1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
16 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
17 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
18 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
19 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
20 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
21 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
22 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
23 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
25 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:54:54 +0200
27 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
34 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
35 The most important changes are:
36 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
37 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
40 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
41 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
42 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
43 distinction. Closes: #464230.
44 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
45 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
46 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
47 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
48 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
49 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
51 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
52 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
54 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
55 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
57 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
58 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
60 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
62 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
63 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
65 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
66 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
67 Closes: #512620, #510783.
69 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
71 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
75 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
76 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
77 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
78 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
79 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
80 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
81 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
83 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
85 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
88 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
89 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
90 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
91 release codenames in <literal>
92 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
93 doesn't exist anymore.
94 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
95 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
96 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
97 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
98 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
99 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
100 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
101 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
102 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
103 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
104 team before upload. Closes: #459343
105 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
106 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
107 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
108 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
109 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
110 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
111 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
113 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
114 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
116 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
117 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
118 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
119 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
120 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
121 Thomas. Closes: #485837
123 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
124 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
126 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
128 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
132 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
133 - fix debian/copyright
134 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
135 - add pdf for French version.
136 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
137 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
138 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
139 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
140 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
141 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
142 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
143 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
144 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
146 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
147 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
149 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
151 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
152 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
153 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
154 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
155 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
156 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
158 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
161 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
162 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
163 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
164 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
165 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
166 * Update information concerning Alioth.
167 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
168 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
170 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
171 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
173 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
176 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
178 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
180 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
182 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
183 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
185 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
186 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
187 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
189 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
190 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
191 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
193 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
194 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
195 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
196 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
197 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
198 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
199 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
200 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
201 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
202 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
203 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
204 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
206 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
207 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
208 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
209 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
210 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
211 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
212 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
213 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
214 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
215 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
219 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
221 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
223 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
226 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
227 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
228 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
229 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
230 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
231 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
233 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
235 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
237 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
239 - non-us discontinued.
240 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
242 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
243 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
244 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
245 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
246 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
247 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
248 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
249 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
250 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
251 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
252 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
253 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
254 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
255 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
256 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
257 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
258 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
259 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
261 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
262 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
264 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
267 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
269 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
271 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
274 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
275 - madison is on merkel.
276 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
277 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
278 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
279 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
280 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
281 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
283 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
284 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
285 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
286 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
287 - sync NM rules with reality.
289 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
291 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
293 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
296 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
297 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
298 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
299 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
300 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
301 - spelling, grammer fixes.
302 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
303 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
304 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
305 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
306 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
307 - add myself to uploaders.
308 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
309 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
310 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
311 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
312 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
313 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
314 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
315 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
316 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
317 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
318 - rewrote the NMU section, and
319 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
320 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
321 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
322 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
323 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
324 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
325 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
326 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
328 - Security uploads get urgency=high
329 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
331 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
333 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
335 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
338 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
339 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
340 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
341 - documented Alioth, somewhat
343 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
344 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
346 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
347 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
348 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
349 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
353 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
355 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
356 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
357 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
358 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
363 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
366 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
368 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
369 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
370 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
372 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
373 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
374 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
375 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
378 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
380 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
381 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
382 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
383 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
384 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
386 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
387 it clear these are special cases
388 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
390 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
392 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
394 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
397 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
398 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
400 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
402 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
404 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
407 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
409 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
410 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
411 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
413 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
414 - the synopsis formula changed to either
415 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
417 <package-name> is <synopsis>
419 <package-name> are <synopsis>
421 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
422 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
423 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
424 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
425 package; closes: #187143
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
429 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
432 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
433 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
435 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
437 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
438 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
439 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
440 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
441 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
442 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
443 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
444 right places in the document, closes: #172897
445 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
449 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
451 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
452 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
453 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
454 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
455 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
456 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
457 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
459 - editorial changes on material added in this version
460 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
461 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
462 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
463 closes: #139957, #108416
464 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
465 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
469 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
472 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
474 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
475 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
476 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
477 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
479 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
480 for best practices for documentation
481 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
482 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
483 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
484 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
486 - spell-checking pass
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
490 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
493 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
494 descriptions" moved under there
495 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
496 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
497 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
498 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
499 the document where these tools are discussed
500 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
501 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
502 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
503 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
504 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
505 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
507 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
508 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
509 that can be fixed by DDP folks
510 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
511 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
512 - simply PS and PDF building rules
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
516 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
519 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
520 section and adjusted links
521 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
523 - ChangeLog attribution updates
524 - fix typos, closes: #171781
525 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
526 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
527 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
528 for debian/rules", and write an intro
529 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
530 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
531 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
532 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
533 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
534 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
535 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
536 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
537 "Internationalization"
538 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
539 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
540 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
541 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
542 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
543 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
544 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
545 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
546 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
548 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
549 rather useless and broken
550 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
551 names and the first word
552 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
553 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
554 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
556 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
557 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
558 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
562 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
565 - DDP publishing update
567 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
568 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
569 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
570 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
574 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
577 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
578 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
579 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
581 - added myself as co-author
582 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
584 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
585 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
587 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
588 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
592 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 - Corrected several errors with —
596 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
597 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
598 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
599 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
600 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
601 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
602 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
604 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
605 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
606 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
607 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
608 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
609 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
610 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
611 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
612 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
614 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
615 descriptions". closes: #158609
616 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
617 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
618 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
619 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
620 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
622 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
623 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
624 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
625 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
626 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
627 - updated the mailing lists section
629 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
630 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
635 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
638 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
639 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
641 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
643 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
644 Ch "The Debian Archive"
646 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
648 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
649 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
650 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
651 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
652 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
654 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
655 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
656 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
657 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
658 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
659 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
660 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
662 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
663 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
666 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
667 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
668 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
669 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
670 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
671 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
672 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
673 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
674 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
675 work-around with <...>
676 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
677 - update copyright date
678 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
679 - spell check and grammar corrections
683 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
685 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
686 recompile"; closes: #102626
687 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
688 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
689 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
690 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
691 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
693 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
694 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
695 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
697 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
699 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
700 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
701 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
702 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
703 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
704 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
705 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
706 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
707 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
709 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
711 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
713 - updated the list of available architectures.
714 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
715 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
716 of the package and nothing more.
717 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
718 any pain to the ftpmasters.
719 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
720 the use of the delayed queue.
721 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
722 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
724 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
725 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
726 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
727 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
728 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
729 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
730 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
732 - new Sec "Documentation"
733 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
734 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
735 "Being kind to porter" too
736 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
737 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
738 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
739 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
740 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
742 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
743 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
746 - update French translation
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
750 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
753 - some grammar corrections
754 - update French translation
756 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
757 anymore; closes: #135559
758 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
760 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
762 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
763 that would be welcome)
764 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
765 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
766 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
767 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
768 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
769 - other minor wording changes
770 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
771 - Ch "Package uploads":
772 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
773 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
774 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
775 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
776 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
777 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
778 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
782 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
784 * from Martin Michlmayr
785 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
786 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
787 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
789 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
791 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
793 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
795 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
796 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
797 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
800 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
802 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
807 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
810 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
812 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
813 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
814 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
815 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
816 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
817 talking about uploading to distributions
818 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
819 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
820 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
822 - French translation updated
824 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
825 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
826 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
833 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
834 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
839 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
842 * fix a typo in a link
843 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
844 update documentation accordingly
846 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
847 forwarding bugs upstream
849 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
850 entities which should be used
851 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
852 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
856 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
858 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
859 * French version: completely up-to-date now
860 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
861 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
863 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
866 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
868 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
870 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
872 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
873 this translation needs updating
874 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
875 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
876 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
878 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
879 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
880 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
882 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
883 included yet, however
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
887 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
889 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
891 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
892 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
894 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
898 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
900 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
901 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
902 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
904 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
908 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
911 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
912 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
913 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
914 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
915 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
916 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
917 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
918 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
919 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
920 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
921 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
922 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
924 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
925 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
926 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
927 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
928 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
930 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
932 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
933 * update copyright notice for 2001
934 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
935 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
936 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
940 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
942 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
944 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
946 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
950 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
952 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
953 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
955 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
956 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
957 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
958 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
959 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
960 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
961 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
962 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
963 could be used if necessary
964 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
965 mention the rsync dupload method
966 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
968 * other small corrections
969 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
970 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
971 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
972 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
974 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
976 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
977 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
983 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
984 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
985 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
986 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
988 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
989 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
990 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
991 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
992 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
994 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
996 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
997 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
998 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
999 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1000 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1001 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1002 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1004 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1005 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1006 - added a section about the LDAP database
1007 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1008 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1010 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1011 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1015 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1018 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1019 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1021 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1022 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1023 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1024 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1025 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1026 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1027 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1028 description from developers-reference.sgml
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1032 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1035 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1037 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1039 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1040 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1041 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1042 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1043 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1044 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1045 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1046 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1047 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1048 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1050 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1051 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1052 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1053 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1055 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1056 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1057 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1058 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1059 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1060 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1061 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1062 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1063 suggestion from James Troup
1064 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1065 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1066 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1067 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1072 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1075 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1079 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1082 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1083 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1084 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1085 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1086 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1087 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1094 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1095 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1096 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1097 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1098 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1100 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1101 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1103 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1111 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1112 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1113 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1114 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1115 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1117 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1118 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1119 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1120 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1122 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1123 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1124 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1125 a normal developer may have access.
1127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1129 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1132 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1133 step all over each other
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1140 address for PGP key updates
1142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1144 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1147 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1148 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1149 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1150 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1154 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1157 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1158 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1159 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1160 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1161 <keyring-maint> instead)
1162 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1163 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1165 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1167 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1168 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1169 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1173 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1175 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1176 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1177 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1178 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1179 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1180 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1182 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1183 tighten up the language a bit
1184 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1185 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1186 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1187 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1189 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1190 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1191 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1192 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1193 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1194 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1196 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1197 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1198 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1199 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1200 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1201 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1202 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1203 number of available packages
1204 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1205 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1209 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1216 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * not officially released
1219 * more spelling corrections
1220 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1224 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * not officially released
1227 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1228 * some PGP-centricity removed
1229 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1230 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1231 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1232 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1233 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1234 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1238 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1240 * not officially released
1241 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1242 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1243 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1244 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1245 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1246 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1247 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1248 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1249 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1250 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1251 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1252 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1253 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1254 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1256 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1257 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1259 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1261 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1262 take a couple of weeks
1263 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1264 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1265 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1266 excited about it and can't wait
1267 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1268 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1270 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1271 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1273 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1274 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1275 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1279 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1281 * move to 3-level version number:
1282 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1283 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1284 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1285 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1286 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1289 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1290 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1291 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1293 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1295 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1296 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1297 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1298 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1299 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1300 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1302 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1304 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1305 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1306 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1307 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1308 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1309 - "The CVS server": new section added
1310 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1312 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1313 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1314 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1315 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1316 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1317 with respect to GPG.
1318 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1319 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1320 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1321 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1322 a canonical location?)
1323 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1324 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1325 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1326 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1328 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1330 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1331 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1332 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1333 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1335 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1337 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1340 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1341 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1342 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1343 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1344 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1345 and should not be included in this Reference.
1346 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1347 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1348 maintainer tools only!
1349 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1350 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1351 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1352 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1353 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1354 * Little corrections here and there.
1355 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1356 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1359 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1361 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1364 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1365 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1367 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1368 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1369 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1370 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1371 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1372 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1373 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1374 do prior to uploading
1375 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1376 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1378 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1379 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1380 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1381 duties with respect to bugs
1382 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1383 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1384 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1386 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1387 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1388 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1389 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1390 explicit what is used to build this package
1392 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1394 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1398 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1399 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1400 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1401 * utilize the new URL tag
1402 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1405 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1407 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1409 * non-maintainer release
1410 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1411 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1412 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1413 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1414 text, it can't hurt you.)
1415 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1416 reflect this packages version number
1417 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1419 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1421 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1425 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1427 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1429 * New version numbering scheme:
1431 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1432 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1433 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1436 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1437 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1438 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1439 differ between the manuals.
1441 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1442 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1443 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1444 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1446 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1447 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1449 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1451 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1453 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1457 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1458 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1460 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1461 (as requested by James Troup)
1463 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1465 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1469 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1473 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1475 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1477 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1478 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1479 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1480 the non-maintainer release
1482 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1483 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1484 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1487 - Lots of typos fixed
1489 * Compressed SGML source code
1491 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1492 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1494 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1496 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1498 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1500 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1501 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1502 - Announcing package uploads
1503 * New section about Debian Mentors
1504 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1505 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1506 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1507 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1511 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1514 of our FTP server and the development process
1515 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1516 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1517 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1519 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1520 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1521 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1522 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1523 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1524 contacting the maintainer
1525 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1526 a new manual released soon)
1527 * Some minor changes
1528 * Include SGML source in package
1529 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1530 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1532 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1534 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1538 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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