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
14 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:30:34 -0400
16 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
19 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
20 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
22 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
24 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
26 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
29 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
31 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
32 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
33 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
35 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
36 - the synopsis formula changed to either
37 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
39 <package-name> is <synopsis>
41 <package-name> are <synopsis>
43 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
44 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
45 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
46 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
47 package; closes: #187143
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
51 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
54 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
55 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
57 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
59 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
60 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
61 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
62 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
63 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
64 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
65 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
66 right places in the document, closes: #172897
67 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
71 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
73 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
74 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
75 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
76 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
77 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
78 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
79 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
81 - editorial changes on material added in this version
82 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
83 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
84 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
85 closes: #139957, #108416
86 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
87 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
89 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
91 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
94 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
96 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
97 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
98 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
99 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
101 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
102 for best practices for documentation
103 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
104 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
105 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
106 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
108 - spell-checking pass
110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
112 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
115 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
116 descriptions" moved under there
117 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
118 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
119 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
120 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
121 the document where these tools are discussed
122 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
123 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
124 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
125 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
126 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
127 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
129 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
130 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
131 that can be fixed by DDP folks
132 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
133 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
134 - simply PS and PDF building rules
136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
138 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
141 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
142 section and adjusted links
143 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
145 - ChangeLog attribution updates
146 - fix typos, closes: #171781
147 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
148 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
149 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
150 for debian/rules", and write an intro
151 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
152 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
153 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
154 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
155 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
156 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
157 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
158 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
159 "Internationalization"
160 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
161 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
162 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
163 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
164 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
165 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
166 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
167 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
168 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
170 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
171 rather useless and broken
172 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
173 names and the first word
174 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
175 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
176 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
178 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
179 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
180 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
184 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
187 - DDP publishing update
189 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
190 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
191 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
192 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
196 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
199 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
200 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
201 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
203 - added myself as co-author
204 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
206 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
207 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
209 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
210 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
214 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
217 - Corrected several errors with —
218 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
219 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
220 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
221 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
222 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
223 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
224 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
226 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
227 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
228 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
229 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
230 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
231 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
232 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
233 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
234 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
236 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
237 descriptions". closes: #158609
238 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
239 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
240 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
241 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
242 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
244 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
245 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
246 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
247 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
248 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
249 - updated the mailing lists section
251 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
252 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
257 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
260 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
261 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
263 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
265 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
266 Ch "The Debian Archive"
268 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
270 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
271 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
272 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
273 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
274 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
276 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
277 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
278 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
279 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
280 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
281 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
282 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
284 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
285 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
288 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
289 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
290 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
291 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
292 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
293 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
294 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
295 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
296 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
297 work-around with <...>
298 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
299 - update copyright date
300 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
301 - spell check and grammar corrections
305 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
307 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
308 recompile"; closes: #102626
309 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
310 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
311 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
312 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
313 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
315 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
316 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
317 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
319 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
321 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
322 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
323 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
324 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
325 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
326 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
327 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
328 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
329 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
331 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
333 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
335 - updated the list of available architectures.
336 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
337 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
338 of the package and nothing more.
339 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
340 any pain to the ftpmasters.
341 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
342 the use of the delayed queue.
343 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
344 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
346 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
347 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
348 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
349 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
350 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
351 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
352 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
354 - new Sec "Documentation"
355 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
356 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
357 "Being kind to porter" too
358 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
359 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
360 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
361 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
362 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
364 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
365 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
368 - update French translation
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
372 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
375 - some grammar corrections
376 - update French translation
378 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
379 anymore; closes: #135559
380 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
382 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
384 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
385 that would be welcome)
386 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
387 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
388 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
389 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
390 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
391 - other minor wording changes
392 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
393 - Ch "Package uploads":
394 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
395 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
396 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
397 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
398 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
399 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
400 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
402 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
404 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
406 * from Martin Michlmayr
407 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
408 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
409 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
411 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
413 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
415 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
417 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
418 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
419 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
422 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
424 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
429 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
434 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
435 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
436 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
437 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
438 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
439 talking about uploading to distributions
440 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
441 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
442 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
444 - French translation updated
446 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
447 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
448 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
452 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
455 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
456 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
461 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
464 * fix a typo in a link
465 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
466 update documentation accordingly
468 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
469 forwarding bugs upstream
471 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
472 entities which should be used
473 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
474 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
478 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
480 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
481 * French version: completely up-to-date now
482 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
483 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
485 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
490 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
492 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
494 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
495 this translation needs updating
496 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
497 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
498 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
500 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
501 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
502 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
504 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
505 included yet, however
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
509 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
511 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
513 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
514 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
516 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
520 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
522 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
523 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
524 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
526 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
530 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
533 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
534 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
535 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
536 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
537 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
538 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
539 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
540 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
541 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
542 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
543 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
544 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
546 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
547 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
548 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
549 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
550 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
552 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
554 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
555 * update copyright notice for 2001
556 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
557 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
558 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
562 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
564 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
566 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
568 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
572 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
575 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
577 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
578 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
579 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
580 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
581 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
582 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
583 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
584 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
585 could be used if necessary
586 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
587 mention the rsync dupload method
588 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
590 * other small corrections
591 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
592 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
593 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
594 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
596 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
598 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
599 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
603 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
605 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
606 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
607 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
608 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
610 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
611 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
612 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
613 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
614 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
616 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
618 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
619 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
620 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
621 team (closes: Bug#52906)
622 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
623 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
624 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
626 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
627 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
628 - added a section about the LDAP database
629 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
630 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
632 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
633 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
637 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
640 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
641 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
643 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
644 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
645 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
646 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
647 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
648 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
649 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
650 description from developers-reference.sgml
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
657 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
659 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
661 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
662 releases are available at archive.debian.org
663 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
664 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
665 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
666 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
667 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
668 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
669 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
670 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
672 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
673 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
674 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
675 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
677 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
678 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
679 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
680 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
681 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
682 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
683 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
684 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
685 suggestion from James Troup
686 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
687 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
688 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
689 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
696 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
697 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
701 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
703 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
704 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
705 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
706 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
707 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
708 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
709 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
713 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
715 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
716 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
717 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
718 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
719 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
720 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
722 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
723 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
725 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
733 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
734 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
735 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
736 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
737 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
739 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
740 with intro; demoted server sections under that
741 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
742 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
744 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
745 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
746 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
747 a normal developer may have access.
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
753 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
754 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
755 step all over each other
757 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
759 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
761 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
762 address for PGP key updates
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
768 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
769 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
770 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
771 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
772 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
776 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
778 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
779 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
780 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
781 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
782 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
783 <keyring-maint> instead)
784 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
785 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
787 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
789 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
790 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
791 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
795 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
797 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
798 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
799 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
800 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
801 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
802 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
804 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
805 tighten up the language a bit
806 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
807 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
808 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
809 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
811 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
812 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
813 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
814 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
815 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
816 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
818 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
819 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
820 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
821 about how to depart Debian gracefully
822 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
823 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
824 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
825 number of available packages
826 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
827 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
831 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
833 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
838 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
840 * not officially released
841 * more spelling corrections
842 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
846 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
848 * not officially released
849 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
850 * some PGP-centricity removed
851 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
852 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
853 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
854 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
855 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
856 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
860 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
862 * not officially released
863 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
864 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
865 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
866 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
867 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
868 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
869 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
870 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
871 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
872 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
873 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
874 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
875 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
876 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
878 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
879 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
881 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
883 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
884 take a couple of weeks
885 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
886 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
887 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
888 excited about it and can't wait
889 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
890 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
892 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
893 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
895 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
896 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
897 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
901 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
903 * move to 3-level version number:
904 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
905 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
906 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
907 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
908 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
911 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
912 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
913 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
915 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
917 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
918 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
919 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
920 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
921 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
922 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
924 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
926 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
927 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
928 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
929 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
930 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
931 - "The CVS server": new section added
932 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
934 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
935 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
936 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
937 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
938 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
940 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
941 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
942 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
943 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
944 a canonical location?)
945 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
946 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
947 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
948 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
950 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
952 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
953 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
954 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
955 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
957 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
962 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
963 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
964 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
965 them. (closes Bug#26948)
966 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
967 and should not be included in this Reference.
968 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
969 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
970 maintainer tools only!
971 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
972 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
973 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
974 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
975 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
976 * Little corrections here and there.
977 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
978 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
981 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
985 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
986 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
987 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
989 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
990 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
991 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
992 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
993 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
994 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
995 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
996 do prior to uploading
997 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
998 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1000 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1001 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1002 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1003 duties with respect to bugs
1004 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1005 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1006 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1008 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1009 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1010 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1011 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1012 explicit what is used to build this package
1014 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1020 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1021 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1022 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1023 * utilize the new URL tag
1024 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1027 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1029 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1031 * non-maintainer release
1032 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1033 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1034 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1035 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1036 text, it can't hurt you.)
1037 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1038 reflect this packages version number
1039 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1041 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1047 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1049 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1051 * New version numbering scheme:
1053 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1054 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1055 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1058 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1059 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1060 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1061 differ between the manuals.
1063 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1064 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1065 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1066 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1068 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1069 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1071 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1073 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1075 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1079 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1080 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1082 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1083 (as requested by James Troup)
1085 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1087 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1089 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1091 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1095 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1097 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1099 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1100 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1101 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1102 the non-maintainer release
1104 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1105 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1106 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1109 - Lots of typos fixed
1111 * Compressed SGML source code
1113 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1114 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1116 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1118 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1120 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1123 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1124 - Announcing package uploads
1125 * New section about Debian Mentors
1126 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1127 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1128 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1129 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1131 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1133 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1136 of our FTP server and the development process
1137 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1138 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1139 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1141 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1142 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1143 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1144 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1145 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1146 contacting the maintainer
1147 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1148 a new manual released soon)
1149 * Some minor changes
1150 * Include SGML source in package
1151 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1152 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1154 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1156 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1160 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200