bug#52906)
636 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
637 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
638 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
640 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
641 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
642 - added a section about the LDAP database
643 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
644 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
646 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
647 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
651 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
653 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
654 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
655 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
657 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
658 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
659 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
660 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
661 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
662 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
663 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
664 description from developers-reference.sgml
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
668 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
670 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
671 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
673 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
675 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
676 releases are available at archive.debian.org
677 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
678 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
679 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
680 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
681 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
682 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
683 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
684 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
686 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
687 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
688 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
689 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
691 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
692 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
693 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
694 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
695 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
696 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
697 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
698 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
699 suggestion from James Troup
700 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
701 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
702 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
703 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
708 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
710 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
711 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
715 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
717 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
718 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
719 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
720 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
721 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
722 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
723 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
727 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
729 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
730 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
731 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
732 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
733 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
734 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
736 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
737 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
739 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
741 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
743 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
745 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
747 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
748 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
749 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
750 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
751 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
753 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
754 with intro; demoted server sections under that
755 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
756 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
758 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
759 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
760 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
761 a normal developer may have access.
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
767 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
768 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
769 step all over each other
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
773 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
775 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
776 address for PGP key updates
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
780 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
783 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
784 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
785 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
786 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
788 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
790 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
792 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
793 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
794 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
795 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
796 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
797 <keyring-maint> instead)
798 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
799 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
801 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
803 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
804 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
805 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
809 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
811 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
812 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
813 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
814 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
815 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
816 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
818 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
819 tighten up the language a bit
820 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
821 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
822 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
823 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
825 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
826 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
827 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
828 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
829 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
830 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
832 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
833 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
834 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
835 about how to depart Debian gracefully
836 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
837 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
838 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
839 number of available packages
840 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
841 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
845 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
847 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
852 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
854 * not officially released
855 * more spelling corrections
856 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
860 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
862 * not officially released
863 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
864 * some PGP-centricity removed
865 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
866 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
867 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
868 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
869 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
870 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
874 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
876 * not officially released
877 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
878 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
879 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
880 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
881 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
882 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
883 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
884 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
885 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
886 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
887 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
888 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
889 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
890 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
892 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
893 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
895 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
897 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
898 take a couple of weeks
899 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
900 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
901 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
902 excited about it and can't wait
903 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
904 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
906 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
907 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
909 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
910 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
911 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
915 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
917 * move to 3-level version number:
918 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
919 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
920 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
921 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
922 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
925 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
926 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
927 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
929 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
931 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
932 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
933 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
934 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
935 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
936 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
938 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
940 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
941 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
942 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
943 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
944 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
945 - "The CVS server": new section added
946 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
948 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
949 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
950 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
951 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
952 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
954 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
955 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
956 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
957 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
958 a canonical location?)
959 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
960 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
961 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
962 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
964 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
966 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
967 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
968 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
969 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
971 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
973 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
976 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
977 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
978 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
979 them. (closes Bug#26948)
980 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
981 and should not be included in this Reference.
982 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
983 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
984 maintainer tools only!
985 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
986 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
987 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
988 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
989 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
990 * Little corrections here and there.
991 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
992 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
995 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
999 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1000 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1001 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1003 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1004 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1005 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1006 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1007 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1008 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1009 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1010 do prior to uploading
1011 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1012 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1014 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1015 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1016 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1017 duties with respect to bugs
1018 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1019 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1020 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1022 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1023 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1024 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1025 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1026 explicit what is used to build this package
1028 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1034 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1035 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1036 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1037 * utilize the new URL tag
1038 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1041 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1045 * non-maintainer release
1046 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1047 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1048 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1049 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1050 text, it can't hurt you.)
1051 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1052 reflect this packages version number
1053 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1055 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1057 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1061 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1063 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1065 * New version numbering scheme:
1067 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1068 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1069 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1072 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1073 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1074 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1075 differ between the manuals.
1077 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1078 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1079 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1080 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1082 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1083 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1085 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1087 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1089 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1093 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1094 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1096 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1097 (as requested by James Troup)
1099 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1101 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1103 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1105 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1109 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1111 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1113 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1114 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1115 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1116 the non-maintainer release
1118 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1119 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1120 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1123 - Lots of typos fixed
1125 * Compressed SGML source code
1127 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1128 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1130 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1132 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1134 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1137 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1138 - Announcing package uploads
1139 * New section about Debian Mentors
1140 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1141 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1142 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1143 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1145 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1147 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1150 of our FTP server and the development process
1151 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1152 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1153 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1155 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1156 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1157 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1158 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1159 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1160 contacting the maintainer
1161 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1162 a new manual released soon)
1163 * Some minor changes
1164 * Include SGML source in package
1165 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1166 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1168 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1170 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1174 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200