1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
7 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:37:23 +0200
9 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
16 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
17 The most important changes are:
18 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
19 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
22 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
23 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
24 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
25 distinction. Closes: #464230.
26 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
27 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
28 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
29 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
30 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
31 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
33 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
34 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
36 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
37 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
39 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
40 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
42 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
44 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
45 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
47 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
48 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
49 Closes: #512620, #510783.
51 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
53 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
57 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
58 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
59 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
60 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
61 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
62 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
63 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
65 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
67 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
70 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
71 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
72 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
73 release codenames in <literal>
74 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
75 doesn't exist anymore.
76 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
77 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
78 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
79 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
80 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
81 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
82 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
83 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
84 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
85 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
86 team before upload. Closes: #459343
87 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
88 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
89 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
90 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
91 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
92 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
93 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
95 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
96 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
98 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
99 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
100 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
101 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
102 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
103 Thomas. Closes: #485837
105 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
106 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
108 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
110 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
114 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
115 - fix debian/copyright
116 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
117 - add pdf for French version.
118 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
119 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
120 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
121 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
122 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
123 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
124 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
125 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
126 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
128 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
129 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
131 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
133 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
134 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
135 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
136 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
137 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
138 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
140 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
143 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
144 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
145 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
146 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
147 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
148 * Update information concerning Alioth.
149 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
150 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
152 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
153 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
155 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
158 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
160 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
162 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
164 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
165 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
167 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
168 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
169 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
171 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
172 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
173 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
175 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
176 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
177 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
178 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
179 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
180 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
181 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
182 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
183 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
184 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
185 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
186 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
188 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
189 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
190 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
191 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
192 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
193 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
194 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
195 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
196 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
197 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
201 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
203 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
205 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
208 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
209 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
210 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
211 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
212 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
213 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
215 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
217 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
219 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
221 - non-us discontinued.
222 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
224 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
225 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
226 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
227 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
228 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
229 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
230 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
231 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
232 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
233 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
234 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
235 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
236 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
237 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
238 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
239 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
240 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
241 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
243 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
244 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
246 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
249 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
251 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
253 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
256 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
257 - madison is on merkel.
258 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
259 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
260 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
261 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
262 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
263 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
265 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
266 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
267 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
268 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
269 - sync NM rules with reality.
271 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
273 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
275 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
278 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
279 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
280 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
281 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
282 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
283 - spelling, grammer fixes.
284 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
285 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
286 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
287 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
288 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
289 - add myself to uploaders.
290 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
291 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
292 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
293 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
294 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
295 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
296 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
297 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
298 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
299 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
300 - rewrote the NMU section, and
301 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
302 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
303 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
304 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
305 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
306 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
307 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
308 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
310 - Security uploads get urgency=high
311 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
313 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
315 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
317 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
320 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
321 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
322 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
323 - documented Alioth, somewhat
325 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
326 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
328 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
329 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
330 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
331 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
335 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
337 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
338 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
339 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
340 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
345 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
348 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
350 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
351 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
352 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
354 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
355 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
356 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
357 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
360 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
362 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
363 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
364 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
365 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
366 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
368 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
369 it clear these are special cases
370 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
372 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
376 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
379 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
380 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
382 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
386 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
389 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
391 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
392 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
393 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
395 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
396 - the synopsis formula changed to either
397 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
399 <package-name> is <synopsis>
401 <package-name> are <synopsis>
403 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
404 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
405 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
406 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
407 package; closes: #187143
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
411 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
414 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
415 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
417 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
419 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
420 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
421 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
422 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
423 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
424 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
425 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
426 right places in the document, closes: #172897
427 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
431 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
433 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
434 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
435 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
436 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
437 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
438 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
439 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
441 - editorial changes on material added in this version
442 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
443 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
444 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
445 closes: #139957, #108416
446 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
447 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
451 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
454 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
456 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
457 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
458 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
459 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
461 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
462 for best practices for documentation
463 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
464 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
465 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
466 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
468 - spell-checking pass
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
472 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
475 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
476 descriptions" moved under there
477 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
478 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
479 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
480 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
481 the document where these tools are discussed
482 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
483 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
484 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
485 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
486 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
487 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
489 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
490 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
491 that can be fixed by DDP folks
492 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
493 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
494 - simply PS and PDF building rules
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
498 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
501 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
502 section and adjusted links
503 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
505 - ChangeLog attribution updates
506 - fix typos, closes: #171781
507 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
508 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
509 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
510 for debian/rules", and write an intro
511 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
512 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
513 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
514 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
515 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
516 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
517 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
518 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
519 "Internationalization"
520 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
521 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
522 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
523 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
524 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
525 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
526 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
527 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
528 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
530 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
531 rather useless and broken
532 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
533 names and the first word
534 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
535 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
536 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
538 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
539 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
540 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
544 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
547 - DDP publishing update
549 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
550 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
551 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
552 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
556 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
559 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
560 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
561 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
563 - added myself as co-author
564 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
566 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
567 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
569 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
570 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
574 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
577 - Corrected several errors with —
578 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
579 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
580 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
581 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
582 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
583 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
584 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
586 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
587 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
588 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
589 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
590 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
591 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
592 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
593 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
594 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
596 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
597 descriptions". closes: #158609
598 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
599 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
600 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
601 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
602 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
604 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
605 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
606 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
607 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
608 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
609 - updated the mailing lists section
611 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
612 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
617 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
620 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
621 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
623 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
625 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
626 Ch "The Debian Archive"
628 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
630 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
631 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
632 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
633 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
634 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
636 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
637 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
638 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
639 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
640 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
641 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
642 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
644 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
645 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
648 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
649 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
650 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
651 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
652 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
653 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
654 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
655 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
656 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
657 work-around with <...>
658 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
659 - update copyright date
660 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
661 - spell check and grammar corrections
665 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
667 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
668 recompile"; closes: #102626
669 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
670 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
671 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
672 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
673 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
675 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
676 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
677 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
679 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
681 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
682 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
683 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
684 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
685 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
686 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
687 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
688 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
689 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
691 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
693 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
695 - updated the list of available architectures.
696 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
697 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
698 of the package and nothing more.
699 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
700 any pain to the ftpmasters.
701 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
702 the use of the delayed queue.
703 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
704 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
706 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
707 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
708 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
709 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
710 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
711 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
712 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
714 - new Sec "Documentation"
715 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
716 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
717 "Being kind to porter" too
718 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
719 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
720 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
721 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
722 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
724 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
725 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
728 - update French translation
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
732 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
735 - some grammar corrections
736 - update French translation
738 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
739 anymore; closes: #135559
740 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
742 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
744 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
745 that would be welcome)
746 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
747 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
748 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
749 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
750 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
751 - other minor wording changes
752 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
753 - Ch "Package uploads":
754 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
755 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
756 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
757 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
758 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
759 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
760 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
764 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * from Martin Michlmayr
767 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
768 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
769 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
771 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
773 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
775 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
777 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
778 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
779 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
782 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
784 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
787 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
789 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
792 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
794 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
795 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
796 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
797 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
798 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
799 talking about uploading to distributions
800 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
801 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
802 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
804 - French translation updated
806 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
807 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
808 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
810 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
812 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
815 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
816 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
821 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
824 * fix a typo in a link
825 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
826 update documentation accordingly
828 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
829 forwarding bugs upstream
831 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
832 entities which should be used
833 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
834 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
840 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
841 * French version: completely up-to-date now
842 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
843 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
845 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
852 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
854 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
855 this translation needs updating
856 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
857 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
858 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
860 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
861 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
862 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
864 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
865 included yet, however
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
871 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
873 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
874 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
876 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
880 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
882 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
883 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
884 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
886 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
890 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
893 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
894 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
895 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
896 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
897 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
898 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
899 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
900 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
901 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
902 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
903 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
904 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
906 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
907 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
908 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
909 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
910 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
912 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
914 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
915 * update copyright notice for 2001
916 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
917 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
918 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
922 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
924 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
926 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
928 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
932 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
935 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
937 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
938 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
939 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
940 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
941 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
942 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
943 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
944 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
945 could be used if necessary
946 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
947 mention the rsync dupload method
948 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
950 * other small corrections
951 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
952 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
953 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
954 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
956 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
958 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
959 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
963 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
965 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
966 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
967 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
968 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
970 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
971 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
972 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
973 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
974 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
976 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
978 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
979 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
980 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
981 team (closes: Bug#52906)
982 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
983 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
984 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
986 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
987 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
988 - added a section about the LDAP database
989 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
990 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
992 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
993 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1000 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1001 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1003 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1004 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1005 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1006 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1007 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1008 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1009 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1010 description from developers-reference.sgml
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1014 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1017 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1019 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1021 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1022 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1023 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1024 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1025 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1026 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1027 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1028 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1029 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1030 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1032 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1033 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1034 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1035 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1037 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1038 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1039 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1040 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1041 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1042 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1043 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1044 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1045 suggestion from James Troup
1046 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1047 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1048 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1049 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1057 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1061 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1064 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1065 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1066 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1067 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1068 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1069 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1076 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1077 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1078 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1079 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1080 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1082 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1083 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1085 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1089 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1093 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1094 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1095 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1096 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1097 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1099 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1100 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1101 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1102 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1104 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1105 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1106 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1107 a normal developer may have access.
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1114 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1115 step all over each other
1117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1119 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1122 address for PGP key updates
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1129 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1130 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1131 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1132 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1139 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1140 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1141 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1142 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1143 <keyring-maint> instead)
1144 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1145 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1147 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1149 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1150 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1151 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1155 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1157 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1158 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1159 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1160 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1161 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1162 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1164 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1165 tighten up the language a bit
1166 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1167 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1168 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1169 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1171 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1172 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1173 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1174 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1175 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1176 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1178 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1179 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1180 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1181 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1182 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1183 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1184 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1185 number of available packages
1186 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1187 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1191 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1198 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * not officially released
1201 * more spelling corrections
1202 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1206 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * not officially released
1209 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1210 * some PGP-centricity removed
1211 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1212 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1213 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1214 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1215 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1216 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1220 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1222 * not officially released
1223 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1224 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1225 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1226 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1227 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1228 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1229 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1230 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1231 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1232 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1233 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1234 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1235 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1236 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1238 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1239 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1241 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1243 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1244 take a couple of weeks
1245 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1246 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1247 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1248 excited about it and can't wait
1249 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1250 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1252 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1253 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1255 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1256 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1257 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1261 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1263 * move to 3-level version number:
1264 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1265 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1266 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1267 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1268 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1271 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1272 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1273 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1275 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1277 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1278 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1279 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1280 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1281 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1282 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1284 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1286 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1287 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1288 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1289 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1290 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1291 - "The CVS server": new section added
1292 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1294 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1295 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1296 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1297 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1298 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1299 with respect to GPG.
1300 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1301 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1302 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1303 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1304 a canonical location?)
1305 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1306 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1307 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1308 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1310 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1312 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1313 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1314 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1315 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1317 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1319 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1322 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1323 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1324 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1325 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1326 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1327 and should not be included in this Reference.
1328 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1329 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1330 maintainer tools only!
1331 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1332 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1333 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1334 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1335 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1336 * Little corrections here and there.
1337 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1338 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1341 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1343 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1345 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1346 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1347 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1349 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1350 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1351 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1352 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1353 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1354 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1355 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1356 do prior to uploading
1357 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1358 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1360 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1361 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1362 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1363 duties with respect to bugs
1364 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1365 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1366 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1368 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1369 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1370 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1371 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1372 explicit what is used to build this package
1374 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1376 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1380 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1381 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1382 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1383 * utilize the new URL tag
1384 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1387 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1389 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1391 * non-maintainer release
1392 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1393 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1394 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1395 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1396 text, it can't hurt you.)
1397 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1398 reflect this packages version number
1399 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1401 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1403 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1407 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1409 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1411 * New version numbering scheme:
1413 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1414 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1415 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1418 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1419 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1420 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1421 differ between the manuals.
1423 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1424 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1425 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1426 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1428 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1429 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1431 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1435 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1439 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1440 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1442 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1443 (as requested by James Troup)
1445 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1447 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1449 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1451 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1455 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1457 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1459 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1460 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1461 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1462 the non-maintainer release
1464 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1465 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1466 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1469 - Lots of typos fixed
1471 * Compressed SGML source code
1473 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1474 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1476 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1480 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1483 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1484 - Announcing package uploads
1485 * New section about Debian Mentors
1486 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1487 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1488 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1489 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1491 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1493 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1496 of our FTP server and the development process
1497 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1498 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1499 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1501 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1502 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1503 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1504 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1505 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1506 contacting the maintainer
1507 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1508 a new manual released soon)
1509 * Some minor changes
1510 * Include SGML source in package
1511 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1512 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1514 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1516 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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