1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
29 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
30 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
31 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
33 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
34 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
36 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
38 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
41 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
42 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
43 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
44 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
45 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
46 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
48 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
50 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
52 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
54 - non-us discontinued.
55 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
57 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
58 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
59 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
60 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
61 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
62 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
63 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
64 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
65 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
66 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
67 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
68 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
69 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
70 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
71 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
72 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
73 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
74 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
76 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
77 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
79 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
82 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
84 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
86 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
89 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
90 - madison is on merkel.
91 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
92 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
93 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
94 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
95 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
96 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
98 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
99 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
100 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
101 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
102 - sync NM rules with reality.
104 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
106 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
108 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
111 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
112 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
113 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
114 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
115 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
116 - spelling, grammer fixes.
117 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
118 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
119 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
120 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
121 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
122 - add myself to uploaders.
123 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
124 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
125 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
126 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
127 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
128 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
129 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
130 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
131 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
132 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
133 - rewrote the NMU section, and
134 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
135 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
136 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
137 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
138 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
139 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
140 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
141 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
143 - Security uploads get urgency=high
144 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
146 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
148 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
150 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
153 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
154 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
155 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
156 - documented Alioth, somewhat
158 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
159 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
161 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
162 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
163 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
164 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
168 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
170 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
171 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
172 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
173 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
178 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
181 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
183 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
184 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
185 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
187 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
188 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
189 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
190 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
193 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
195 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
196 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
197 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
198 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
199 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
201 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
202 it clear these are special cases
203 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
205 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
209 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
212 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
213 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
215 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
219 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
222 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
224 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
225 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
226 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
228 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
229 - the synopsis formula changed to either
230 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
232 <package-name> is <synopsis>
234 <package-name> are <synopsis>
236 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
237 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
238 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
239 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
240 package; closes: #187143
242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
244 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
247 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
248 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
250 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
252 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
253 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
254 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
255 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
256 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
257 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
258 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
259 right places in the document, closes: #172897
260 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
264 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
266 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
267 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
268 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
269 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
270 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
271 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
272 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
274 - editorial changes on material added in this version
275 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
276 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
277 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
278 closes: #139957, #108416
279 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
280 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
284 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
287 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
289 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
290 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
291 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
292 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
294 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
295 for best practices for documentation
296 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
297 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
298 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
299 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
301 - spell-checking pass
303 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
305 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
308 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
309 descriptions" moved under there
310 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
311 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
312 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
313 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
314 the document where these tools are discussed
315 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
316 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
317 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
318 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
319 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
320 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
322 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
323 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
324 that can be fixed by DDP folks
325 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
326 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
327 - simply PS and PDF building rules
329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
331 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
334 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
335 section and adjusted links
336 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
338 - ChangeLog attribution updates
339 - fix typos, closes: #171781
340 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
341 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
342 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
343 for debian/rules", and write an intro
344 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
345 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
346 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
347 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
348 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
349 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
350 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
351 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
352 "Internationalization"
353 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
354 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
355 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
356 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
357 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
358 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
359 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
360 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
361 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
363 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
364 rather useless and broken
365 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
366 names and the first word
367 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
368 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
369 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
371 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
372 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
373 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
377 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
380 - DDP publishing update
382 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
383 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
384 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
385 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
389 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
392 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
393 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
394 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
396 - added myself as co-author
397 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
399 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
400 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
402 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
403 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
407 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
410 - Corrected several errors with —
411 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
412 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
413 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
414 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
415 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
416 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
417 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
419 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
420 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
421 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
422 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
423 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
424 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
425 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
426 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
427 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
429 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
430 descriptions". closes: #158609
431 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
432 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
433 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
434 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
435 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
437 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
438 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
439 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
440 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
441 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
442 - updated the mailing lists section
444 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
445 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
450 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
453 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
454 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
456 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
458 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
459 Ch "The Debian Archive"
461 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
463 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
464 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
465 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
466 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
467 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
469 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
470 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
471 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
472 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
473 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
474 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
475 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
477 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
478 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
481 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
482 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
483 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
484 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
485 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
486 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
487 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
488 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
489 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
490 work-around with <...>
491 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
492 - update copyright date
493 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
494 - spell check and grammar corrections
498 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
500 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
501 recompile"; closes: #102626
502 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
503 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
504 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
505 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
506 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
508 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
509 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
510 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
512 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
514 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
515 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
516 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
517 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
518 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
519 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
520 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
521 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
522 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
524 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
526 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
528 - updated the list of available architectures.
529 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
530 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
531 of the package and nothing more.
532 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
533 any pain to the ftpmasters.
534 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
535 the use of the delayed queue.
536 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
537 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
539 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
540 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
541 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
542 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
543 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
544 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
545 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
547 - new Sec "Documentation"
548 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
549 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
550 "Being kind to porter" too
551 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
552 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
553 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
554 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
555 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
557 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
558 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
561 - update French translation
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
565 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
568 - some grammar corrections
569 - update French translation
571 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
572 anymore; closes: #135559
573 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
575 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
577 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
578 that would be welcome)
579 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
580 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
581 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
582 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
583 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
584 - other minor wording changes
585 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
586 - Ch "Package uploads":
587 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
588 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
589 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
590 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
591 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
592 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
593 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
597 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
599 * from Martin Michlmayr
600 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
601 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
602 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
604 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
606 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
608 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
610 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
611 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
612 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
615 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
617 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
620 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
622 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
627 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
628 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
629 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
630 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
631 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
632 talking about uploading to distributions
633 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
634 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
635 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
637 - French translation updated
639 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
640 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
641 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
645 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
648 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
649 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
657 * fix a typo in a link
658 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
659 update documentation accordingly
661 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
662 forwarding bugs upstream
664 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
665 entities which should be used
666 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
667 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
671 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
673 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
674 * French version: completely up-to-date now
675 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
676 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
678 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
683 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
685 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
687 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
688 this translation needs updating
689 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
690 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
691 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
693 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
694 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
695 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
697 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
698 included yet, however
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
702 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
704 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
706 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
707 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
709 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
713 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
715 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
716 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
717 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
719 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
723 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
726 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
727 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
728 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
729 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
730 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
731 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
732 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
733 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
734 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
735 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
736 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
737 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
739 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
740 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
741 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
742 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
743 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
745 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
747 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
748 * update copyright notice for 2001
749 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
750 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
751 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
755 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
757 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
759 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
761 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
765 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
768 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
770 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
771 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
772 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
773 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
774 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
775 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
776 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
777 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
778 could be used if necessary
779 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
780 mention the rsync dupload method
781 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
783 * other small corrections
784 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
785 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
786 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
787 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
789 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
791 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
792 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
796 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
798 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
799 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
800 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
801 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
803 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
804 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
805 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
806 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
807 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
809 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
811 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
812 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
813 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
814 team (closes: Bug#52906)
815 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
816 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
817 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
819 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
820 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
821 - added a section about the LDAP database
822 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
823 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
825 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
826 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
833 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
834 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
836 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
837 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
838 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
839 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
840 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
841 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
842 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
843 description from developers-reference.sgml
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
849 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
850 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
852 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
854 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
855 releases are available at archive.debian.org
856 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
857 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
858 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
859 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
860 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
861 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
862 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
863 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
865 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
866 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
867 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
868 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
870 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
871 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
872 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
873 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
874 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
875 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
876 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
877 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
878 suggestion from James Troup
879 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
880 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
881 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
882 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
887 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
889 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
890 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
894 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
896 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
897 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
898 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
899 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
900 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
901 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
902 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
904 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
906 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
908 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
909 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
910 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
911 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
912 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
913 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
915 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
916 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
918 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
926 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
927 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
928 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
929 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
930 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
932 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
933 with intro; demoted server sections under that
934 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
935 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
937 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
938 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
939 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
940 a normal developer may have access.
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
946 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
947 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
948 step all over each other
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
954 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
955 address for PGP key updates
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
959 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
962 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
963 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
964 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
965 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
969 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
971 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
972 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
973 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
974 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
975 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
976 <keyring-maint> instead)
977 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
978 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
980 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
982 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
983 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
984 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
988 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
990 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
991 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
992 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
993 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
994 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
995 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
997 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
998 tighten up the language a bit
999 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1000 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1001 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1002 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1004 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1005 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1006 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1007 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1008 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1009 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1011 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1012 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1013 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1014 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1015 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1016 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1017 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1018 number of available packages
1019 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1020 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1024 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1031 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * not officially released
1034 * more spelling corrections
1035 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * not officially released
1042 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1043 * some PGP-centricity removed
1044 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1045 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1046 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1047 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1048 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1049 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1053 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1055 * not officially released
1056 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1057 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1058 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1059 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1060 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1061 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1062 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1063 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1064 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1065 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1066 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1067 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1068 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1069 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1071 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1072 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1074 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1076 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1077 take a couple of weeks
1078 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1079 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1080 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1081 excited about it and can't wait
1082 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1083 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1085 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1086 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1088 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1089 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1090 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1096 * move to 3-level version number:
1097 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1098 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1099 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1100 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1101 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1104 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1105 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1106 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1108 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1110 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1111 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1112 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1113 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1114 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1115 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1117 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1119 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1120 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1121 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1122 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1123 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1124 - "The CVS server": new section added
1125 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1127 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1128 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1129 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1130 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1131 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1132 with respect to GPG.
1133 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1134 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1135 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1136 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1137 a canonical location?)
1138 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1139 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1140 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1141 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1143 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1145 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1146 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1147 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1148 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1150 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1152 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1155 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1156 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1157 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1158 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1159 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1160 and should not be included in this Reference.
1161 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1162 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1163 maintainer tools only!
1164 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1165 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1166 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1167 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1168 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1169 * Little corrections here and there.
1170 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1171 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1174 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1176 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1179 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1180 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1182 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1183 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1184 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1185 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1186 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1187 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1188 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1189 do prior to uploading
1190 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1191 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1193 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1194 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1195 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1196 duties with respect to bugs
1197 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1198 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1199 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1201 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1202 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1203 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1204 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1205 explicit what is used to build this package
1207 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1209 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1213 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1214 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1215 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1216 * utilize the new URL tag
1217 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1220 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1222 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1224 * non-maintainer release
1225 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1226 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1227 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1228 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1229 text, it can't hurt you.)
1230 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1231 reflect this packages version number
1232 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1234 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1236 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1240 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1242 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1244 * New version numbering scheme:
1246 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1247 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1248 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1251 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1252 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1253 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1254 differ between the manuals.
1256 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1257 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1258 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1259 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1261 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1262 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1264 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1266 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1268 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1272 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1273 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1275 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1276 (as requested by James Troup)
1278 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1280 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1282 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1284 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1288 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1290 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1292 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1293 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1294 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1295 the non-maintainer release
1297 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1298 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1299 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1302 - Lots of typos fixed
1304 * Compressed SGML source code
1306 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1307 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1309 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1311 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1313 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1316 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1317 - Announcing package uploads
1318 * New section about Debian Mentors
1319 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1320 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1321 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1322 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1326 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1329 of our FTP server and the development process
1330 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1331 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1332 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1334 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1335 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1336 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1337 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1338 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1339 contacting the maintainer
1340 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1341 a new manual released soon)
1342 * Some minor changes
1343 * Include SGML source in package
1344 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1345 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1347 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1349 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1353 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200