1 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
15 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
18 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
19 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
20 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
21 release codenames in <literal>
22 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
23 doesn't exist anymore.
24 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
25 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
26 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
27 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
28 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
29 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
30 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
31 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
32 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
33 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
34 team before upload. Closes: #459343
35 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
36 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
37 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
38 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
39 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
40 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
41 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
43 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
44 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
46 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
47 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
48 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
49 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
50 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
51 Thomas. Closes: #485837
53 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
54 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
56 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
58 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
62 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
63 - fix debian/copyright
64 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
65 - add pdf for French version.
66 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
67 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
68 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
69 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
70 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
71 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
72 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
73 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
74 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
76 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
77 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
79 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
81 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
82 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
83 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
84 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
85 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
86 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
88 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
91 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
92 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
93 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
94 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
95 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
96 * Update information concerning Alioth.
97 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
98 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
100 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
101 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
103 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
106 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
108 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
110 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
112 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
113 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
115 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
116 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
117 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
119 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
120 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
121 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
123 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
124 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
125 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
126 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
127 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
128 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
129 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
130 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
131 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
132 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
133 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
134 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
136 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
137 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
138 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
139 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
140 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
141 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
142 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
143 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
144 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
145 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
149 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
151 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
153 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
156 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
157 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
158 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
159 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
160 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
161 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
163 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
165 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
167 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
169 - non-us discontinued.
170 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
172 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
173 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
174 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
175 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
176 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
177 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
178 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
179 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
180 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
181 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
182 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
183 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
184 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
185 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
186 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
187 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
188 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
189 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
191 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
192 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
194 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
197 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
199 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
201 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
204 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
205 - madison is on merkel.
206 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
207 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
208 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
209 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
210 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
211 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
213 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
214 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
215 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
216 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
217 - sync NM rules with reality.
219 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
221 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
223 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
226 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
227 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
228 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
229 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
230 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
231 - spelling, grammer fixes.
232 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
233 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
234 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
235 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
236 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
237 - add myself to uploaders.
238 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
239 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
240 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
241 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
242 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
243 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
244 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
245 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
246 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
247 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
248 - rewrote the NMU section, and
249 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
250 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
251 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
252 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
253 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
254 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
255 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
256 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
258 - Security uploads get urgency=high
259 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
261 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
263 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
265 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
268 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
269 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
270 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
271 - documented Alioth, somewhat
273 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
274 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
276 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
277 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
278 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
279 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
283 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
285 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
286 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
287 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
288 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
293 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
296 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
298 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
299 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
300 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
302 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
303 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
304 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
305 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
308 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
310 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
311 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
312 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
313 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
314 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
316 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
317 it clear these are special cases
318 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
320 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
324 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
327 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
328 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
330 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
334 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
337 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
339 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
340 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
341 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
343 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
344 - the synopsis formula changed to either
345 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
347 <package-name> is <synopsis>
349 <package-name> are <synopsis>
351 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
352 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
353 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
354 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
355 package; closes: #187143
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
359 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
362 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
363 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
365 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
367 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
368 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
369 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
370 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
371 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
372 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
373 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
374 right places in the document, closes: #172897
375 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
379 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
381 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
382 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
383 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
384 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
385 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
386 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
387 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
389 - editorial changes on material added in this version
390 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
391 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
392 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
393 closes: #139957, #108416
394 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
395 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
399 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
402 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
404 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
405 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
406 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
407 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
409 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
410 for best practices for documentation
411 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
412 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
413 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
414 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
416 - spell-checking pass
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
420 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
423 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
424 descriptions" moved under there
425 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
426 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
427 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
428 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
429 the document where these tools are discussed
430 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
431 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
432 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
433 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
434 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
435 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
437 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
438 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
439 that can be fixed by DDP folks
440 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
441 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
442 - simply PS and PDF building rules
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
446 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
449 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
450 section and adjusted links
451 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
453 - ChangeLog attribution updates
454 - fix typos, closes: #171781
455 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
456 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
457 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
458 for debian/rules", and write an intro
459 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
460 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
461 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
462 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
463 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
464 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
465 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
466 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
467 "Internationalization"
468 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
469 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
470 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
471 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
472 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
473 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
474 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
475 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
476 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
478 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
479 rather useless and broken
480 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
481 names and the first word
482 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
483 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
484 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
486 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
487 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
488 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
492 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
495 - DDP publishing update
497 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
498 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
499 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
500 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
504 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
507 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
508 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
509 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
511 - added myself as co-author
512 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
514 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
515 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
517 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
518 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
522 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
525 - Corrected several errors with —
526 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
527 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
528 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
529 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
530 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
531 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
532 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
534 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
535 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
536 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
537 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
538 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
539 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
540 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
541 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
542 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
544 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
545 descriptions". closes: #158609
546 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
547 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
548 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
549 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
550 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
552 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
553 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
554 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
555 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
556 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
557 - updated the mailing lists section
559 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
560 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
565 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
568 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
569 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
571 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
573 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
574 Ch "The Debian Archive"
576 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
578 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
579 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
580 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
581 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
582 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
584 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
585 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
586 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
587 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
588 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
589 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
590 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
592 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
593 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
596 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
597 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
598 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
599 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
600 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
601 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
602 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
603 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
604 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
605 work-around with <...>
606 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
607 - update copyright date
608 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
609 - spell check and grammar corrections
613 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
615 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
616 recompile"; closes: #102626
617 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
618 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
619 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
620 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
621 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
623 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
624 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
625 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
627 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
629 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
630 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
631 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
632 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
633 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
634 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
635 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
636 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
637 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
639 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
641 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
643 - updated the list of available architectures.
644 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
645 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
646 of the package and nothing more.
647 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
648 any pain to the ftpmasters.
649 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
650 the use of the delayed queue.
651 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
652 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
654 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
655 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
656 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
657 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
658 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
659 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
660 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
662 - new Sec "Documentation"
663 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
664 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
665 "Being kind to porter" too
666 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
667 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
668 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
669 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
670 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
672 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
673 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
676 - update French translation
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
680 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
683 - some grammar corrections
684 - update French translation
686 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
687 anymore; closes: #135559
688 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
690 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
692 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
693 that would be welcome)
694 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
695 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
696 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
697 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
698 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
699 - other minor wording changes
700 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
701 - Ch "Package uploads":
702 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
703 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
704 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
705 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
706 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
707 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
708 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
712 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
714 * from Martin Michlmayr
715 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
716 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
717 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
719 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
721 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
723 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
725 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
726 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
727 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
730 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
732 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
735 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
737 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
742 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
743 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
744 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
745 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
746 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
747 talking about uploading to distributions
748 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
749 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
750 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
752 - French translation updated
754 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
755 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
756 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
760 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
763 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
764 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
772 * fix a typo in a link
773 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
774 update documentation accordingly
776 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
777 forwarding bugs upstream
779 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
780 entities which should be used
781 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
782 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
788 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
789 * French version: completely up-to-date now
790 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
791 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
793 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
800 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
802 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
803 this translation needs updating
804 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
805 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
806 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
808 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
809 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
810 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
812 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
813 included yet, however
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
817 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
819 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
821 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
822 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
824 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
828 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
830 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
831 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
832 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
834 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
838 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
841 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
842 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
843 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
844 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
845 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
846 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
847 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
848 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
849 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
850 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
851 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
852 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
854 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
855 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
856 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
857 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
858 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
860 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
862 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
863 * update copyright notice for 2001
864 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
865 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
866 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
870 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
872 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
874 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
876 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
880 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
883 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
885 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
886 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
887 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
888 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
889 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
890 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
891 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
892 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
893 could be used if necessary
894 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
895 mention the rsync dupload method
896 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
898 * other small corrections
899 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
900 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
901 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
902 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
904 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
906 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
907 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
913 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
914 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
915 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
916 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
918 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
919 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
920 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
921 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
922 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
924 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
926 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
927 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
928 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
929 team (closes: Bug#52906)
930 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
931 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
932 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
934 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
935 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
936 - added a section about the LDAP database
937 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
938 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
940 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
941 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
947 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
948 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
949 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
951 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
952 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
953 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
954 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
955 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
956 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
957 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
958 description from developers-reference.sgml
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
962 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
964 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
965 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
967 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
969 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
970 releases are available at archive.debian.org
971 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
972 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
973 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
974 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
975 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
976 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
977 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
978 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
980 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
981 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
982 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
983 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
985 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
986 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
987 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
988 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
989 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
990 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
991 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
992 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
993 suggestion from James Troup
994 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
995 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
996 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
997 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1005 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1012 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1013 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1014 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1015 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1016 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1017 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1019 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1021 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1024 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1025 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1026 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1027 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1028 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1030 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1031 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1033 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1037 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1041 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1042 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1043 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1044 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1045 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1047 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1048 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1049 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1050 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1052 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1053 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1054 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1055 a normal developer may have access.
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1062 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1063 step all over each other
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1067 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1070 address for PGP key updates
1072 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1074 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1077 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1078 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1079 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1080 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1084 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1087 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1088 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1089 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1090 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1091 <keyring-maint> instead)
1092 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1093 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1095 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1097 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1098 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1099 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1103 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1105 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1106 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1107 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1108 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1109 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1110 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1112 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1113 tighten up the language a bit
1114 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1115 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1116 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1117 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1119 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1120 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1121 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1122 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1123 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1124 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1126 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1127 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1128 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1129 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1130 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1131 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1132 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1133 number of available packages
1134 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1135 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1139 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1146 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * not officially released
1149 * more spelling corrections
1150 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1154 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * not officially released
1157 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1158 * some PGP-centricity removed
1159 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1160 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1161 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1162 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1163 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1164 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1168 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1170 * not officially released
1171 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1172 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1173 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1174 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1175 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1176 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1177 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1178 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1179 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1180 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1181 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1182 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1183 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1184 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1186 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1187 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1189 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1191 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1192 take a couple of weeks
1193 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1194 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1195 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1196 excited about it and can't wait
1197 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1198 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1200 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1201 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1203 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1204 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1205 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1209 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1211 * move to 3-level version number:
1212 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1213 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1214 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1215 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1216 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1219 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1220 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1221 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1223 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1225 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1226 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1227 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1228 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1229 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1230 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1232 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1234 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1235 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1236 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1237 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1238 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1239 - "The CVS server": new section added
1240 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1242 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1243 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1244 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1245 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1246 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1247 with respect to GPG.
1248 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1249 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1250 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1251 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1252 a canonical location?)
1253 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1254 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1255 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1256 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1258 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1260 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1261 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1262 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1263 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1265 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1267 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1270 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1271 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1272 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1273 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1274 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1275 and should not be included in this Reference.
1276 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1277 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1278 maintainer tools only!
1279 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1280 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1281 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1282 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1283 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1284 * Little corrections here and there.
1285 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1286 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1289 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1291 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1293 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1294 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1295 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1297 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1298 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1299 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1300 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1301 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1302 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1303 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1304 do prior to uploading
1305 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1306 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1308 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1309 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1310 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1311 duties with respect to bugs
1312 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1313 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1314 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1316 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1317 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1318 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1319 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1320 explicit what is used to build this package
1322 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1324 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1328 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1329 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1330 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1331 * utilize the new URL tag
1332 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1335 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1337 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1339 * non-maintainer release
1340 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1341 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1342 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1343 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1344 text, it can't hurt you.)
1345 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1346 reflect this packages version number
1347 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1349 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1351 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1357 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1359 * New version numbering scheme:
1361 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1362 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1363 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1366 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1367 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1368 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1369 differ between the manuals.
1371 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1372 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1373 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1374 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1376 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1377 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1379 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1381 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1383 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1387 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1388 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1390 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1391 (as requested by James Troup)
1393 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1395 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1397 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1399 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1403 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1405 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1407 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1408 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1409 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1410 the non-maintainer release
1412 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1413 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1414 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1417 - Lots of typos fixed
1419 * Compressed SGML source code
1421 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1422 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1424 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1426 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1428 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1431 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1432 - Announcing package uploads
1433 * New section about Debian Mentors
1434 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1435 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1436 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1437 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1439 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1441 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1444 of our FTP server and the development process
1445 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1446 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1447 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1449 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1450 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1451 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1452 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1453 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1454 contacting the maintainer
1455 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1456 a new manual released soon)
1457 * Some minor changes
1458 * Include SGML source in package
1459 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1460 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1462 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1464 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200