1 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
5 descriptions" moved under there
6 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
7 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
8 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
9 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
10 the document where these tools are discussed
11 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
12 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
13 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
14 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
15 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
16 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
18 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
19 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
20 that can be fixed by DDP folks
21 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
22 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
23 - simply PS and PDF building rules
25 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
27 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
30 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
31 section and adjusted links
32 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
34 - ChangeLog attribution updates
35 - fix typos, closes: #171781
36 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
37 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
38 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
39 for debian/rules", and write an intro
40 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
41 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
42 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
43 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
44 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
45 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
46 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
47 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
48 "Internationalization"
49 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
50 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
51 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
52 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
53 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
54 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
55 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
56 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
57 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
59 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
60 rather useless and broken
61 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
62 names and the first word
63 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
64 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
65 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
67 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
68 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
69 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
71 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
73 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
76 - DDP publishing update
78 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
79 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
80 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
81 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
83 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
85 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
88 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
89 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
90 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
92 - added myself as co-author
93 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
95 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
96 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
98 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
99 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
103 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
106 - Corrected several errors with —
107 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
108 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
109 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
110 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
111 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
112 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
113 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
115 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
116 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
117 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
118 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
119 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
120 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
121 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
122 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
123 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
125 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
126 descriptions". closes: #158609
127 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
128 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
129 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
130 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
131 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
133 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
134 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
135 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
136 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
137 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
138 - updated the mailing lists section
140 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
141 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
146 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
149 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
150 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
152 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
154 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
155 Ch "The Debian Archive"
157 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
159 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
160 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
161 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
162 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
163 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
165 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
166 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
167 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
168 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
169 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
170 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
171 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
173 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
174 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
177 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
178 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
179 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
180 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
181 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
182 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
183 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
184 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
185 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
186 work-around with <...>
187 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
188 - update copyright date
189 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
190 - spell check and grammar corrections
194 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
196 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
197 recompile"; closes: #102626
198 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
199 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
200 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
201 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
202 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
204 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
205 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
206 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
208 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
210 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
211 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
212 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
213 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
214 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
215 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
216 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
217 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
218 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
220 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
222 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
224 - updated the list of available architectures.
225 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
226 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
227 of the package and nothing more.
228 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
229 any pain to the ftpmasters.
230 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
231 the use of the delayed queue.
232 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
233 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
235 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
236 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
237 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
238 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
239 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
240 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
241 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
243 - new Sec "Documentation"
244 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
245 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
246 "Being kind to porter" too
247 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
248 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
249 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
250 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
251 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
253 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
254 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
257 - update French translation
259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
261 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
264 - some grammar corrections
265 - update French translation
267 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
268 anymore; closes: #135559
269 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
271 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
273 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
274 that would be welcome)
275 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
276 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
277 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
278 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
279 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
280 - other minor wording changes
281 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
282 - Ch "Package uploads":
283 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
284 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
285 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
286 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
287 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
288 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
289 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
293 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 * from Martin Michlmayr
296 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
297 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
298 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
300 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
302 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
304 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
306 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
307 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
308 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
311 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
313 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
318 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
321 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
323 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
324 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
325 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
326 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
327 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
328 talking about uploading to distributions
329 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
330 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
331 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
333 - French translation updated
335 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
336 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
337 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
341 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
344 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
345 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
350 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
353 * fix a typo in a link
354 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
355 update documentation accordingly
357 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
358 forwarding bugs upstream
360 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
361 entities which should be used
362 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
363 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
367 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
369 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
370 * French version: completely up-to-date now
371 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
372 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
374 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
381 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
383 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
384 this translation needs updating
385 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
386 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
387 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
389 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
390 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
391 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
393 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
394 included yet, however
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
398 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
400 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
402 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
403 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
405 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
409 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
411 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
412 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
413 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
415 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
417 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
419 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
422 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
423 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
424 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
425 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
426 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
427 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
428 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
429 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
430 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
431 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
432 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
433 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
435 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
436 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
437 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
438 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
439 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
441 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
443 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
444 * update copyright notice for 2001
445 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
446 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
447 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
451 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
453 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
455 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
457 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
461 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
464 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
466 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
467 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
468 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
469 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
470 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
471 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
472 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
473 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
474 could be used if necessary
475 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
476 mention the rsync dupload method
477 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
479 * other small corrections
480 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
481 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
482 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
483 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
485 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
487 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
488 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
492 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
494 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
495 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
496 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
497 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
499 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
500 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
501 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
502 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
503 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
505 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
507 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
508 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
509 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
510 team (closes: Bug#52906)
511 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
512 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
513 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
515 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
516 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
517 - added a section about the LDAP database
518 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
519 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
521 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
522 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
526 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
529 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
530 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
532 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
533 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
534 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
535 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
536 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
537 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
538 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
539 description from developers-reference.sgml
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
543 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
545 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
546 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
548 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
550 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
551 releases are available at archive.debian.org
552 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
553 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
554 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
555 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
556 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
557 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
558 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
559 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
561 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
562 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
563 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
564 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
566 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
567 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
568 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
569 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
570 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
571 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
572 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
573 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
574 suggestion from James Troup
575 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
576 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
577 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
578 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
583 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
585 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
586 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
590 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
592 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
593 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
594 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
595 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
596 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
597 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
598 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
602 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
604 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
605 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
606 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
607 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
608 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
609 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
611 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
612 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
614 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
618 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
620 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
622 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
623 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
624 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
625 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
626 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
628 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
629 with intro; demoted server sections under that
630 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
631 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
633 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
634 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
635 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
636 a normal developer may have access.
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
640 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
642 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
643 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
644 step all over each other
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
648 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
650 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
651 address for PGP key updates
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
655 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
658 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
659 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
660 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
661 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
665 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
667 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
668 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
669 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
670 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
671 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
672 <keyring-maint> instead)
673 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
674 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
676 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
678 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
679 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
680 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
684 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
686 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
687 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
688 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
689 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
690 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
691 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
693 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
694 tighten up the language a bit
695 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
696 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
697 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
698 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
700 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
701 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
702 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
703 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
704 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
705 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
707 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
708 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
709 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
710 about how to depart Debian gracefully
711 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
712 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
713 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
714 number of available packages
715 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
716 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
720 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
722 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
727 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
729 * not officially released
730 * more spelling corrections
731 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
735 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
737 * not officially released
738 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
739 * some PGP-centricity removed
740 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
741 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
742 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
743 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
744 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
745 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
749 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
751 * not officially released
752 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
753 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
754 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
755 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
756 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
757 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
758 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
759 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
760 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
761 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
762 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
763 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
764 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
765 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
767 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
768 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
770 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
772 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
773 take a couple of weeks
774 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
775 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
776 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
777 excited about it and can't wait
778 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
779 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
781 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
782 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
784 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
785 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
786 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
788 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
790 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
792 * move to 3-level version number:
793 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
794 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
795 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
796 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
797 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
800 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
801 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
802 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
804 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
806 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
807 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
808 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
809 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
810 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
811 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
813 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
815 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
816 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
817 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
818 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
819 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
820 - "The CVS server": new section added
821 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
823 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
824 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
825 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
826 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
827 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
829 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
830 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
831 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
832 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
833 a canonical location?)
834 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
835 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
836 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
837 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
839 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
841 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
842 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
843 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
844 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
846 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
848 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
851 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
852 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
853 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
854 them. (closes Bug#26948)
855 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
856 and should not be included in this Reference.
857 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
858 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
859 maintainer tools only!
860 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
861 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
862 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
863 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
864 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
865 * Little corrections here and there.
866 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
867 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
870 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
872 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
874 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
875 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
876 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
878 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
879 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
880 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
881 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
882 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
883 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
884 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
885 do prior to uploading
886 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
887 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
889 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
890 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
891 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
892 duties with respect to bugs
893 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
894 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
895 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
897 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
898 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
899 * grammar and markup changes throughout
900 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
901 explicit what is used to build this package
903 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
905 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
908 * version number and date are automatically populated now
909 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
910 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
911 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
912 * utilize the new URL tag
913 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
916 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
920 * non-maintainer release
921 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
922 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
923 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
924 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
925 text, it can't hurt you.)
926 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
927 reflect this packages version number
928 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
930 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
936 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
938 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
940 * New version numbering scheme:
942 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
943 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
944 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
947 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
948 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
949 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
950 differ between the manuals.
952 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
953 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
954 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
955 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
957 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
958 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
960 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
962 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
964 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
968 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
969 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
971 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
972 (as requested by James Troup)
974 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
976 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
978 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
980 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
984 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
986 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
988 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
989 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
990 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
991 the non-maintainer release
993 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
994 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
995 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
998 - Lots of typos fixed
1000 * Compressed SGML source code
1002 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1003 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1005 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1007 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1009 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1012 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1013 - Announcing package uploads
1014 * New section about Debian Mentors
1015 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1016 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1017 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1018 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1020 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1022 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1025 of our FTP server and the development process
1026 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1027 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1028 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1030 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1031 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1032 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1033 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1034 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1035 contacting the maintainer
1036 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1037 a new manual released soon)
1038 * Some minor changes
1039 * Include SGML source in package
1040 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1041 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1043 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1045 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1049 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200