1 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
49 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
50 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
51 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
52 patch. Closes: #573110
53 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
57 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
58 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
59 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
60 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
61 * Activate Japanese package.
62 * Handle addendum if it exists.
64 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
66 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
69 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
71 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
73 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
75 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
76 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
78 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
80 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
83 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
84 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
85 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
86 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
87 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
88 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
89 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
90 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
91 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
92 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
93 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
94 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
95 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
96 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
97 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
98 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
99 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
100 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
101 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
102 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
103 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
105 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
107 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
114 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
115 The most important changes are:
116 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
117 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
120 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
121 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
122 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
123 distinction. Closes: #464230.
124 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
125 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
126 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
127 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
128 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
129 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
131 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
132 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
134 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
135 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
137 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
138 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
140 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
142 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
143 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
145 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
146 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
147 Closes: #512620, #510783.
149 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
151 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
155 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
156 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
157 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
158 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
159 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
160 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
161 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
163 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
165 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
168 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
169 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
170 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
171 release codenames in <literal>
172 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
173 doesn't exist anymore.
174 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
175 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
176 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
177 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
178 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
179 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
180 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
181 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
182 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
183 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
184 team before upload. Closes: #459343
185 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
186 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
187 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
188 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
189 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
190 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
191 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
193 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
194 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
196 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
197 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
198 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
199 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
200 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
201 Thomas. Closes: #485837
203 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
204 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
206 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
208 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
212 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
213 - fix debian/copyright
214 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
215 - add pdf for French version.
216 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
217 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
218 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
219 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
220 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
221 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
222 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
223 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
224 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
226 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
227 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
229 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
231 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
232 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
233 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
234 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
235 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
236 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
238 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
241 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
242 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
243 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
244 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
245 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
246 * Update information concerning Alioth.
247 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
248 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
250 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
251 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
253 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
256 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
258 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
260 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
262 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
263 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
265 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
266 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
267 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
269 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
270 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
271 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
273 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
274 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
275 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
276 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
277 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
278 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
279 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
280 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
281 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
282 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
283 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
284 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
286 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
287 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
288 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
289 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
290 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
291 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
292 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
293 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
294 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
295 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
299 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
301 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
303 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
306 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
307 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
308 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
309 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
310 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
311 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
313 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
315 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
317 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
319 - non-us discontinued.
320 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
322 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
323 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
324 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
325 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
326 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
327 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
328 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
329 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
330 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
331 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
332 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
333 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
334 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
335 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
336 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
337 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
338 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
339 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
341 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
342 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
344 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
347 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
349 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
351 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
354 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
355 - madison is on merkel.
356 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
357 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
358 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
359 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
360 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
361 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
363 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
364 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
365 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
366 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
367 - sync NM rules with reality.
369 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
371 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
373 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
376 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
377 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
378 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
379 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
380 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
381 - spelling, grammer fixes.
382 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
383 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
384 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
385 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
386 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
387 - add myself to uploaders.
388 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
389 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
390 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
391 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
392 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
393 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
394 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
395 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
396 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
397 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
398 - rewrote the NMU section, and
399 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
400 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
401 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
402 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
403 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
404 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
405 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
406 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
408 - Security uploads get urgency=high
409 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
411 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
413 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
415 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
418 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
419 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
420 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
421 - documented Alioth, somewhat
423 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
424 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
426 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
427 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
428 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
429 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
433 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
435 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
436 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
437 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
438 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
443 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
446 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
448 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
449 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
450 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
452 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
453 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
454 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
455 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
458 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
460 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
461 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
462 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
463 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
464 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
466 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
467 it clear these are special cases
468 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
470 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
472 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
474 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
477 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
478 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
480 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
484 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
487 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
489 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
490 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
491 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
493 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
494 - the synopsis formula changed to either
495 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
497 <package-name> is <synopsis>
499 <package-name> are <synopsis>
501 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
502 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
503 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
504 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
505 package; closes: #187143
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
509 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
512 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
513 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
515 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
517 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
518 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
519 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
520 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
521 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
522 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
523 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
524 right places in the document, closes: #172897
525 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
529 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
531 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
532 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
533 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
534 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
535 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
536 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
537 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
539 - editorial changes on material added in this version
540 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
541 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
542 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
543 closes: #139957, #108416
544 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
545 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
547 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
549 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
552 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
554 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
555 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
556 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
557 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
559 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
560 for best practices for documentation
561 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
562 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
563 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
564 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
566 - spell-checking pass
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
570 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
573 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
574 descriptions" moved under there
575 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
576 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
577 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
578 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
579 the document where these tools are discussed
580 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
581 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
582 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
583 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
584 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
585 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
587 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
588 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
589 that can be fixed by DDP folks
590 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
591 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
592 - simply PS and PDF building rules
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
596 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
599 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
600 section and adjusted links
601 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
603 - ChangeLog attribution updates
604 - fix typos, closes: #171781
605 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
606 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
607 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
608 for debian/rules", and write an intro
609 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
610 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
611 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
612 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
613 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
614 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
615 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
616 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
617 "Internationalization"
618 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
619 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
620 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
621 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
622 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
623 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
624 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
625 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
626 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
628 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
629 rather useless and broken
630 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
631 names and the first word
632 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
633 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
634 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
636 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
637 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
638 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
642 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
645 - DDP publishing update
647 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
648 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
649 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
650 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
654 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
657 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
658 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
659 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
661 - added myself as co-author
662 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
664 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
665 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
667 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
668 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
672 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
675 - Corrected several errors with —
676 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
677 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
678 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
679 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
680 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
681 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
682 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
684 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
685 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
686 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
687 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
688 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
689 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
690 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
691 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
692 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
694 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
695 descriptions". closes: #158609
696 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
697 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
698 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
699 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
700 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
702 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
703 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
704 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
705 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
706 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
707 - updated the mailing lists section
709 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
710 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
715 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
719 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
721 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
723 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
724 Ch "The Debian Archive"
726 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
728 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
729 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
730 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
731 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
732 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
734 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
735 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
736 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
737 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
738 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
739 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
740 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
742 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
743 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
746 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
747 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
748 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
749 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
750 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
751 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
752 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
753 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
754 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
755 work-around with <...>
756 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
757 - update copyright date
758 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
759 - spell check and grammar corrections
763 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
765 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
766 recompile"; closes: #102626
767 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
768 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
769 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
770 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
771 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
773 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
774 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
775 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
777 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
779 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
780 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
781 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
782 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
783 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
784 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
785 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
786 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
787 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
789 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
791 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
793 - updated the list of available architectures.
794 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
795 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
796 of the package and nothing more.
797 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
798 any pain to the ftpmasters.
799 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
800 the use of the delayed queue.
801 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
802 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
804 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
805 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
806 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
807 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
808 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
809 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
810 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
812 - new Sec "Documentation"
813 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
814 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
815 "Being kind to porter" too
816 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
817 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
818 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
819 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
820 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
822 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
823 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
826 - update French translation
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
833 - some grammar corrections
834 - update French translation
836 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
837 anymore; closes: #135559
838 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
840 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
842 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
843 that would be welcome)
844 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
845 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
846 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
847 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
848 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
849 - other minor wording changes
850 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
851 - Ch "Package uploads":
852 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
853 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
854 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
855 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
856 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
857 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
858 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
862 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 * from Martin Michlmayr
865 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
866 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
867 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
869 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
871 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
873 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
875 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
876 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
877 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
880 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
882 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
887 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
892 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
893 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
894 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
895 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
896 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
897 talking about uploading to distributions
898 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
899 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
900 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
902 - French translation updated
904 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
905 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
906 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
910 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
913 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
914 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
919 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
922 * fix a typo in a link
923 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
924 update documentation accordingly
926 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
927 forwarding bugs upstream
929 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
930 entities which should be used
931 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
932 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
936 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
938 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
939 * French version: completely up-to-date now
940 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
941 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
943 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
950 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
952 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
953 this translation needs updating
954 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
955 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
956 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
958 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
959 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
960 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
962 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
963 included yet, however
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
969 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
971 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
972 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
974 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
978 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
980 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
981 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
982 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
984 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
988 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
991 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
992 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
993 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
994 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
995 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
996 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
997 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
998 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
999 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1000 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1001 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1002 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1004 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1005 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1006 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1007 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1008 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1010 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1012 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1013 * update copyright notice for 2001
1014 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1015 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1016 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1020 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1024 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1026 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1033 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1035 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1036 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1037 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1038 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1039 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1040 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1041 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1042 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1043 could be used if necessary
1044 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1045 mention the rsync dupload method
1046 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1048 * other small corrections
1049 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1050 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1051 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1052 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1054 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1056 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1057 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1061 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1063 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1064 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1065 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1066 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1068 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1069 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1070 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1071 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1072 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1074 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1076 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1077 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1078 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1079 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1080 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1081 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1082 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1084 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1085 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1086 - added a section about the LDAP database
1087 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1088 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1090 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1091 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1095 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1098 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1099 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1101 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1102 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1103 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1104 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1105 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1106 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1107 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1108 description from developers-reference.sgml
1110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1112 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1115 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1117 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1119 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1120 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1121 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1122 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1123 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1124 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1125 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1126 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1127 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1128 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1130 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1131 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1132 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1133 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1135 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1136 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1137 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1138 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1139 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1140 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1141 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1142 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1143 suggestion from James Troup
1144 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1145 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1146 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1147 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1152 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1155 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1162 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1163 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1164 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1165 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1166 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1167 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1174 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1175 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1176 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1177 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1178 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1180 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1181 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1183 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1187 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1191 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1192 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1193 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1194 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1195 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1197 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1198 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1199 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1200 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1202 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1203 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1204 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1205 a normal developer may have access.
1207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1209 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1212 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1213 step all over each other
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1217 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1220 address for PGP key updates
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1224 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1227 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1228 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1229 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1230 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1234 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1237 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1238 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1239 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1240 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1241 <keyring-maint> instead)
1242 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1243 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1245 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1247 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1248 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1249 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1253 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1255 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1256 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1257 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1258 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1259 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1260 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1262 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1263 tighten up the language a bit
1264 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1265 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1266 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1267 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1269 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1270 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1271 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1272 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1273 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1274 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1276 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1277 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1278 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1279 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1280 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1281 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1282 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1283 number of available packages
1284 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1285 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1289 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1296 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * not officially released
1299 * more spelling corrections
1300 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1304 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * not officially released
1307 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1308 * some PGP-centricity removed
1309 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1310 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1311 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1312 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1313 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1314 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1318 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1320 * not officially released
1321 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1322 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1323 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1324 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1325 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1326 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1327 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1328 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1329 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1330 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1331 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1332 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1333 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1334 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1336 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1337 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1339 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1341 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1342 take a couple of weeks
1343 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1344 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1345 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1346 excited about it and can't wait
1347 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1348 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1350 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1351 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1353 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1354 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1355 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1359 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1361 * move to 3-level version number:
1362 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1363 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1364 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1365 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1366 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1369 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1370 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1371 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1373 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1375 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1376 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1377 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1378 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1379 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1380 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1382 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1384 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1385 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1386 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1387 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1388 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1389 - "The CVS server": new section added
1390 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1392 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1393 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1394 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1395 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1396 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1397 with respect to GPG.
1398 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1399 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1400 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1401 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1402 a canonical location?)
1403 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1404 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1405 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1406 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1408 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1410 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1411 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1412 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1413 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1415 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1417 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1420 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1421 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1422 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1423 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1424 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1425 and should not be included in this Reference.
1426 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1427 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1428 maintainer tools only!
1429 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1430 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1431 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1432 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1433 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1434 * Little corrections here and there.
1435 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1436 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1439 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1441 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1444 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1445 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1447 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1448 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1449 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1450 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1451 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1452 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1453 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1454 do prior to uploading
1455 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1456 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1458 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1459 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1460 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1461 duties with respect to bugs
1462 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1463 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1464 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1466 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1467 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1468 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1469 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1470 explicit what is used to build this package
1472 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1474 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1478 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1479 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1480 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1481 * utilize the new URL tag
1482 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1485 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1487 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1489 * non-maintainer release
1490 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1491 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1492 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1493 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1494 text, it can't hurt you.)
1495 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1496 reflect this packages version number
1497 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1499 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1501 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1507 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1509 * New version numbering scheme:
1511 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1512 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1513 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1516 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1517 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1518 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1519 differ between the manuals.
1521 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1522 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1523 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1524 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1526 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1527 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1529 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1533 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1537 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1538 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1540 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1541 (as requested by James Troup)
1543 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1545 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1549 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1553 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1555 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1557 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1558 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1559 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1560 the non-maintainer release
1562 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1563 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1564 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1567 - Lots of typos fixed
1569 * Compressed SGML source code
1571 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1572 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1574 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1576 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1578 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1581 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1582 - Announcing package uploads
1583 * New section about Debian Mentors
1584 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1585 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1586 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1587 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1591 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1593 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1594 of our FTP server and the development process
1595 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1596 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1597 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1599 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1600 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1601 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1602 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1603 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1604 contacting the maintainer
1605 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1606 a new manual released soon)
1607 * Some minor changes
1608 * Include SGML source in package
1609 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1610 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1612 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1614 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1618 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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