1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
16 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
18 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
19 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
21 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
23 * Add link to removal wiki page. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #412757
24 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
25 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
26 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
28 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
30 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
32 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
34 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
35 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
37 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
38 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
39 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
41 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
42 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
43 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
45 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
46 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
47 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
48 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
49 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
50 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
51 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
52 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
53 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
54 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
55 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
56 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
58 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
59 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
60 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
61 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
62 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
63 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
64 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
65 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
66 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
67 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
71 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
73 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
75 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
78 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
79 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
80 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
81 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
82 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
83 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
85 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
87 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
89 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
91 - non-us discontinued.
92 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
94 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
95 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
96 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
97 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
98 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
99 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
100 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
101 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
102 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
103 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
104 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
105 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
106 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
107 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
108 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
109 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
110 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
111 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
113 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
114 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
116 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
119 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
121 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
123 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
126 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
127 - madison is on merkel.
128 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
129 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
130 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
131 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
132 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
133 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
135 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
136 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
137 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
138 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
139 - sync NM rules with reality.
141 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
143 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
145 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
148 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
149 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
150 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
151 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
152 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
153 - spelling, grammer fixes.
154 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
155 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
156 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
157 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
158 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
159 - add myself to uploaders.
160 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
161 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
162 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
163 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
164 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
165 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
166 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
167 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
168 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
169 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
170 - rewrote the NMU section, and
171 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
172 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
173 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
174 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
175 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
176 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
177 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
178 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
180 - Security uploads get urgency=high
181 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
183 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
185 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
187 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
190 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
191 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
192 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
193 - documented Alioth, somewhat
195 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
196 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
198 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
199 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
200 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
201 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
205 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
207 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
208 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
209 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
210 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
215 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
218 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
220 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
221 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
222 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
224 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
225 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
226 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
227 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
230 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
232 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
233 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
234 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
235 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
236 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
238 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
239 it clear these are special cases
240 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
242 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
246 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
249 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
250 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
252 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
256 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
259 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
261 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
262 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
263 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
265 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
266 - the synopsis formula changed to either
267 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
269 <package-name> is <synopsis>
271 <package-name> are <synopsis>
273 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
274 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
275 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
276 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
277 package; closes: #187143
279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
281 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
284 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
285 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
287 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
289 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
290 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
291 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
292 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
293 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
294 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
295 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
296 right places in the document, closes: #172897
297 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
301 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
303 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
304 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
305 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
306 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
307 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
308 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
309 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
311 - editorial changes on material added in this version
312 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
313 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
314 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
315 closes: #139957, #108416
316 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
317 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
321 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
324 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
326 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
327 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
328 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
329 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
331 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
332 for best practices for documentation
333 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
334 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
335 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
336 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
338 - spell-checking pass
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
342 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
345 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
346 descriptions" moved under there
347 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
348 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
349 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
350 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
351 the document where these tools are discussed
352 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
353 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
354 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
355 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
356 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
357 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
359 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
360 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
361 that can be fixed by DDP folks
362 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
363 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
364 - simply PS and PDF building rules
366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
368 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
371 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
372 section and adjusted links
373 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
375 - ChangeLog attribution updates
376 - fix typos, closes: #171781
377 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
378 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
379 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
380 for debian/rules", and write an intro
381 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
382 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
383 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
384 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
385 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
386 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
387 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
388 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
389 "Internationalization"
390 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
391 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
392 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
393 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
394 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
395 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
396 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
397 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
398 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
400 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
401 rather useless and broken
402 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
403 names and the first word
404 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
405 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
406 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
408 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
409 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
410 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
414 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
417 - DDP publishing update
419 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
420 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
421 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
422 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
426 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
429 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
430 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
431 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
433 - added myself as co-author
434 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
436 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
437 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
439 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
440 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
444 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
447 - Corrected several errors with —
448 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
449 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
450 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
451 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
452 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
453 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
454 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
456 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
457 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
458 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
459 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
460 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
461 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
462 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
463 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
464 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
466 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
467 descriptions". closes: #158609
468 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
469 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
470 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
471 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
472 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
474 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
475 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
476 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
477 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
478 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
479 - updated the mailing lists section
481 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
482 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
487 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
491 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
493 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
495 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
496 Ch "The Debian Archive"
498 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
500 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
501 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
502 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
503 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
504 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
506 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
507 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
508 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
509 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
510 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
511 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
512 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
514 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
515 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
518 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
519 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
520 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
521 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
522 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
523 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
524 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
525 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
526 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
527 work-around with <...>
528 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
529 - update copyright date
530 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
531 - spell check and grammar corrections
535 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
537 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
538 recompile"; closes: #102626
539 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
540 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
541 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
542 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
543 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
545 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
546 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
547 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
549 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
551 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
552 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
553 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
554 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
555 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
556 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
557 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
558 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
559 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
561 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
563 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
565 - updated the list of available architectures.
566 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
567 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
568 of the package and nothing more.
569 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
570 any pain to the ftpmasters.
571 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
572 the use of the delayed queue.
573 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
574 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
576 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
577 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
578 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
579 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
580 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
581 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
582 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
584 - new Sec "Documentation"
585 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
586 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
587 "Being kind to porter" too
588 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
589 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
590 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
591 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
592 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
594 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
595 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
598 - update French translation
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
602 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
605 - some grammar corrections
606 - update French translation
608 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
609 anymore; closes: #135559
610 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
612 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
614 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
615 that would be welcome)
616 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
617 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
618 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
619 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
620 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
621 - other minor wording changes
622 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
623 - Ch "Package uploads":
624 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
625 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
626 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
627 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
628 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
629 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
630 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
634 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
636 * from Martin Michlmayr
637 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
638 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
639 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
641 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
643 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
645 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
647 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
648 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
649 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
652 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
654 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
657 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
659 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
662 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
664 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
665 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
666 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
667 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
668 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
669 talking about uploading to distributions
670 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
671 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
672 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
674 - French translation updated
676 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
677 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
678 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
682 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
685 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
686 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
691 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
694 * fix a typo in a link
695 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
696 update documentation accordingly
698 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
699 forwarding bugs upstream
701 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
702 entities which should be used
703 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
704 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
708 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
710 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
711 * French version: completely up-to-date now
712 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
713 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
715 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
720 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
722 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
724 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
725 this translation needs updating
726 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
727 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
728 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
730 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
731 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
732 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
734 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
735 included yet, however
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
741 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
743 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
744 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
746 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
750 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
752 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
753 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
754 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
756 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
760 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
763 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
764 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
765 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
766 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
767 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
768 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
769 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
770 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
771 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
772 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
773 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
774 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
776 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
777 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
778 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
779 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
780 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
782 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
784 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
785 * update copyright notice for 2001
786 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
787 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
788 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
792 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
794 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
796 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
798 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
802 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
804 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
805 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
807 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
808 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
809 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
810 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
811 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
812 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
813 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
814 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
815 could be used if necessary
816 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
817 mention the rsync dupload method
818 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
820 * other small corrections
821 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
822 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
823 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
824 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
826 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
828 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
829 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
835 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
836 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
837 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
838 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
840 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
841 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
842 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
843 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
844 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
846 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
848 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
849 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
850 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
851 team (closes: Bug#52906)
852 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
853 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
854 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
856 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
857 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
858 - added a section about the LDAP database
859 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
860 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
862 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
863 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
869 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
870 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
871 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
873 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
874 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
875 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
876 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
877 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
878 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
879 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
880 description from developers-reference.sgml
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
884 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
886 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
887 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
889 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
891 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
892 releases are available at archive.debian.org
893 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
894 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
895 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
896 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
897 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
898 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
899 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
900 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
902 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
903 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
904 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
905 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
907 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
908 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
909 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
910 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
911 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
912 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
913 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
914 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
915 suggestion from James Troup
916 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
917 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
918 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
919 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
922 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
924 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
926 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
927 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
931 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
933 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
934 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
935 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
936 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
937 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
938 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
939 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
943 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
945 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
946 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
947 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
948 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
949 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
950 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
952 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
953 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
955 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
959 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
963 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
964 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
965 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
966 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
967 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
969 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
970 with intro; demoted server sections under that
971 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
972 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
974 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
975 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
976 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
977 a normal developer may have access.
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
983 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
984 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
985 step all over each other
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
991 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
992 address for PGP key updates
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
996 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
999 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1000 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1001 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1002 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1006 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1009 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1010 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1011 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1012 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1013 <keyring-maint> instead)
1014 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1015 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1017 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1019 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1020 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1021 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1023 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1025 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1027 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1028 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1029 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1030 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1031 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1032 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1034 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1035 tighten up the language a bit
1036 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1037 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1038 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1039 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1041 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1042 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1043 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1044 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1045 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1046 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1048 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1049 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1050 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1051 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1052 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1053 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1054 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1055 number of available packages
1056 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1057 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1061 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1068 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * not officially released
1071 * more spelling corrections
1072 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1076 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * not officially released
1079 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1080 * some PGP-centricity removed
1081 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1082 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1083 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1084 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1085 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1086 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1090 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1092 * not officially released
1093 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1094 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1095 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1096 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1097 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1098 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1099 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1100 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1101 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1102 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1103 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1104 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1105 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1106 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1108 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1109 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1111 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1113 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1114 take a couple of weeks
1115 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1116 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1117 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1118 excited about it and can't wait
1119 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1120 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1122 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1123 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1125 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1126 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1127 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1131 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1133 * move to 3-level version number:
1134 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1135 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1136 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1137 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1138 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1141 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1142 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1143 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1145 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1147 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1148 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1149 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1150 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1151 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1152 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1154 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1156 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1157 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1158 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1159 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1160 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1161 - "The CVS server": new section added
1162 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1164 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1165 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1166 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1167 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1168 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1169 with respect to GPG.
1170 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1171 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1172 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1173 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1174 a canonical location?)
1175 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1176 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1177 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1178 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1180 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1182 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1183 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1184 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1185 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1187 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1189 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1192 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1193 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1194 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1195 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1196 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1197 and should not be included in this Reference.
1198 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1199 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1200 maintainer tools only!
1201 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1202 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1203 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1204 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1205 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1206 * Little corrections here and there.
1207 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1208 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1211 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1216 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1217 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1219 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1220 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1221 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1222 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1223 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1224 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1225 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1226 do prior to uploading
1227 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1228 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1230 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1231 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1232 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1233 duties with respect to bugs
1234 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1235 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1236 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1238 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1239 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1240 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1241 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1242 explicit what is used to build this package
1244 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1246 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1250 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1251 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1252 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1253 * utilize the new URL tag
1254 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1257 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1261 * non-maintainer release
1262 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1263 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1264 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1265 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1266 text, it can't hurt you.)
1267 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1268 reflect this packages version number
1269 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1271 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1273 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1277 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1279 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1281 * New version numbering scheme:
1283 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1284 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1285 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1288 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1289 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1290 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1291 differ between the manuals.
1293 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1294 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1295 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1296 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1298 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1299 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1301 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1303 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1305 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1309 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1310 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1312 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1313 (as requested by James Troup)
1315 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1317 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1319 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1321 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1325 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1327 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1329 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1330 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1331 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1332 the non-maintainer release
1334 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1335 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1336 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1339 - Lots of typos fixed
1341 * Compressed SGML source code
1343 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1344 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1346 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1348 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1350 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1353 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1354 - Announcing package uploads
1355 * New section about Debian Mentors
1356 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1357 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1358 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1359 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1363 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1366 of our FTP server and the development process
1367 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1368 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1369 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1371 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1372 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1373 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1374 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1375 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1376 contacting the maintainer
1377 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1378 a new manual released soon)
1379 * Some minor changes
1380 * Include SGML source in package
1381 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1382 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1386 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200