1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
39 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
41 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
44 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
46 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
48 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
50 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
51 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
53 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
55 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
58 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
59 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
60 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
61 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
62 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
63 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
64 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
65 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
66 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
67 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
68 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
69 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
70 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
71 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
72 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
73 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
74 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
75 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
76 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
77 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
78 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
80 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
82 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
89 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
90 The most important changes are:
91 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
92 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
95 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
96 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
97 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
98 distinction. Closes: #464230.
99 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
100 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
101 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
102 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
103 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
104 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
106 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
107 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
109 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
110 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
112 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
113 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
115 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
117 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
118 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
120 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
121 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
122 Closes: #512620, #510783.
124 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
126 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
130 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
131 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
132 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
133 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
134 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
135 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
136 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
138 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
140 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
143 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
144 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
145 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
146 release codenames in <literal>
147 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
148 doesn't exist anymore.
149 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
150 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
151 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
152 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
153 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
154 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
155 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
156 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
157 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
158 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
159 team before upload. Closes: #459343
160 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
161 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
162 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
163 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
164 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
165 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
166 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
168 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
169 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
171 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
172 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
173 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
174 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
175 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
176 Thomas. Closes: #485837
178 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
179 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
181 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
183 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
187 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
188 - fix debian/copyright
189 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
190 - add pdf for French version.
191 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
192 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
193 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
194 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
195 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
196 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
197 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
198 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
199 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
201 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
202 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
204 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
206 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
207 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
208 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
209 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
210 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
211 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
213 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
216 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
217 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
218 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
219 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
220 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
221 * Update information concerning Alioth.
222 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
223 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
225 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
226 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
228 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
231 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
233 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
235 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
237 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
238 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
240 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
241 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
242 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
244 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
245 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
246 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
248 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
249 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
250 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
251 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
252 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
253 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
254 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
255 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
256 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
257 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
258 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
259 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
261 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
262 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
263 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
264 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
265 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
266 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
267 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
268 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
269 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
270 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
274 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
276 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
278 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
281 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
282 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
283 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
284 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
285 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
286 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
288 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
290 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
292 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
294 - non-us discontinued.
295 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
297 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
298 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
299 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
300 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
301 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
302 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
303 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
304 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
305 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
306 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
307 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
308 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
309 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
310 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
311 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
312 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
313 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
314 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
316 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
317 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
319 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
322 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
324 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
326 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
329 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
330 - madison is on merkel.
331 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
332 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
333 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
334 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
335 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
336 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
338 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
339 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
340 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
341 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
342 - sync NM rules with reality.
344 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
346 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
348 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
351 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
352 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
353 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
354 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
355 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
356 - spelling, grammer fixes.
357 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
358 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
359 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
360 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
361 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
362 - add myself to uploaders.
363 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
364 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
365 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
366 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
367 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
368 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
369 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
370 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
371 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
372 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
373 - rewrote the NMU section, and
374 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
375 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
376 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
377 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
378 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
379 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
380 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
381 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
383 - Security uploads get urgency=high
384 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
386 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
388 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
390 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
393 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
394 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
395 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
396 - documented Alioth, somewhat
398 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
399 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
401 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
402 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
403 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
404 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
408 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
410 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
411 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
412 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
413 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
418 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
421 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
423 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
424 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
425 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
427 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
428 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
429 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
430 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
433 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
435 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
436 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
437 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
438 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
439 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
441 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
442 it clear these are special cases
443 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
445 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
449 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
452 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
453 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
455 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
459 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
462 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
464 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
465 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
466 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
468 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
469 - the synopsis formula changed to either
470 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
472 <package-name> is <synopsis>
474 <package-name> are <synopsis>
476 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
477 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
478 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
479 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
480 package; closes: #187143
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
484 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
487 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
488 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
490 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
492 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
493 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
494 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
495 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
496 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
497 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
498 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
499 right places in the document, closes: #172897
500 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
504 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
506 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
507 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
508 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
509 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
510 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
511 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
512 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
514 - editorial changes on material added in this version
515 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
516 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
517 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
518 closes: #139957, #108416
519 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
520 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
524 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
527 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
529 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
530 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
531 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
532 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
534 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
535 for best practices for documentation
536 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
537 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
538 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
539 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
541 - spell-checking pass
543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
545 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
548 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
549 descriptions" moved under there
550 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
551 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
552 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
553 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
554 the document where these tools are discussed
555 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
556 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
557 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
558 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
559 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
560 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
562 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
563 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
564 that can be fixed by DDP folks
565 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
566 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
567 - simply PS and PDF building rules
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
571 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
574 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
575 section and adjusted links
576 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
578 - ChangeLog attribution updates
579 - fix typos, closes: #171781
580 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
581 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
582 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
583 for debian/rules", and write an intro
584 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
585 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
586 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
587 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
588 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
589 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
590 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
591 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
592 "Internationalization"
593 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
594 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
595 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
596 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
597 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
598 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
599 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
600 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
601 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
603 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
604 rather useless and broken
605 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
606 names and the first word
607 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
608 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
609 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
611 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
612 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
613 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
617 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
620 - DDP publishing update
622 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
623 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
624 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
625 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
629 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
632 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
633 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
634 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
636 - added myself as co-author
637 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
639 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
640 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
642 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
643 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
647 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
650 - Corrected several errors with —
651 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
652 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
653 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
654 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
655 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
656 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
657 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
659 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
660 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
661 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
662 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
663 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
664 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
665 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
666 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
667 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
669 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
670 descriptions". closes: #158609
671 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
672 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
673 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
674 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
675 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
677 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
678 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
679 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
680 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
681 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
682 - updated the mailing lists section
684 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
685 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
690 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
693 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
694 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
696 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
698 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
699 Ch "The Debian Archive"
701 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
703 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
704 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
705 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
706 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
707 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
709 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
710 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
711 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
712 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
713 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
714 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
715 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
717 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
718 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
721 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
722 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
723 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
724 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
725 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
726 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
727 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
728 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
729 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
730 work-around with <...>
731 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
732 - update copyright date
733 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
734 - spell check and grammar corrections
738 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
740 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
741 recompile"; closes: #102626
742 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
743 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
744 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
745 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
746 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
748 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
749 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
750 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
752 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
754 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
755 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
756 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
757 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
758 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
759 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
760 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
761 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
762 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
764 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
766 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
768 - updated the list of available architectures.
769 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
770 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
771 of the package and nothing more.
772 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
773 any pain to the ftpmasters.
774 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
775 the use of the delayed queue.
776 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
777 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
779 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
780 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
781 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
782 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
783 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
784 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
785 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
787 - new Sec "Documentation"
788 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
789 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
790 "Being kind to porter" too
791 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
792 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
793 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
794 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
795 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
797 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
798 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
801 - update French translation
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
805 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
808 - some grammar corrections
809 - update French translation
811 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
812 anymore; closes: #135559
813 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
815 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
817 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
818 that would be welcome)
819 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
820 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
821 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
822 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
823 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
824 - other minor wording changes
825 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
826 - Ch "Package uploads":
827 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
828 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
829 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
830 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
831 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
832 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
833 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
837 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
839 * from Martin Michlmayr
840 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
841 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
842 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
844 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
846 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
848 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
850 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
851 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
852 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
855 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
857 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
862 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
865 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
867 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
868 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
869 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
870 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
871 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
872 talking about uploading to distributions
873 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
874 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
875 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
877 - French translation updated
879 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
880 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
881 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
888 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
889 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
894 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
897 * fix a typo in a link
898 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
899 update documentation accordingly
901 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
902 forwarding bugs upstream
904 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
905 entities which should be used
906 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
907 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
913 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
914 * French version: completely up-to-date now
915 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
916 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
918 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
923 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
925 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
927 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
928 this translation needs updating
929 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
930 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
931 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
933 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
934 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
935 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
937 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
938 included yet, however
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
944 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
946 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
947 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
949 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
953 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
955 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
956 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
957 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
959 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
963 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
966 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
967 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
968 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
969 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
970 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
971 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
972 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
973 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
974 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
975 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
976 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
977 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
979 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
980 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
981 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
982 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
983 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
985 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
987 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
988 * update copyright notice for 2001
989 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
990 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
991 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
995 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
997 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
999 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1001 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1003 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1005 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1008 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1010 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1011 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1012 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1013 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1014 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1015 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1016 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1017 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1018 could be used if necessary
1019 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1020 mention the rsync dupload method
1021 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1023 * other small corrections
1024 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1025 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1026 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1027 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1029 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1031 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1032 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1036 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1038 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1039 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1040 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1041 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1043 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1044 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1045 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1046 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1047 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1049 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1051 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1052 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1053 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1054 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1055 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1056 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1057 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1059 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1060 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1061 - added a section about the LDAP database
1062 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1063 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1065 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1066 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1070 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1073 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1074 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1076 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1077 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1078 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1079 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1080 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1081 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1082 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1083 description from developers-reference.sgml
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1090 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1092 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1094 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1095 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1096 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1097 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1098 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1099 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1100 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1101 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1102 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1103 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1105 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1106 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1107 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1108 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1110 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1111 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1112 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1113 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1114 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1115 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1116 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1117 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1118 suggestion from James Troup
1119 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1120 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1121 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1122 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1127 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1130 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1137 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1138 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1139 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1140 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1141 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1142 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1149 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1150 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1151 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1152 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1153 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1155 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1156 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1158 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1162 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1166 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1167 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1168 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1169 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1170 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1172 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1173 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1174 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1175 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1177 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1178 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1179 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1180 a normal developer may have access.
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1187 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1188 step all over each other
1190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1192 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1195 address for PGP key updates
1197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1199 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1202 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1203 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1204 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1205 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1209 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1212 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1213 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1214 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1215 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1216 <keyring-maint> instead)
1217 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1218 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1220 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1222 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1223 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1224 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1228 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1230 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1231 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1232 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1233 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1234 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1235 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1237 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1238 tighten up the language a bit
1239 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1240 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1241 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1242 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1244 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1245 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1246 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1247 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1248 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1249 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1251 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1252 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1253 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1254 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1255 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1256 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1257 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1258 number of available packages
1259 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1260 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1264 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1271 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * not officially released
1274 * more spelling corrections
1275 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1279 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * not officially released
1282 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1283 * some PGP-centricity removed
1284 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1285 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1286 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1287 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1288 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1289 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1293 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1295 * not officially released
1296 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1297 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1298 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1299 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1300 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1301 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1302 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1303 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1304 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1305 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1306 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1307 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1308 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1309 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1311 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1312 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1314 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1316 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1317 take a couple of weeks
1318 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1319 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1320 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1321 excited about it and can't wait
1322 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1323 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1325 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1326 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1328 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1329 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1330 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1334 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1336 * move to 3-level version number:
1337 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1338 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1339 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1340 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1341 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1344 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1345 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1346 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1348 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1350 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1351 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1352 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1353 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1354 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1355 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1357 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1359 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1360 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1361 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1362 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1363 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1364 - "The CVS server": new section added
1365 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1367 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1368 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1369 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1370 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1371 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1372 with respect to GPG.
1373 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1374 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1375 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1376 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1377 a canonical location?)
1378 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1379 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1380 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1381 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1383 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1385 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1386 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1387 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1388 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1390 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1392 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1395 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1396 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1397 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1398 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1399 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1400 and should not be included in this Reference.
1401 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1402 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1403 maintainer tools only!
1404 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1405 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1406 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1407 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1408 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1409 * Little corrections here and there.
1410 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1411 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1414 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1416 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1419 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1420 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1422 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1423 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1424 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1425 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1426 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1427 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1428 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1429 do prior to uploading
1430 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1431 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1433 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1434 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1435 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1436 duties with respect to bugs
1437 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1438 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1439 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1441 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1442 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1443 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1444 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1445 explicit what is used to build this package
1447 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1449 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1452 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1453 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1454 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1455 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1456 * utilize the new URL tag
1457 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1460 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1462 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 * non-maintainer release
1465 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1466 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1467 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1468 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1469 text, it can't hurt you.)
1470 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1471 reflect this packages version number
1472 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1474 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1476 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1480 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1482 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1484 * New version numbering scheme:
1486 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1487 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1488 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1491 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1492 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1493 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1494 differ between the manuals.
1496 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1497 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1498 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1499 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1501 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1502 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1504 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1508 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1512 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1513 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1515 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1516 (as requested by James Troup)
1518 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1520 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1524 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1528 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1530 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1532 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1533 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1534 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1535 the non-maintainer release
1537 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1538 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1539 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1542 - Lots of typos fixed
1544 * Compressed SGML source code
1546 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1547 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1549 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1551 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1553 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1555 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1556 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1557 - Announcing package uploads
1558 * New section about Debian Mentors
1559 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1560 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1561 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1562 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1564 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1566 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1568 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1569 of our FTP server and the development process
1570 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1571 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1572 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1574 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1575 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1576 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1577 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1578 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1579 contacting the maintainer
1580 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1581 a new manual released soon)
1582 * Some minor changes
1583 * Include SGML source in package
1584 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1585 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1587 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1589 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1593 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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