1 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Corrections by Michel Grentzinger
6 - Updated documentation concerning the PTS
7 - Added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
8 - Documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
10 - Updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
11 - Deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
12 section on security bugs (Closes: #196516)
13 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b
16 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:30:34 -0400
18 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
21 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
22 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
24 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
26 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
28 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
31 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
33 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
34 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
35 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
37 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
38 - the synopsis formula changed to either
39 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
41 <package-name> is <synopsis>
43 <package-name> are <synopsis>
45 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
46 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
47 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
48 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
49 package; closes: #187143
51 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
53 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
56 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
57 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
59 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
61 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
62 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
63 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
64 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
65 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
66 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
67 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
68 right places in the document, closes: #172897
69 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
73 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
75 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
76 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
77 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
78 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
79 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
80 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
81 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
83 - editorial changes on material added in this version
84 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
85 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
86 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
87 closes: #139957, #108416
88 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
89 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
91 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
93 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
96 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
98 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
99 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
100 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
101 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
103 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
104 for best practices for documentation
105 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
106 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
107 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
108 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
110 - spell-checking pass
112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
114 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
117 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
118 descriptions" moved under there
119 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
120 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
121 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
122 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
123 the document where these tools are discussed
124 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
125 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
126 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
127 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
128 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
129 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
131 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
132 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
133 that can be fixed by DDP folks
134 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
135 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
136 - simply PS and PDF building rules
138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
140 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
143 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
144 section and adjusted links
145 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
147 - ChangeLog attribution updates
148 - fix typos, closes: #171781
149 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
150 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
151 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
152 for debian/rules", and write an intro
153 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
154 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
155 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
156 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
157 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
158 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
159 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
160 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
161 "Internationalization"
162 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
163 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
164 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
165 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
166 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
167 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
168 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
169 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
170 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
172 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
173 rather useless and broken
174 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
175 names and the first word
176 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
177 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
178 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
180 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
181 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
182 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
186 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
189 - DDP publishing update
191 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
192 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
193 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
194 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
198 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
201 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
202 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
203 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
205 - added myself as co-author
206 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
208 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
209 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
211 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
212 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
216 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
219 - Corrected several errors with —
220 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
221 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
222 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
223 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
224 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
225 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
226 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
228 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
229 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
230 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
231 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
232 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
233 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
234 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
235 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
236 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
238 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
239 descriptions". closes: #158609
240 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
241 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
242 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
243 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
244 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
246 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
247 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
248 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
249 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
250 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
251 - updated the mailing lists section
253 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
254 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
259 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
262 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
263 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
265 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
267 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
268 Ch "The Debian Archive"
270 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
272 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
273 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
274 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
275 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
276 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
278 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
279 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
280 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
281 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
282 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
283 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
284 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
286 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
287 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
290 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
291 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
292 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
293 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
294 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
295 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
296 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
297 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
298 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
299 work-around with <...>
300 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
301 - update copyright date
302 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
303 - spell check and grammar corrections
307 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
309 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
310 recompile"; closes: #102626
311 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
312 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
313 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
314 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
315 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
317 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
318 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
319 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
321 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
323 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
324 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
325 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
326 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
327 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
328 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
329 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
330 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
331 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
333 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
335 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
337 - updated the list of available architectures.
338 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
339 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
340 of the package and nothing more.
341 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
342 any pain to the ftpmasters.
343 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
344 the use of the delayed queue.
345 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
346 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
348 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
349 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
350 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
351 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
352 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
353 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
354 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
356 - new Sec "Documentation"
357 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
358 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
359 "Being kind to porter" too
360 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
361 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
362 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
363 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
364 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
366 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
367 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
370 - update French translation
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
374 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
377 - some grammar corrections
378 - update French translation
380 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
381 anymore; closes: #135559
382 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
384 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
386 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
387 that would be welcome)
388 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
389 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
390 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
391 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
392 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
393 - other minor wording changes
394 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
395 - Ch "Package uploads":
396 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
397 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
398 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
399 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
400 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
401 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
402 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
406 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
408 * from Martin Michlmayr
409 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
410 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
411 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
413 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
415 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
417 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
419 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
420 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
421 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
424 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
426 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
431 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
436 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
437 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
438 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
439 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
440 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
441 talking about uploading to distributions
442 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
443 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
444 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
446 - French translation updated
448 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
449 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
450 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
454 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
457 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
458 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
463 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
466 * fix a typo in a link
467 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
468 update documentation accordingly
470 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
471 forwarding bugs upstream
473 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
474 entities which should be used
475 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
476 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
480 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
482 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
483 * French version: completely up-to-date now
484 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
485 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
487 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
492 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
494 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
496 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
497 this translation needs updating
498 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
499 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
500 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
502 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
503 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
504 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
506 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
507 included yet, however
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
511 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
513 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
515 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
516 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
518 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
522 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
524 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
525 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
526 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
528 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
532 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
535 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
536 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
537 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
538 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
539 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
540 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
541 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
542 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
543 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
544 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
545 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
546 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
548 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
549 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
550 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
551 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
552 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
554 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
556 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
557 * update copyright notice for 2001
558 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
559 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
560 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
564 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
566 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
568 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
570 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
574 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
576 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
577 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
579 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
580 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
581 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
582 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
583 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
584 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
585 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
586 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
587 could be used if necessary
588 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
589 mention the rsync dupload method
590 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
592 * other small corrections
593 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
594 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
595 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
596 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
598 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
600 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
601 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
605 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
607 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
608 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
609 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
610 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
612 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
613 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
614 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
615 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
616 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
618 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
620 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
621 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
622 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
623 team (closes: Bug#52906)
624 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
625 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
626 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
628 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
629 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
630 - added a section about the LDAP database
631 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
632 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
634 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
635 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
639 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
641 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
642 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
643 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
645 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
646 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
647 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
648 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
649 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
650 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
651 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
652 description from developers-reference.sgml
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
656 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
658 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
659 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
661 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
663 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
664 releases are available at archive.debian.org
665 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
666 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
667 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
668 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
669 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
670 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
671 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
672 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
674 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
675 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
676 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
677 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
679 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
680 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
681 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
682 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
683 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
684 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
685 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
686 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
687 suggestion from James Troup
688 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
689 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
690 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
691 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
696 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
698 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
699 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
703 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
705 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
706 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
707 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
708 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
709 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
710 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
711 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
715 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
718 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
719 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
720 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
721 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
722 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
724 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
725 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
727 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
729 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
731 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
735 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
736 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
737 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
738 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
739 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
741 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
742 with intro; demoted server sections under that
743 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
744 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
746 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
747 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
748 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
749 a normal developer may have access.
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
753 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
755 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
756 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
757 step all over each other
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
761 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
763 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
764 address for PGP key updates
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
768 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
771 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
772 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
773 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
774 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
778 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
780 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
781 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
782 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
783 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
784 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
785 <keyring-maint> instead)
786 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
787 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
789 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
791 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
792 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
793 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
797 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
799 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
800 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
801 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
802 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
803 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
804 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
806 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
807 tighten up the language a bit
808 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
809 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
810 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
811 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
813 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
814 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
815 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
816 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
817 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
818 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
820 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
821 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
822 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
823 about how to depart Debian gracefully
824 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
825 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
826 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
827 number of available packages
828 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
829 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
833 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
835 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
840 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
842 * not officially released
843 * more spelling corrections
844 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
848 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
850 * not officially released
851 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
852 * some PGP-centricity removed
853 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
854 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
855 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
856 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
857 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
858 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
862 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
864 * not officially released
865 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
866 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
867 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
868 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
869 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
870 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
871 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
872 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
873 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
874 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
875 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
876 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
877 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
878 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
880 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
881 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
883 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
885 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
886 take a couple of weeks
887 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
888 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
889 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
890 excited about it and can't wait
891 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
892 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
894 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
895 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
897 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
898 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
899 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
903 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
905 * move to 3-level version number:
906 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
907 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
908 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
909 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
910 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
913 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
914 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
915 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
917 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
919 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
920 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
921 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
922 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
923 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
924 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
926 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
928 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
929 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
930 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
931 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
932 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
933 - "The CVS server": new section added
934 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
936 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
937 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
938 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
939 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
940 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
942 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
943 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
944 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
945 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
946 a canonical location?)
947 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
948 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
949 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
950 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
952 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
954 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
955 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
956 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
957 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
959 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
961 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
964 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
965 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
966 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
967 them. (closes Bug#26948)
968 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
969 and should not be included in this Reference.
970 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
971 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
972 maintainer tools only!
973 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
974 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
975 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
976 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
977 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
978 * Little corrections here and there.
979 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
980 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
983 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
985 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
987 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
988 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
989 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
991 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
992 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
993 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
994 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
995 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
996 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
997 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
998 do prior to uploading
999 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1000 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1002 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1003 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1004 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1005 duties with respect to bugs
1006 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1007 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1008 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1010 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1011 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1012 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1013 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1014 explicit what is used to build this package
1016 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1018 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1022 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1023 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1024 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1025 * utilize the new URL tag
1026 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1029 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1031 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1033 * non-maintainer release
1034 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1035 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1036 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1037 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1038 text, it can't hurt you.)
1039 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1040 reflect this packages version number
1041 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1043 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1049 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1051 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1053 * New version numbering scheme:
1055 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1056 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1057 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1060 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1061 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1062 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1063 differ between the manuals.
1065 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1066 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1067 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1068 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1070 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1071 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1073 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1075 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1077 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1081 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1082 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1084 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1085 (as requested by James Troup)
1087 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1089 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1091 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1093 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1097 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1099 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1101 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1102 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1103 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1104 the non-maintainer release
1106 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1107 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1108 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1111 - Lots of typos fixed
1113 * Compressed SGML source code
1115 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1116 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1118 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1120 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1122 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1125 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1126 - Announcing package uploads
1127 * New section about Debian Mentors
1128 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1129 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1130 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1131 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1133 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1135 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1138 of our FTP server and the development process
1139 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1140 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1141 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1143 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1144 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1145 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1146 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1147 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1148 contacting the maintainer
1149 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1150 a new manual released soon)
1151 * Some minor changes
1152 * Include SGML source in package
1153 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1154 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1156 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1158 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1162 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200