1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
16 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
17 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
18 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
19 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
20 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
21 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
23 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:18:22 +0200
25 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
32 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
33 The most important changes are:
34 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
35 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
38 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
39 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
40 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
41 distinction. Closes: #464230.
42 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
43 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
44 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
45 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
46 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
47 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
49 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
50 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
52 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
53 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
55 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
56 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
58 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
60 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
61 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
63 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
64 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
65 Closes: #512620, #510783.
67 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
69 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
73 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
74 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
75 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
76 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
77 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
78 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
79 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
81 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
83 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
86 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
87 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
88 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
89 release codenames in <literal>
90 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
91 doesn't exist anymore.
92 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
93 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
94 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
95 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
96 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
97 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
98 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
99 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
100 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
101 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
102 team before upload. Closes: #459343
103 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
104 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
105 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
106 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
107 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
108 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
109 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
111 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
112 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
114 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
115 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
116 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
117 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
118 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
119 Thomas. Closes: #485837
121 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
122 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
124 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
126 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
130 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
131 - fix debian/copyright
132 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
133 - add pdf for French version.
134 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
135 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
136 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
137 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
138 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
139 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
140 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
141 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
142 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
144 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
145 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
147 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
149 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
150 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
151 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
152 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
153 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
154 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
156 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
159 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
160 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
161 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
162 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
163 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
164 * Update information concerning Alioth.
165 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
166 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
168 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
169 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
171 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
174 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
176 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
178 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
180 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
181 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
183 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
184 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
185 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
187 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
188 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
189 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
191 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
192 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
193 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
194 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
195 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
196 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
197 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
198 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
199 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
200 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
201 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
202 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
204 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
205 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
206 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
207 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
208 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
209 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
210 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
211 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
212 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
213 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
217 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
219 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
221 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
224 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
225 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
226 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
227 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
228 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
229 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
231 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
233 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
235 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
237 - non-us discontinued.
238 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
240 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
241 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
242 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
243 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
244 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
245 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
246 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
247 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
248 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
249 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
250 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
251 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
252 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
253 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
254 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
255 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
256 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
257 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
259 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
260 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
262 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
265 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
267 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
269 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
272 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
273 - madison is on merkel.
274 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
275 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
276 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
277 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
278 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
279 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
281 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
282 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
283 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
284 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
285 - sync NM rules with reality.
287 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
289 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
291 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
294 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
295 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
296 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
297 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
298 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
299 - spelling, grammer fixes.
300 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
301 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
302 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
303 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
304 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
305 - add myself to uploaders.
306 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
307 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
308 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
309 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
310 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
311 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
312 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
313 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
314 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
315 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
316 - rewrote the NMU section, and
317 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
318 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
319 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
320 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
321 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
322 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
323 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
324 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
326 - Security uploads get urgency=high
327 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
329 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
331 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
333 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
336 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
337 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
338 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
339 - documented Alioth, somewhat
341 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
342 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
344 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
345 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
346 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
347 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
351 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
353 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
354 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
355 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
356 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
361 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
364 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
366 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
367 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
368 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
370 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
371 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
372 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
373 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
376 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
378 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
379 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
380 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
381 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
382 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
384 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
385 it clear these are special cases
386 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
388 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
392 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
395 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
396 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
398 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
402 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
405 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
407 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
408 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
409 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
411 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
412 - the synopsis formula changed to either
413 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
415 <package-name> is <synopsis>
417 <package-name> are <synopsis>
419 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
420 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
421 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
422 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
423 package; closes: #187143
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
427 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
430 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
431 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
433 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
435 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
436 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
437 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
438 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
439 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
440 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
441 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
442 right places in the document, closes: #172897
443 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
447 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
449 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
450 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
451 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
452 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
453 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
454 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
455 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
457 - editorial changes on material added in this version
458 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
459 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
460 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
461 closes: #139957, #108416
462 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
463 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
465 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
467 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
470 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
472 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
473 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
474 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
475 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
477 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
478 for best practices for documentation
479 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
480 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
481 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
482 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
484 - spell-checking pass
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
488 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
491 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
492 descriptions" moved under there
493 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
494 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
495 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
496 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
497 the document where these tools are discussed
498 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
499 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
500 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
501 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
502 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
503 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
505 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
506 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
507 that can be fixed by DDP folks
508 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
509 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
510 - simply PS and PDF building rules
512 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
514 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
517 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
518 section and adjusted links
519 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
521 - ChangeLog attribution updates
522 - fix typos, closes: #171781
523 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
524 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
525 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
526 for debian/rules", and write an intro
527 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
528 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
529 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
530 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
531 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
532 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
533 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
534 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
535 "Internationalization"
536 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
537 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
538 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
539 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
540 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
541 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
542 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
543 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
544 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
546 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
547 rather useless and broken
548 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
549 names and the first word
550 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
551 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
552 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
554 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
555 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
556 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
560 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
563 - DDP publishing update
565 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
566 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
567 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
568 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
572 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
575 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
576 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
577 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
579 - added myself as co-author
580 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
582 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
583 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
585 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
586 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
590 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
593 - Corrected several errors with —
594 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
595 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
596 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
597 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
598 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
599 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
600 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
602 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
603 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
604 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
605 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
606 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
607 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
608 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
609 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
610 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
612 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
613 descriptions". closes: #158609
614 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
615 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
616 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
617 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
618 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
620 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
621 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
622 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
623 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
624 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
625 - updated the mailing lists section
627 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
628 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
633 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
636 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
637 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
639 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
641 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
642 Ch "The Debian Archive"
644 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
646 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
647 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
648 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
649 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
650 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
652 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
653 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
654 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
655 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
656 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
657 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
658 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
660 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
661 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
664 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
665 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
666 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
667 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
668 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
669 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
670 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
671 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
672 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
673 work-around with <...>
674 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
675 - update copyright date
676 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
677 - spell check and grammar corrections
681 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
683 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
684 recompile"; closes: #102626
685 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
686 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
687 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
688 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
689 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
691 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
692 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
693 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
695 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
697 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
698 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
699 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
700 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
701 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
702 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
703 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
704 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
705 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
707 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
709 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
711 - updated the list of available architectures.
712 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
713 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
714 of the package and nothing more.
715 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
716 any pain to the ftpmasters.
717 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
718 the use of the delayed queue.
719 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
720 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
722 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
723 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
724 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
725 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
726 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
727 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
728 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
730 - new Sec "Documentation"
731 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
732 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
733 "Being kind to porter" too
734 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
735 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
736 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
737 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
738 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
740 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
741 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
744 - update French translation
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
751 - some grammar corrections
752 - update French translation
754 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
755 anymore; closes: #135559
756 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
758 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
760 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
761 that would be welcome)
762 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
763 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
764 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
765 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
766 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
767 - other minor wording changes
768 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
769 - Ch "Package uploads":
770 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
771 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
772 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
773 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
774 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
775 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
776 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
780 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
782 * from Martin Michlmayr
783 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
784 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
785 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
787 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
789 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
791 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
793 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
794 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
795 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
798 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
800 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
805 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
810 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
811 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
812 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
813 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
814 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
815 talking about uploading to distributions
816 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
817 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
818 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
820 - French translation updated
822 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
823 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
824 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
831 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
832 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
840 * fix a typo in a link
841 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
842 update documentation accordingly
844 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
845 forwarding bugs upstream
847 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
848 entities which should be used
849 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
850 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
856 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
857 * French version: completely up-to-date now
858 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
859 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
861 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
866 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
868 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
870 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
871 this translation needs updating
872 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
873 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
874 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
876 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
877 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
878 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
880 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
881 included yet, however
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
887 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
889 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
890 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
892 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
896 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
898 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
899 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
900 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
902 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
904 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
906 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
909 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
910 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
911 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
912 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
913 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
914 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
915 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
916 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
917 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
918 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
919 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
920 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
922 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
923 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
924 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
925 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
926 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
928 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
930 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
931 * update copyright notice for 2001
932 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
933 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
934 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
938 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
940 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
942 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
944 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
948 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
951 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
953 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
954 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
955 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
956 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
957 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
958 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
959 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
960 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
961 could be used if necessary
962 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
963 mention the rsync dupload method
964 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
966 * other small corrections
967 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
968 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
969 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
970 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
972 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
974 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
975 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
977 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
979 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
981 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
982 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
983 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
984 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
986 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
987 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
988 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
989 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
990 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
992 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
994 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
995 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
996 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
997 team (closes: Bug#52906)
998 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
999 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1000 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1002 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1003 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1004 - added a section about the LDAP database
1005 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1006 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1008 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1009 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1011 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1013 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1016 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1017 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1019 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1020 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1021 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1022 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1023 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1024 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1025 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1026 description from developers-reference.sgml
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1033 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1035 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1037 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1038 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1039 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1040 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1041 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1042 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1043 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1044 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1045 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1046 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1048 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1049 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1050 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1051 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1053 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1054 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1055 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1056 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1057 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1058 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1059 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1060 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1061 suggestion from James Troup
1062 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1063 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1064 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1065 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1070 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1073 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1077 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1080 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1081 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1082 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1083 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1084 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1085 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1089 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1092 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1093 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1094 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1095 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1096 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1098 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1099 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1101 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1109 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1110 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1111 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1112 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1113 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1115 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1116 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1117 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1118 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1120 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1121 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1122 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1123 a normal developer may have access.
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1127 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1130 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1131 step all over each other
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1135 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1138 address for PGP key updates
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1142 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1145 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1146 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1147 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1148 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1152 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1155 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1156 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1157 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1158 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1159 <keyring-maint> instead)
1160 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1161 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1163 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1165 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1166 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1167 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1171 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1173 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1174 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1175 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1176 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1177 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1178 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1180 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1181 tighten up the language a bit
1182 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1183 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1184 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1185 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1187 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1188 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1189 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1190 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1191 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1192 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1194 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1195 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1196 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1197 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1198 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1199 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1200 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1201 number of available packages
1202 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1203 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1207 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1214 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * not officially released
1217 * more spelling corrections
1218 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1222 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * not officially released
1225 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1226 * some PGP-centricity removed
1227 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1228 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1229 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1230 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1231 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1232 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1236 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1238 * not officially released
1239 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1240 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1241 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1242 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1243 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1244 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1245 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1246 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1247 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1248 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1249 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1250 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1251 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1252 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1254 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1255 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1257 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1259 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1260 take a couple of weeks
1261 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1262 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1263 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1264 excited about it and can't wait
1265 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1266 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1268 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1269 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1271 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1272 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1273 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1277 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1279 * move to 3-level version number:
1280 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1281 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1282 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1283 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1284 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1287 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1288 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1289 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1291 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1293 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1294 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1295 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1296 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1297 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1298 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1300 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1302 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1303 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1304 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1305 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1306 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1307 - "The CVS server": new section added
1308 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1310 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1311 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1312 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1313 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1314 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1315 with respect to GPG.
1316 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1317 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1318 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1319 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1320 a canonical location?)
1321 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1322 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1323 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1324 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1326 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1328 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1329 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1330 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1331 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1333 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1335 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1338 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1339 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1340 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1341 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1342 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1343 and should not be included in this Reference.
1344 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1345 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1346 maintainer tools only!
1347 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1348 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1349 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1350 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1351 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1352 * Little corrections here and there.
1353 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1354 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1357 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1359 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1362 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1363 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1365 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1366 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1367 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1368 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1369 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1370 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1371 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1372 do prior to uploading
1373 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1374 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1376 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1377 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1378 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1379 duties with respect to bugs
1380 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1381 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1382 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1384 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1385 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1386 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1387 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1388 explicit what is used to build this package
1390 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1392 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1396 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1397 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1398 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1399 * utilize the new URL tag
1400 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1403 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1405 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1407 * non-maintainer release
1408 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1409 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1410 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1411 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1412 text, it can't hurt you.)
1413 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1414 reflect this packages version number
1415 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1417 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1419 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1425 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1427 * New version numbering scheme:
1429 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1430 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1431 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1434 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1435 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1436 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1437 differ between the manuals.
1439 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1440 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1441 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1442 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1444 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1445 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1447 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1449 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1451 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1455 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1456 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1458 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1459 (as requested by James Troup)
1461 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1463 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1465 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1467 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1471 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1473 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1475 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1476 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1477 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1478 the non-maintainer release
1480 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1481 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1482 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1485 - Lots of typos fixed
1487 * Compressed SGML source code
1489 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1490 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1492 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1496 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1499 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1500 - Announcing package uploads
1501 * New section about Debian Mentors
1502 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1503 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1504 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1505 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1509 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1511 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1512 of our FTP server and the development process
1513 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1514 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1515 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1517 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1518 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1519 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1520 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1521 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1522 contacting the maintainer
1523 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1524 a new manual released soon)
1525 * Some minor changes
1526 * Include SGML source in package
1527 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1528 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1532 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1536 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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