1 developers-reference (3.4.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
4 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
5 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
6 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
7 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
8 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
9 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
10 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
11 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
12 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
13 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
15 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:19:21 +0200
17 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
20 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
21 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
24 * Update my email address.
25 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
26 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
27 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
28 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
29 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
30 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
33 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
35 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
41 version tracking removed that requirement.
44 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
45 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
46 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
47 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
48 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
49 needed. Closes: #619990
50 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
51 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
54 * Initial German translation.
57 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
58 * Update French translation.
59 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
60 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
61 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
64 * Update Japanese translation.
66 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
68 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
72 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
75 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
76 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
77 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
78 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
79 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
80 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
81 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
82 patch. Closes: #540231
83 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
84 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
85 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
86 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
87 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
88 for the patch. Closes: #548823
89 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
90 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
91 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
92 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
93 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
94 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
95 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
96 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
97 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
98 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
99 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
100 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
101 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
102 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
104 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
105 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
106 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
108 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
109 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
110 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
111 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
112 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
114 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
116 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
117 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
118 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
119 patch. Closes: #573110
120 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
122 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
123 multi-lines substitution variables.
126 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
127 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
128 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
129 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
130 * Activate Japanese package.
131 * Handle addendum if it exists.
133 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
135 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
138 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
140 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
142 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
144 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
145 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
147 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
149 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
152 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
153 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
154 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
155 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
156 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
157 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
158 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
159 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
160 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
161 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
162 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
163 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
164 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
165 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
166 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
167 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
168 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
169 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
170 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
171 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
172 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
174 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
176 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
183 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
184 The most important changes are:
185 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
186 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
189 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
190 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
191 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
192 distinction. Closes: #464230.
193 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
194 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
195 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
196 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
197 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
198 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
200 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
201 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
203 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
204 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
206 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
207 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
209 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
211 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
212 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
214 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
215 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
216 Closes: #512620, #510783.
218 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
220 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
224 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
225 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
226 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
227 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
228 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
229 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
230 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
232 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
234 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
237 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
238 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
239 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
240 release codenames in <literal>
241 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
242 doesn't exist anymore.
243 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
244 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
245 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
246 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
247 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
248 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
249 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
250 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
251 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
252 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
253 team before upload. Closes: #459343
254 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
255 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
256 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
257 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
258 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
259 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
260 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
262 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
263 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
265 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
266 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
267 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
268 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
269 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
270 Thomas. Closes: #485837
272 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
273 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
275 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
277 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
281 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
282 - fix debian/copyright
283 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
284 - add pdf for French version.
285 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
286 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
287 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
288 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
289 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
290 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
291 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
292 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
293 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
295 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
296 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
298 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
300 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
301 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
302 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
303 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
304 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
305 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
307 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
310 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
311 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
312 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
313 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
314 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
315 * Update information concerning Alioth.
316 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
317 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
319 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
320 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
322 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
325 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
327 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
329 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
331 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
332 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
334 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
335 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
336 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
338 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
339 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
340 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
342 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
343 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
344 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
345 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
346 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
347 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
348 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
349 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
350 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
351 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
352 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
353 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
355 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
356 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
357 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
358 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
359 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
360 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
361 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
362 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
363 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
364 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
368 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
370 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
372 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
375 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
376 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
377 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
378 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
379 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
380 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
382 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
384 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
386 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
388 - non-us discontinued.
389 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
391 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
392 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
393 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
394 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
395 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
396 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
397 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
398 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
399 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
400 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
401 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
402 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
403 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
404 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
405 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
406 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
407 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
408 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
410 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
411 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
413 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
416 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
418 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
420 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
423 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
424 - madison is on merkel.
425 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
426 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
427 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
428 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
429 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
430 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
432 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
433 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
434 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
435 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
436 - sync NM rules with reality.
438 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
440 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
442 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
445 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
446 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
447 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
448 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
449 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
450 - spelling, grammer fixes.
451 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
452 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
453 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
454 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
455 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
456 - add myself to uploaders.
457 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
458 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
459 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
460 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
461 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
462 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
463 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
464 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
465 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
466 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
467 - rewrote the NMU section, and
468 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
469 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
470 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
471 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
472 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
473 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
474 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
475 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
477 - Security uploads get urgency=high
478 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
480 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
482 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
484 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
487 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
488 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
489 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
490 - documented Alioth, somewhat
492 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
493 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
495 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
496 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
497 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
498 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
502 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
504 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
505 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
506 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
507 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
512 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
515 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
517 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
518 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
519 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
521 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
522 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
523 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
524 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
527 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
529 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
530 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
531 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
532 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
533 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
535 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
536 it clear these are special cases
537 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
539 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
543 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
546 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
547 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
549 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
553 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
556 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
558 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
559 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
560 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
562 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
563 - the synopsis formula changed to either
564 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
566 <package-name> is <synopsis>
568 <package-name> are <synopsis>
570 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
571 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
572 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
573 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
574 package; closes: #187143
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
578 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
581 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
582 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
584 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
586 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
587 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
588 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
589 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
590 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
591 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
592 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
593 right places in the document, closes: #172897
594 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
598 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
600 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
601 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
602 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
603 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
604 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
605 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
606 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
608 - editorial changes on material added in this version
609 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
610 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
611 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
612 closes: #139957, #108416
613 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
614 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
618 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
621 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
623 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
624 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
625 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
626 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
628 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
629 for best practices for documentation
630 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
631 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
632 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
633 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
635 - spell-checking pass
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
639 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
642 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
643 descriptions" moved under there
644 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
645 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
646 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
647 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
648 the document where these tools are discussed
649 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
650 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
651 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
652 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
653 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
654 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
656 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
657 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
658 that can be fixed by DDP folks
659 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
660 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
661 - simply PS and PDF building rules
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
665 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
668 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
669 section and adjusted links
670 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
672 - ChangeLog attribution updates
673 - fix typos, closes: #171781
674 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
675 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
676 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
677 for debian/rules", and write an intro
678 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
679 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
680 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
681 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
682 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
683 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
684 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
685 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
686 "Internationalization"
687 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
688 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
689 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
690 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
691 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
692 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
693 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
694 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
695 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
697 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
698 rather useless and broken
699 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
700 names and the first word
701 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
702 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
703 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
705 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
706 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
707 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
711 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
714 - DDP publishing update
716 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
717 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
718 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
719 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
723 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
726 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
727 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
728 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
730 - added myself as co-author
731 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
733 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
734 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
736 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
737 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
741 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
744 - Corrected several errors with —
745 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
746 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
747 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
748 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
749 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
750 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
751 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
753 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
754 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
755 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
756 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
757 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
758 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
759 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
760 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
761 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
763 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
764 descriptions". closes: #158609
765 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
766 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
767 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
768 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
769 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
771 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
772 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
773 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
774 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
775 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
776 - updated the mailing lists section
778 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
779 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
784 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
787 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
788 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
790 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
792 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
793 Ch "The Debian Archive"
795 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
797 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
798 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
799 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
800 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
801 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
803 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
804 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
805 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
806 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
807 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
808 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
809 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
811 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
812 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
815 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
816 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
817 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
818 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
819 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
820 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
821 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
822 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
823 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
824 work-around with <...>
825 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
826 - update copyright date
827 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
828 - spell check and grammar corrections
832 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
834 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
835 recompile"; closes: #102626
836 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
837 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
838 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
839 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
840 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
842 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
843 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
844 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
846 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
848 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
849 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
850 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
851 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
852 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
853 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
854 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
855 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
856 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
858 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
860 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
862 - updated the list of available architectures.
863 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
864 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
865 of the package and nothing more.
866 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
867 any pain to the ftpmasters.
868 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
869 the use of the delayed queue.
870 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
871 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
873 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
874 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
875 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
876 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
877 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
878 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
879 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
881 - new Sec "Documentation"
882 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
883 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
884 "Being kind to porter" too
885 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
886 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
887 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
888 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
889 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
891 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
892 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
895 - update French translation
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
899 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
902 - some grammar corrections
903 - update French translation
905 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
906 anymore; closes: #135559
907 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
909 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
911 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
912 that would be welcome)
913 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
914 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
915 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
916 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
917 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
918 - other minor wording changes
919 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
920 - Ch "Package uploads":
921 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
922 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
923 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
924 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
925 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
926 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
927 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
931 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * from Martin Michlmayr
934 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
935 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
936 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
938 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
940 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
942 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
944 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
945 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
946 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
949 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
951 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
954 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
956 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
959 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
961 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
962 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
963 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
964 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
965 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
966 talking about uploading to distributions
967 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
968 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
969 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
971 - French translation updated
973 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
974 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
975 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
977 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
979 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
982 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
983 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
988 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
991 * fix a typo in a link
992 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
993 update documentation accordingly
995 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
996 forwarding bugs upstream
998 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
999 entities which should be used
1000 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1001 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1003 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1005 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1008 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1009 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1010 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1012 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1021 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1022 this translation needs updating
1023 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1024 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1025 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1027 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1028 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1029 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1031 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1032 included yet, however
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1036 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1040 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1041 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1043 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1047 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1050 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1051 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1053 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1055 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1057 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1060 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1061 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1062 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1063 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1064 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1065 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1066 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1067 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1068 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1069 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1070 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1071 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1073 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1074 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1075 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1076 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1077 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1079 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1081 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1082 * update copyright notice for 2001
1083 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1084 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1085 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1089 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1093 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1095 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1099 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1102 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1104 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1105 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1106 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1107 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1108 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1109 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1110 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1111 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1112 could be used if necessary
1113 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1114 mention the rsync dupload method
1115 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1117 * other small corrections
1118 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1119 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1120 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1121 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1123 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1125 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1126 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1132 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1133 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1134 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1135 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1137 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1138 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1139 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1140 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1141 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1143 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1145 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1146 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1147 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1148 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1149 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1150 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1151 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1153 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1154 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1155 - added a section about the LDAP database
1156 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1157 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1159 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1160 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1164 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1167 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1168 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1170 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1171 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1172 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1173 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1174 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1175 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1176 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1177 description from developers-reference.sgml
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1184 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1186 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1188 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1189 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1190 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1191 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1192 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1193 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1194 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1195 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1196 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1197 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1199 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1200 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1201 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1202 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1204 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1205 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1206 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1207 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1208 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1209 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1210 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1211 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1212 suggestion from James Troup
1213 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1214 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1215 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1216 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1221 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1224 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1228 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1231 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1232 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1233 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1234 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1235 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1236 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1240 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1243 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1244 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1245 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1246 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1247 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1249 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1250 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1252 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1256 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1260 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1261 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1262 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1263 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1264 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1266 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1267 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1268 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1269 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1271 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1272 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1273 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1274 a normal developer may have access.
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1281 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1282 step all over each other
1284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1286 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1289 address for PGP key updates
1291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1293 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1296 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1297 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1298 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1299 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1306 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1307 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1308 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1309 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1310 <keyring-maint> instead)
1311 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1312 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1314 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1316 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1317 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1318 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1322 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1324 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1325 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1326 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1327 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1328 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1329 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1331 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1332 tighten up the language a bit
1333 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1334 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1335 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1336 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1338 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1339 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1340 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1341 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1342 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1343 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1345 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1346 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1347 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1348 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1349 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1350 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1351 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1352 number of available packages
1353 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1354 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1356 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1358 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1365 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1367 * not officially released
1368 * more spelling corrections
1369 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1373 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * not officially released
1376 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1377 * some PGP-centricity removed
1378 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1379 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1380 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1381 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1382 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1383 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1387 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1389 * not officially released
1390 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1391 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1392 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1393 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1394 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1395 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1396 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1397 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1398 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1399 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1400 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1401 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1402 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1403 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1405 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1406 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1408 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1410 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1411 take a couple of weeks
1412 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1413 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1414 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1415 excited about it and can't wait
1416 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1417 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1419 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1420 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1422 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1423 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1424 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1428 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1430 * move to 3-level version number:
1431 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1432 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1433 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1434 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1435 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1438 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1439 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1440 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1442 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1444 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1445 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1446 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1447 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1448 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1449 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1451 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1453 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1454 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1455 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1456 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1457 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1458 - "The CVS server": new section added
1459 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1461 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1462 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1463 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1464 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1465 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1466 with respect to GPG.
1467 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1468 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1469 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1470 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1471 a canonical location?)
1472 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1473 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1474 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1475 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1477 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1479 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1480 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1481 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1482 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1484 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1486 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1489 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1490 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1491 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1492 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1493 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1494 and should not be included in this Reference.
1495 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1496 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1497 maintainer tools only!
1498 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1499 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1500 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1501 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1502 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1503 * Little corrections here and there.
1504 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1505 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1508 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1510 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1512 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1513 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1514 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1516 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1517 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1518 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1519 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1520 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1521 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1522 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1523 do prior to uploading
1524 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1525 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1527 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1528 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1529 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1530 duties with respect to bugs
1531 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1532 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1533 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1535 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1536 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1537 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1538 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1539 explicit what is used to build this package
1541 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1543 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1546 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1547 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1548 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1549 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1550 * utilize the new URL tag
1551 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1554 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1556 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1558 * non-maintainer release
1559 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1560 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1561 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1562 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1563 text, it can't hurt you.)
1564 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1565 reflect this packages version number
1566 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1568 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1570 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1574 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1576 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1578 * New version numbering scheme:
1580 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1581 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1582 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1585 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1586 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1587 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1588 differ between the manuals.
1590 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1591 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1592 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1593 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1595 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1596 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1598 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1602 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1604 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1606 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1607 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1609 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1610 (as requested by James Troup)
1612 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1614 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1616 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1618 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1620 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1622 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1624 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1626 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1627 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1628 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1629 the non-maintainer release
1631 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1632 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1633 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1636 - Lots of typos fixed
1638 * Compressed SGML source code
1640 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1641 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1643 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1645 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1647 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1649 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1650 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1651 - Announcing package uploads
1652 * New section about Debian Mentors
1653 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1654 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1655 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1656 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1660 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1663 of our FTP server and the development process
1664 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1665 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1666 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1668 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1669 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1670 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1671 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1672 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1673 contacting the maintainer
1674 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1675 a new manual released soon)
1676 * Some minor changes
1677 * Include SGML source in package
1678 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1679 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1681 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1683 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1687 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200