1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
31 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
32 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
33 * Remove reference to #debian-sf which doesn't exist anymore.
34 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
35 * Put myself back in Uploaders.
36 * Generaly wrap lines longer than 78 characters. Closes: #278267
37 Not done for translations. I leave that up to translators if they want to
40 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:51:06 +0200
42 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
44 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
46 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
47 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
49 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
50 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
51 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
53 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
54 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
55 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
57 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
58 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
59 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
60 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
61 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
62 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
63 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
64 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
65 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
66 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
67 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
68 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
70 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
71 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
72 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
73 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
74 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
75 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
76 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
77 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
78 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
79 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
83 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
85 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
87 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
90 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
91 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
92 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
93 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
94 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
95 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
97 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
99 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
101 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
103 - non-us discontinued.
104 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
106 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
107 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
108 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
109 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
110 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
111 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
112 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
113 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
114 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
115 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
116 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
117 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
118 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
119 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
120 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
121 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
122 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
123 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
125 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
126 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
128 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
131 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
133 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
135 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
138 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
139 - madison is on merkel.
140 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
141 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
142 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
143 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
144 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
145 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
147 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
148 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
149 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
150 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
151 - sync NM rules with reality.
153 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
155 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
157 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
160 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
161 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
162 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
163 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
164 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
165 - spelling, grammer fixes.
166 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
167 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
168 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
169 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
170 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
171 - add myself to uploaders.
172 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
173 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
174 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
175 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
176 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
177 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
178 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
179 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
180 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
181 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
182 - rewrote the NMU section, and
183 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
184 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
185 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
186 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
187 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
188 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
189 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
190 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
192 - Security uploads get urgency=high
193 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
195 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
197 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
199 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
202 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
203 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
204 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
205 - documented Alioth, somewhat
207 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
208 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
210 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
211 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
212 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
213 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
217 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
219 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
220 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
221 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
222 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
227 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
230 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
232 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
233 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
234 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
236 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
237 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
238 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
239 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
242 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
244 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
245 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
246 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
247 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
248 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
250 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
251 it clear these are special cases
252 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
254 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
258 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
261 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
262 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
264 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
268 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
271 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
273 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
274 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
275 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
277 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
278 - the synopsis formula changed to either
279 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
281 <package-name> is <synopsis>
283 <package-name> are <synopsis>
285 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
286 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
287 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
288 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
289 package; closes: #187143
291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
293 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
296 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
297 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
299 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
301 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
302 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
303 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
304 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
305 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
306 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
307 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
308 right places in the document, closes: #172897
309 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
313 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
315 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
316 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
317 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
318 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
319 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
320 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
321 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
323 - editorial changes on material added in this version
324 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
325 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
326 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
327 closes: #139957, #108416
328 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
329 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
333 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
336 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
338 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
339 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
340 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
341 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
343 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
344 for best practices for documentation
345 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
346 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
347 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
348 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
350 - spell-checking pass
352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
354 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
357 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
358 descriptions" moved under there
359 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
360 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
361 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
362 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
363 the document where these tools are discussed
364 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
365 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
366 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
367 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
368 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
369 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
371 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
372 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
373 that can be fixed by DDP folks
374 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
375 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
376 - simply PS and PDF building rules
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
380 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
383 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
384 section and adjusted links
385 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
387 - ChangeLog attribution updates
388 - fix typos, closes: #171781
389 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
390 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
391 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
392 for debian/rules", and write an intro
393 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
394 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
395 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
396 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
397 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
398 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
399 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
400 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
401 "Internationalization"
402 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
403 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
404 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
405 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
406 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
407 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
408 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
409 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
410 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
412 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
413 rather useless and broken
414 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
415 names and the first word
416 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
417 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
418 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
420 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
421 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
422 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
426 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
429 - DDP publishing update
431 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
432 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
433 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
434 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
438 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
441 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
442 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
443 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
445 - added myself as co-author
446 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
448 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
449 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
451 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
452 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
456 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
459 - Corrected several errors with —
460 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
461 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
462 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
463 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
464 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
465 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
466 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
468 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
469 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
470 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
471 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
472 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
473 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
474 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
475 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
476 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
478 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
479 descriptions". closes: #158609
480 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
481 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
482 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
483 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
484 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
486 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
487 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
488 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
489 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
490 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
491 - updated the mailing lists section
493 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
494 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
499 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
502 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
503 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
505 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
507 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
508 Ch "The Debian Archive"
510 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
512 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
513 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
514 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
515 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
516 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
518 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
519 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
520 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
521 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
522 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
523 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
524 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
526 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
527 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
530 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
531 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
532 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
533 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
534 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
535 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
536 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
537 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
538 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
539 work-around with <...>
540 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
541 - update copyright date
542 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
543 - spell check and grammar corrections
547 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
549 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
550 recompile"; closes: #102626
551 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
552 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
553 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
554 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
555 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
557 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
558 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
559 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
561 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
563 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
564 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
565 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
566 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
567 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
568 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
569 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
570 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
571 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
573 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
575 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
577 - updated the list of available architectures.
578 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
579 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
580 of the package and nothing more.
581 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
582 any pain to the ftpmasters.
583 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
584 the use of the delayed queue.
585 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
586 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
588 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
589 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
590 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
591 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
592 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
593 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
594 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
596 - new Sec "Documentation"
597 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
598 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
599 "Being kind to porter" too
600 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
601 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
602 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
603 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
604 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
606 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
607 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
610 - update French translation
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
614 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
617 - some grammar corrections
618 - update French translation
620 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
621 anymore; closes: #135559
622 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
624 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
626 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
627 that would be welcome)
628 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
629 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
630 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
631 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
632 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
633 - other minor wording changes
634 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
635 - Ch "Package uploads":
636 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
637 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
638 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
639 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
640 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
641 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
642 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
646 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
648 * from Martin Michlmayr
649 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
650 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
651 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
653 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
655 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
657 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
659 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
660 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
661 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
664 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
666 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
671 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
674 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
676 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
677 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
678 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
679 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
680 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
681 talking about uploading to distributions
682 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
683 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
684 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
686 - French translation updated
688 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
689 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
690 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
697 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
698 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
703 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
706 * fix a typo in a link
707 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
708 update documentation accordingly
710 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
711 forwarding bugs upstream
713 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
714 entities which should be used
715 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
716 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
720 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
722 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
723 * French version: completely up-to-date now
724 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
725 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
727 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
732 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
734 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
736 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
737 this translation needs updating
738 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
739 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
740 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
742 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
743 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
744 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
746 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
747 included yet, however
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
753 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
755 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
756 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
758 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
762 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
764 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
765 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
766 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
768 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
772 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
775 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
776 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
777 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
778 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
779 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
780 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
781 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
782 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
783 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
784 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
785 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
786 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
788 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
789 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
790 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
791 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
792 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
794 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
796 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
797 * update copyright notice for 2001
798 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
799 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
800 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
804 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
806 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
808 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
810 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
812 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
814 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
817 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
819 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
820 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
821 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
822 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
823 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
824 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
825 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
826 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
827 could be used if necessary
828 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
829 mention the rsync dupload method
830 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
832 * other small corrections
833 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
834 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
835 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
836 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
838 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
840 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
841 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
847 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
848 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
849 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
850 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
852 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
853 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
854 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
855 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
856 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
858 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
860 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
861 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
862 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
863 team (closes: Bug#52906)
864 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
865 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
866 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
868 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
869 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
870 - added a section about the LDAP database
871 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
872 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
874 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
875 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
882 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
883 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
885 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
886 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
887 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
888 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
889 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
890 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
891 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
892 description from developers-reference.sgml
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
896 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
899 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
901 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
903 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
904 releases are available at archive.debian.org
905 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
906 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
907 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
908 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
909 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
910 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
911 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
912 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
914 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
915 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
916 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
917 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
919 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
920 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
921 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
922 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
923 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
924 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
925 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
926 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
927 suggestion from James Troup
928 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
929 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
930 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
931 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
936 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
938 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
939 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
943 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
945 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
946 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
947 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
948 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
949 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
950 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
951 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
955 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
957 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
958 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
959 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
960 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
961 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
962 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
964 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
965 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
967 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
971 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
975 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
976 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
977 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
978 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
979 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
981 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
982 with intro; demoted server sections under that
983 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
984 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
986 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
987 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
988 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
989 a normal developer may have access.
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
993 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
995 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
996 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
997 step all over each other
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1001 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1004 address for PGP key updates
1006 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1011 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1012 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1013 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1014 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1018 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1021 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1022 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1023 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1024 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1025 <keyring-maint> instead)
1026 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1027 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1029 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1031 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1032 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1033 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1037 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1039 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1040 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1041 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1042 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1043 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1044 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1046 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1047 tighten up the language a bit
1048 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1049 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1050 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1051 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1053 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1054 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1055 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1056 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1057 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1058 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1060 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1061 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1062 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1063 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1064 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1065 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1066 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1067 number of available packages
1068 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1069 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1080 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * not officially released
1083 * more spelling corrections
1084 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1088 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * not officially released
1091 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1092 * some PGP-centricity removed
1093 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1094 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1095 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1096 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1097 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1098 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1102 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1104 * not officially released
1105 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1106 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1107 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1108 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1109 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1110 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1111 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1112 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1113 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1114 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1115 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1116 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1117 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1118 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1120 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1121 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1123 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1125 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1126 take a couple of weeks
1127 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1128 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1129 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1130 excited about it and can't wait
1131 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1132 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1134 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1135 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1137 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1138 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1139 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1143 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1145 * move to 3-level version number:
1146 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1147 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1148 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1149 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1150 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1153 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1154 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1155 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1157 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1159 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1160 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1161 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1162 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1163 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1164 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1166 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1168 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1169 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1170 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1171 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1172 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1173 - "The CVS server": new section added
1174 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1176 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1177 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1178 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1179 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1180 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1181 with respect to GPG.
1182 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1183 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1184 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1185 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1186 a canonical location?)
1187 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1188 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1189 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1190 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1192 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1194 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1195 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1196 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1197 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1199 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1201 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1203 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1204 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1205 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1206 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1207 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1208 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1209 and should not be included in this Reference.
1210 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1211 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1212 maintainer tools only!
1213 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1214 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1215 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1216 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1217 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1218 * Little corrections here and there.
1219 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1220 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1223 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1225 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1228 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1229 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1231 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1232 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1233 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1234 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1235 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1236 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1237 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1238 do prior to uploading
1239 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1240 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1242 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1243 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1244 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1245 duties with respect to bugs
1246 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1247 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1248 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1250 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1251 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1252 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1253 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1254 explicit what is used to build this package
1256 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1258 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1262 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1263 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1264 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1265 * utilize the new URL tag
1266 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1269 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1271 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1273 * non-maintainer release
1274 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1275 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1276 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1277 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1278 text, it can't hurt you.)
1279 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1280 reflect this packages version number
1281 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1283 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1285 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1291 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1293 * New version numbering scheme:
1295 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1296 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1297 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1300 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1301 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1302 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1303 differ between the manuals.
1305 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1306 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1307 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1308 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1310 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1311 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1313 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1315 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1317 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1321 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1322 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1324 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1325 (as requested by James Troup)
1327 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1329 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1331 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1333 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1337 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1339 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1341 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1342 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1343 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1344 the non-maintainer release
1346 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1347 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1348 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1351 - Lots of typos fixed
1353 * Compressed SGML source code
1355 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1356 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1358 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1362 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1365 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1366 - Announcing package uploads
1367 * New section about Debian Mentors
1368 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1369 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1370 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1371 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1373 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1375 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1377 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1378 of our FTP server and the development process
1379 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1380 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1381 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1383 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1384 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1385 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1386 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1387 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1388 contacting the maintainer
1389 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1390 a new manual released soon)
1391 * Some minor changes
1392 * Include SGML source in package
1393 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1394 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1396 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1398 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1402 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200