1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
49 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
50 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
51 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
52 patch. Closes: #573110
55 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
56 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
57 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
58 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
61 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
63 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:00:30 -0400
65 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
68 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
70 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
72 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
74 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
75 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
77 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
79 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
82 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
83 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
84 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
85 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
86 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
87 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
88 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
89 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
90 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
91 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
92 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
93 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
94 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
95 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
96 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
97 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
98 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
99 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
100 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
101 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
102 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
104 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
106 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
113 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
114 The most important changes are:
115 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
116 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
119 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
120 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
121 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
122 distinction. Closes: #464230.
123 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
124 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
125 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
126 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
127 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
128 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
130 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
131 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
133 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
134 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
136 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
137 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
139 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
141 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
142 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
144 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
145 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
146 Closes: #512620, #510783.
148 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
150 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
154 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
155 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
156 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
157 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
158 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
159 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
160 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
162 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
164 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
167 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
168 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
169 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
170 release codenames in <literal>
171 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
172 doesn't exist anymore.
173 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
174 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
175 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
176 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
177 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
178 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
179 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
180 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
181 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
182 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
183 team before upload. Closes: #459343
184 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
185 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
186 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
187 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
188 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
189 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
190 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
192 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
193 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
195 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
196 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
197 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
198 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
199 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
200 Thomas. Closes: #485837
202 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
203 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
205 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
207 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
211 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
212 - fix debian/copyright
213 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
214 - add pdf for French version.
215 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
216 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
217 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
218 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
219 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
220 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
221 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
222 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
223 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
225 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
226 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
228 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
230 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
231 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
232 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
233 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
234 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
235 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
237 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
240 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
241 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
242 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
243 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
244 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
245 * Update information concerning Alioth.
246 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
247 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
249 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
250 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
252 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
255 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
257 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
259 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
261 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
262 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
264 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
265 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
266 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
268 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
269 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
270 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
272 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
273 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
274 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
275 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
276 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
277 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
278 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
279 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
280 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
281 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
282 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
283 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
285 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
286 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
287 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
288 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
289 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
290 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
291 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
292 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
293 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
294 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
298 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
300 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
302 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
305 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
306 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
307 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
308 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
309 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
310 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
312 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
314 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
316 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
318 - non-us discontinued.
319 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
321 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
322 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
323 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
324 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
325 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
326 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
327 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
328 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
329 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
330 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
331 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
332 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
333 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
334 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
335 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
336 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
337 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
338 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
340 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
341 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
343 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
346 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
348 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
350 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
353 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
354 - madison is on merkel.
355 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
356 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
357 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
358 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
359 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
360 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
362 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
363 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
364 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
365 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
366 - sync NM rules with reality.
368 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
370 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
372 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
375 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
376 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
377 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
378 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
379 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
380 - spelling, grammer fixes.
381 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
382 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
383 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
384 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
385 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
386 - add myself to uploaders.
387 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
388 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
389 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
390 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
391 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
392 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
393 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
394 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
395 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
396 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
397 - rewrote the NMU section, and
398 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
399 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
400 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
401 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
402 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
403 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
404 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
405 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
407 - Security uploads get urgency=high
408 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
410 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
412 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
414 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
417 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
418 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
419 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
420 - documented Alioth, somewhat
422 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
423 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
425 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
426 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
427 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
428 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
432 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
434 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
435 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
436 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
437 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
442 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
445 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
447 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
448 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
449 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
451 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
452 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
453 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
454 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
457 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
459 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
460 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
461 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
462 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
463 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
465 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
466 it clear these are special cases
467 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
469 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
473 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
476 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
477 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
479 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
481 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
483 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
486 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
488 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
489 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
490 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
492 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
493 - the synopsis formula changed to either
494 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
496 <package-name> is <synopsis>
498 <package-name> are <synopsis>
500 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
501 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
502 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
503 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
504 package; closes: #187143
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
508 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
511 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
512 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
514 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
516 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
517 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
518 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
519 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
520 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
521 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
522 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
523 right places in the document, closes: #172897
524 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
528 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
530 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
531 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
532 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
533 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
534 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
535 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
536 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
538 - editorial changes on material added in this version
539 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
540 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
541 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
542 closes: #139957, #108416
543 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
544 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
548 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
551 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
553 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
554 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
555 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
556 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
558 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
559 for best practices for documentation
560 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
561 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
562 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
563 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
565 - spell-checking pass
567 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
569 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
572 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
573 descriptions" moved under there
574 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
575 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
576 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
577 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
578 the document where these tools are discussed
579 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
580 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
581 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
582 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
583 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
584 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
586 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
587 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
588 that can be fixed by DDP folks
589 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
590 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
591 - simply PS and PDF building rules
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
595 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
598 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
599 section and adjusted links
600 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
602 - ChangeLog attribution updates
603 - fix typos, closes: #171781
604 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
605 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
606 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
607 for debian/rules", and write an intro
608 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
609 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
610 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
611 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
612 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
613 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
614 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
615 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
616 "Internationalization"
617 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
618 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
619 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
620 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
621 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
622 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
623 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
624 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
625 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
627 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
628 rather useless and broken
629 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
630 names and the first word
631 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
632 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
633 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
635 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
636 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
637 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
641 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
644 - DDP publishing update
646 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
647 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
648 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
649 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
653 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
657 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
658 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
660 - added myself as co-author
661 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
663 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
664 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
666 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
667 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
671 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
674 - Corrected several errors with —
675 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
676 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
677 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
678 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
679 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
680 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
681 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
683 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
684 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
685 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
686 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
687 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
688 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
689 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
690 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
691 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
693 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
694 descriptions". closes: #158609
695 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
696 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
697 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
698 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
699 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
701 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
702 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
703 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
704 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
705 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
706 - updated the mailing lists section
708 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
709 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
714 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
718 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
720 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
722 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
723 Ch "The Debian Archive"
725 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
727 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
728 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
729 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
730 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
731 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
733 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
734 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
735 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
736 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
737 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
738 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
739 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
741 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
742 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
745 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
746 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
747 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
748 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
749 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
750 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
751 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
752 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
753 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
754 work-around with <...>
755 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
756 - update copyright date
757 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
758 - spell check and grammar corrections
762 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
764 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
765 recompile"; closes: #102626
766 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
767 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
768 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
769 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
770 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
772 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
773 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
774 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
776 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
778 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
779 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
780 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
781 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
782 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
783 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
784 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
785 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
786 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
788 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
790 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
792 - updated the list of available architectures.
793 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
794 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
795 of the package and nothing more.
796 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
797 any pain to the ftpmasters.
798 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
799 the use of the delayed queue.
800 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
801 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
803 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
804 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
805 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
806 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
807 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
808 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
809 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
811 - new Sec "Documentation"
812 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
813 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
814 "Being kind to porter" too
815 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
816 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
817 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
818 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
819 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
821 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
822 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
825 - update French translation
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
829 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
832 - some grammar corrections
833 - update French translation
835 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
836 anymore; closes: #135559
837 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
839 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
841 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
842 that would be welcome)
843 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
844 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
845 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
846 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
847 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
848 - other minor wording changes
849 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
850 - Ch "Package uploads":
851 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
852 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
853 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
854 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
855 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
856 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
857 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
861 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
863 * from Martin Michlmayr
864 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
865 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
866 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
868 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
870 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
872 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
874 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
875 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
876 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
879 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
881 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
886 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
891 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
892 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
893 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
894 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
895 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
896 talking about uploading to distributions
897 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
898 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
899 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
901 - French translation updated
903 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
904 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
905 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
909 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
912 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
913 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
921 * fix a typo in a link
922 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
923 update documentation accordingly
925 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
926 forwarding bugs upstream
928 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
929 entities which should be used
930 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
931 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
935 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
937 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
938 * French version: completely up-to-date now
939 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
940 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
942 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
947 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
949 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
951 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
952 this translation needs updating
953 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
954 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
955 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
957 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
958 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
959 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
961 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
962 included yet, however
964 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
966 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
968 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
970 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
971 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
973 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
977 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
979 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
980 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
981 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
983 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
987 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
990 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
991 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
992 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
993 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
994 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
995 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
996 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
997 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
998 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
999 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1000 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1001 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1003 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1004 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1005 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1006 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1007 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1009 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1011 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1012 * update copyright notice for 2001
1013 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1014 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1015 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1017 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1019 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1023 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1025 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1029 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1032 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1034 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1035 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1036 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1037 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1038 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1039 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1040 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1041 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1042 could be used if necessary
1043 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1044 mention the rsync dupload method
1045 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1047 * other small corrections
1048 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1049 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1050 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1051 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1053 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1055 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1056 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1058 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1060 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1062 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1063 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1064 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1065 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1067 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1068 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1069 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1070 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1071 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1073 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1075 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1076 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1077 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1078 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1079 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1080 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1081 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1083 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1084 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1085 - added a section about the LDAP database
1086 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1087 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1089 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1090 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1094 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1097 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1098 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1100 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1101 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1102 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1103 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1104 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1105 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1106 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1107 description from developers-reference.sgml
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1114 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1116 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1118 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1119 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1120 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1121 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1122 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1123 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1124 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1125 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1126 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1127 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1129 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1130 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1131 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1132 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1134 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1135 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1136 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1137 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1138 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1139 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1140 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1141 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1142 suggestion from James Troup
1143 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1144 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1145 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1146 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1151 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1154 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1161 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1162 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1163 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1164 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1165 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1166 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1170 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1173 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1174 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1175 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1176 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1177 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1179 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1180 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1182 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1186 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1190 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1191 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1192 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1193 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1194 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1196 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1197 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1198 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1199 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1201 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1202 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1203 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1204 a normal developer may have access.
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1208 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1211 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1212 step all over each other
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1216 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1219 address for PGP key updates
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1223 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1226 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1227 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1228 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1229 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1233 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1236 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1237 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1238 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1239 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1240 <keyring-maint> instead)
1241 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1242 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1244 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1246 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1247 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1248 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1252 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1254 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1255 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1256 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1257 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1258 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1259 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1261 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1262 tighten up the language a bit
1263 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1264 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1265 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1266 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1268 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1269 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1270 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1271 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1272 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1273 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1275 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1276 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1277 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1278 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1279 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1280 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1281 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1282 number of available packages
1283 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1284 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1288 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1295 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * not officially released
1298 * more spelling corrections
1299 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1303 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * not officially released
1306 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1307 * some PGP-centricity removed
1308 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1309 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1310 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1311 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1312 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1313 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1317 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1319 * not officially released
1320 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1321 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1322 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1323 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1324 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1325 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1326 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1327 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1328 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1329 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1330 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1331 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1332 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1333 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1335 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1336 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1338 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1340 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1341 take a couple of weeks
1342 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1343 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1344 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1345 excited about it and can't wait
1346 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1347 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1349 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1350 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1352 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1353 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1354 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1356 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1358 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1360 * move to 3-level version number:
1361 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1362 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1363 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1364 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1365 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1368 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1369 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1370 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1372 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1374 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1375 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1376 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1377 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1378 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1379 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1381 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1383 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1384 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1385 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1386 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1387 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1388 - "The CVS server": new section added
1389 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1391 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1392 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1393 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1394 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1395 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1396 with respect to GPG.
1397 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1398 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1399 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1400 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1401 a canonical location?)
1402 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1403 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1404 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1405 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1407 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1409 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1410 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1411 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1412 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1414 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1416 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1419 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1420 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1421 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1422 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1423 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1424 and should not be included in this Reference.
1425 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1426 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1427 maintainer tools only!
1428 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1429 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1430 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1431 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1432 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1433 * Little corrections here and there.
1434 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1435 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1438 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1440 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1443 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1444 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1446 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1447 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1448 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1449 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1450 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1451 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1452 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1453 do prior to uploading
1454 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1455 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1457 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1458 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1459 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1460 duties with respect to bugs
1461 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1462 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1463 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1465 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1466 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1467 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1468 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1469 explicit what is used to build this package
1471 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1473 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1477 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1478 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1479 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1480 * utilize the new URL tag
1481 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1484 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1486 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1488 * non-maintainer release
1489 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1490 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1491 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1492 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1493 text, it can't hurt you.)
1494 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1495 reflect this packages version number
1496 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1498 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1500 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1504 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1506 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1508 * New version numbering scheme:
1510 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1511 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1512 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1515 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1516 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1517 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1518 differ between the manuals.
1520 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1521 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1522 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1523 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1525 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1526 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1528 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1532 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1534 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1536 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1537 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1539 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1540 (as requested by James Troup)
1542 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1544 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1546 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1548 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1552 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1554 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1556 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1557 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1558 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1559 the non-maintainer release
1561 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1562 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1563 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1566 - Lots of typos fixed
1568 * Compressed SGML source code
1570 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1571 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1573 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1577 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1579 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1580 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1581 - Announcing package uploads
1582 * New section about Debian Mentors
1583 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1584 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1585 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1586 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1588 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1590 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1592 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1593 of our FTP server and the development process
1594 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1595 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1596 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1598 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1599 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1600 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1601 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1602 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1603 contacting the maintainer
1604 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1605 a new manual released soon)
1606 * Some minor changes
1607 * Include SGML source in package
1608 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1609 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1611 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1613 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1617 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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