1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
29 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
31 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
34 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
36 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
38 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
40 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
42 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
43 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
45 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
46 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
47 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
49 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
50 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
51 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
53 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
54 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
55 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
56 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
57 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
58 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
59 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
60 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
61 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
62 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
63 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
64 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
66 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
67 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
68 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
69 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
70 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
71 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
72 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
73 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
74 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
75 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
79 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
81 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
83 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
86 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
87 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
88 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
89 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
90 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
91 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
93 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
95 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
97 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
99 - non-us discontinued.
100 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
102 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
103 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
104 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
105 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
106 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
107 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
108 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
109 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
110 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
111 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
112 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
113 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
114 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
115 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
116 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
117 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
118 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
119 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
121 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
122 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
124 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
127 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
129 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
131 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
134 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
135 - madison is on merkel.
136 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
137 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
138 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
139 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
140 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
141 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
143 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
144 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
145 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
146 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
147 - sync NM rules with reality.
149 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
151 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
153 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
156 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
157 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
158 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
159 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
160 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
161 - spelling, grammer fixes.
162 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
163 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
164 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
165 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
166 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
167 - add myself to uploaders.
168 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
169 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
170 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
171 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
172 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
173 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
174 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
175 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
176 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
177 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
178 - rewrote the NMU section, and
179 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
180 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
181 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
182 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
183 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
184 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
185 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
186 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
188 - Security uploads get urgency=high
189 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
191 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
193 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
195 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
198 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
199 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
200 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
201 - documented Alioth, somewhat
203 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
204 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
206 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
207 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
208 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
209 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
213 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
215 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
216 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
217 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
218 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
223 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
226 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
228 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
229 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
230 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
232 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
233 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
234 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
235 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
238 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
240 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
241 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
242 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
243 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
244 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
246 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
247 it clear these are special cases
248 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
250 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
254 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
257 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
258 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
260 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
264 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
267 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
269 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
270 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
271 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
273 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
274 - the synopsis formula changed to either
275 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
277 <package-name> is <synopsis>
279 <package-name> are <synopsis>
281 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
282 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
283 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
284 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
285 package; closes: #187143
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
289 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
292 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
293 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
295 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
297 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
298 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
299 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
300 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
301 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
302 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
303 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
304 right places in the document, closes: #172897
305 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
309 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
311 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
312 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
313 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
314 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
315 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
316 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
317 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
319 - editorial changes on material added in this version
320 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
321 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
322 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
323 closes: #139957, #108416
324 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
325 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
329 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
332 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
334 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
335 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
336 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
337 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
339 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
340 for best practices for documentation
341 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
342 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
343 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
344 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
346 - spell-checking pass
348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
350 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
353 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
354 descriptions" moved under there
355 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
356 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
357 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
358 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
359 the document where these tools are discussed
360 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
361 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
362 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
363 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
364 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
365 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
367 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
368 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
369 that can be fixed by DDP folks
370 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
371 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
372 - simply PS and PDF building rules
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
376 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
379 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
380 section and adjusted links
381 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
383 - ChangeLog attribution updates
384 - fix typos, closes: #171781
385 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
386 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
387 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
388 for debian/rules", and write an intro
389 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
390 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
391 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
392 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
393 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
394 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
395 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
396 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
397 "Internationalization"
398 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
399 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
400 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
401 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
402 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
403 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
404 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
405 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
406 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
408 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
409 rather useless and broken
410 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
411 names and the first word
412 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
413 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
414 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
416 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
417 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
418 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
422 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
425 - DDP publishing update
427 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
428 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
429 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
430 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
434 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
437 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
438 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
439 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
441 - added myself as co-author
442 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
444 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
445 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
447 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
448 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
452 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
455 - Corrected several errors with —
456 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
457 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
458 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
459 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
460 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
461 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
462 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
464 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
465 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
466 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
467 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
468 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
469 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
470 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
471 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
472 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
474 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
475 descriptions". closes: #158609
476 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
477 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
478 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
479 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
480 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
482 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
483 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
484 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
485 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
486 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
487 - updated the mailing lists section
489 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
490 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
495 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
499 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
501 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
503 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
504 Ch "The Debian Archive"
506 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
508 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
509 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
510 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
511 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
512 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
514 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
515 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
516 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
517 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
518 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
519 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
520 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
522 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
523 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
526 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
527 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
528 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
529 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
530 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
531 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
532 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
533 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
534 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
535 work-around with <...>
536 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
537 - update copyright date
538 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
539 - spell check and grammar corrections
543 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
545 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
546 recompile"; closes: #102626
547 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
548 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
549 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
550 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
551 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
553 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
554 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
555 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
557 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
559 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
560 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
561 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
562 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
563 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
564 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
565 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
566 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
567 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
569 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
571 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
573 - updated the list of available architectures.
574 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
575 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
576 of the package and nothing more.
577 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
578 any pain to the ftpmasters.
579 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
580 the use of the delayed queue.
581 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
582 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
584 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
585 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
586 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
587 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
588 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
589 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
590 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
592 - new Sec "Documentation"
593 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
594 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
595 "Being kind to porter" too
596 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
597 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
598 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
599 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
600 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
602 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
603 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
606 - update French translation
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
610 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
613 - some grammar corrections
614 - update French translation
616 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
617 anymore; closes: #135559
618 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
620 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
622 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
623 that would be welcome)
624 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
625 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
626 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
627 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
628 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
629 - other minor wording changes
630 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
631 - Ch "Package uploads":
632 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
633 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
634 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
635 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
636 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
637 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
638 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
642 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
644 * from Martin Michlmayr
645 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
646 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
647 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
649 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
651 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
653 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
655 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
656 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
657 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
660 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
662 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
667 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
670 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
672 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
673 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
674 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
675 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
676 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
677 talking about uploading to distributions
678 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
679 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
680 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
682 - French translation updated
684 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
685 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
686 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
690 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
693 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
694 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
699 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
702 * fix a typo in a link
703 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
704 update documentation accordingly
706 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
707 forwarding bugs upstream
709 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
710 entities which should be used
711 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
712 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
718 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
719 * French version: completely up-to-date now
720 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
721 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
723 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
728 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
730 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
732 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
733 this translation needs updating
734 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
735 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
736 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
738 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
739 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
740 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
742 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
743 included yet, however
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
747 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
749 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
751 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
752 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
754 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
758 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
760 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
761 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
762 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
764 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
768 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
771 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
772 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
773 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
774 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
775 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
776 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
777 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
778 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
779 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
780 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
781 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
782 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
784 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
785 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
786 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
787 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
788 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
790 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
792 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
793 * update copyright notice for 2001
794 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
795 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
796 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
800 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
802 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
804 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
806 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
810 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
812 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
813 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
815 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
816 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
817 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
818 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
819 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
820 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
821 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
822 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
823 could be used if necessary
824 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
825 mention the rsync dupload method
826 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
828 * other small corrections
829 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
830 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
831 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
832 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
834 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
836 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
837 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
841 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
843 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
844 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
845 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
846 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
848 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
849 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
850 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
851 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
852 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
854 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
856 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
857 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
858 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
859 team (closes: Bug#52906)
860 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
861 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
862 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
864 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
865 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
866 - added a section about the LDAP database
867 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
868 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
870 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
871 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
873 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
875 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
877 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
878 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
879 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
881 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
882 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
883 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
884 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
885 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
886 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
887 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
888 description from developers-reference.sgml
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
894 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
895 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
897 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
899 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
900 releases are available at archive.debian.org
901 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
902 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
903 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
904 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
905 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
906 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
907 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
908 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
910 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
911 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
912 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
913 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
915 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
916 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
917 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
918 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
919 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
920 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
921 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
922 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
923 suggestion from James Troup
924 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
925 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
926 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
927 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
934 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
935 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
939 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
941 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
942 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
943 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
944 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
945 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
946 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
947 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
951 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
954 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
955 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
956 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
957 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
958 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
960 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
961 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
963 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
971 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
972 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
973 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
974 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
975 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
977 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
978 with intro; demoted server sections under that
979 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
980 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
982 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
983 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
984 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
985 a normal developer may have access.
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
991 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
992 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
993 step all over each other
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
999 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1000 address for PGP key updates
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1004 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1007 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1008 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1009 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1010 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1014 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1017 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1018 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1019 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1020 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1021 <keyring-maint> instead)
1022 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1023 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1025 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1027 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1028 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1029 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1033 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1035 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1036 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1037 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1038 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1039 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1040 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1042 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1043 tighten up the language a bit
1044 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1045 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1046 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1047 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1049 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1050 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1051 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1052 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1053 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1054 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1056 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1057 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1058 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1059 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1060 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1061 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1062 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1063 number of available packages
1064 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1065 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1069 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1076 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * not officially released
1079 * more spelling corrections
1080 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * not officially released
1087 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1088 * some PGP-centricity removed
1089 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1090 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1091 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1092 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1093 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1094 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1098 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1100 * not officially released
1101 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1102 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1103 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1104 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1105 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1106 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1107 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1108 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1109 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1110 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1111 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1112 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1113 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1114 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1116 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1117 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1119 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1121 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1122 take a couple of weeks
1123 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1124 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1125 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1126 excited about it and can't wait
1127 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1128 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1130 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1131 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1133 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1134 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1135 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1139 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1141 * move to 3-level version number:
1142 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1143 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1144 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1145 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1146 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1149 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1150 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1151 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1153 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1155 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1156 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1157 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1158 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1159 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1160 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1162 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1164 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1165 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1166 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1167 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1168 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1169 - "The CVS server": new section added
1170 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1172 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1173 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1174 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1175 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1176 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1177 with respect to GPG.
1178 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1179 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1180 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1181 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1182 a canonical location?)
1183 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1184 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1185 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1186 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1188 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1190 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1191 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1192 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1193 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1195 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1197 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1200 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1201 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1202 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1203 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1204 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1205 and should not be included in this Reference.
1206 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1207 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1208 maintainer tools only!
1209 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1210 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1211 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1212 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1213 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1214 * Little corrections here and there.
1215 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1216 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1219 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1221 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1224 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1225 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1227 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1228 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1229 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1230 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1231 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1232 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1233 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1234 do prior to uploading
1235 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1236 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1238 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1239 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1240 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1241 duties with respect to bugs
1242 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1243 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1244 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1246 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1247 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1248 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1249 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1250 explicit what is used to build this package
1252 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1254 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1258 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1259 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1260 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1261 * utilize the new URL tag
1262 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1265 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1267 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1269 * non-maintainer release
1270 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1271 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1272 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1273 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1274 text, it can't hurt you.)
1275 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1276 reflect this packages version number
1277 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1279 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1281 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1287 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1289 * New version numbering scheme:
1291 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1292 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1293 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1296 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1297 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1298 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1299 differ between the manuals.
1301 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1302 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1303 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1304 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1306 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1307 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1309 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1311 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1313 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1317 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1318 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1320 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1321 (as requested by James Troup)
1323 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1325 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1327 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1329 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1333 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1335 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1337 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1338 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1339 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1340 the non-maintainer release
1342 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1343 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1344 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1347 - Lots of typos fixed
1349 * Compressed SGML source code
1351 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1352 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1354 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1356 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1358 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1361 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1362 - Announcing package uploads
1363 * New section about Debian Mentors
1364 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1365 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1366 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1367 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1369 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1371 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1374 of our FTP server and the development process
1375 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1376 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1377 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1379 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1380 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1381 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1382 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1383 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1384 contacting the maintainer
1385 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1386 a new manual released soon)
1387 * Some minor changes
1388 * Include SGML source in package
1389 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1390 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1392 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1394 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1398 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200