1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
29 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
30 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
31 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
33 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
34 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
35 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
36 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
37 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
38 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
42 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
44 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
46 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
49 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
50 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
51 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
52 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
53 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
54 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
56 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
58 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
60 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
62 - non-us discontinued.
63 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
65 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
66 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
67 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
68 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
69 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
70 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
71 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
72 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
73 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
74 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
75 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
76 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
77 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
78 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
79 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
80 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
81 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
82 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
84 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
85 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
87 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
90 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
92 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
94 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
97 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
98 - madison is on merkel.
99 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
100 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
101 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
102 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
103 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
104 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
106 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
107 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
108 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
109 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
110 - sync NM rules with reality.
112 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
114 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
116 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
119 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
120 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
121 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
122 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
123 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
124 - spelling, grammer fixes.
125 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
126 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
127 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
128 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
129 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
130 - add myself to uploaders.
131 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
132 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
133 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
134 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
135 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
136 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
137 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
138 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
139 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
140 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
141 - rewrote the NMU section, and
142 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
143 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
144 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
145 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
146 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
147 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
148 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
149 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
151 - Security uploads get urgency=high
152 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
154 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
156 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
158 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
161 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
162 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
163 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
164 - documented Alioth, somewhat
166 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
167 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
169 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
170 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
171 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
172 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
176 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
178 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
179 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
180 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
181 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
186 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
189 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
191 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
192 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
193 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
195 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
196 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
197 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
198 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
201 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
203 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
204 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
205 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
206 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
207 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
209 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
210 it clear these are special cases
211 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
213 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
217 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
220 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
221 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
223 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
227 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
230 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
232 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
233 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
234 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
236 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
237 - the synopsis formula changed to either
238 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
240 <package-name> is <synopsis>
242 <package-name> are <synopsis>
244 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
245 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
246 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
247 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
248 package; closes: #187143
250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
252 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
255 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
256 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
258 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
260 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
261 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
262 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
263 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
264 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
265 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
266 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
267 right places in the document, closes: #172897
268 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
272 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
274 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
275 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
276 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
277 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
278 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
279 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
280 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
282 - editorial changes on material added in this version
283 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
284 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
285 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
286 closes: #139957, #108416
287 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
288 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
292 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
295 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
297 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
298 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
299 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
300 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
302 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
303 for best practices for documentation
304 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
305 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
306 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
307 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
309 - spell-checking pass
311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
313 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
316 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
317 descriptions" moved under there
318 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
319 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
320 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
321 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
322 the document where these tools are discussed
323 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
324 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
325 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
326 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
327 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
328 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
330 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
331 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
332 that can be fixed by DDP folks
333 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
334 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
335 - simply PS and PDF building rules
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
339 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
342 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
343 section and adjusted links
344 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
346 - ChangeLog attribution updates
347 - fix typos, closes: #171781
348 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
349 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
350 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
351 for debian/rules", and write an intro
352 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
353 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
354 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
355 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
356 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
357 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
358 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
359 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
360 "Internationalization"
361 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
362 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
363 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
364 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
365 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
366 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
367 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
368 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
369 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
371 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
372 rather useless and broken
373 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
374 names and the first word
375 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
376 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
377 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
379 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
380 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
381 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
385 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
388 - DDP publishing update
390 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
391 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
392 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
393 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
397 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
400 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
401 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
402 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
404 - added myself as co-author
405 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
407 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
408 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
410 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
411 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
415 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
418 - Corrected several errors with —
419 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
420 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
421 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
422 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
423 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
424 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
425 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
427 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
428 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
429 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
430 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
431 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
432 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
433 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
434 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
435 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
437 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
438 descriptions". closes: #158609
439 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
440 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
441 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
442 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
443 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
445 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
446 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
447 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
448 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
449 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
450 - updated the mailing lists section
452 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
453 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
458 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
461 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
462 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
464 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
466 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
467 Ch "The Debian Archive"
469 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
471 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
472 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
473 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
474 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
475 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
477 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
478 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
479 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
480 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
481 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
482 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
483 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
485 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
486 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
489 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
490 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
491 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
492 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
493 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
494 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
495 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
496 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
497 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
498 work-around with <...>
499 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
500 - update copyright date
501 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
502 - spell check and grammar corrections
506 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
508 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
509 recompile"; closes: #102626
510 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
511 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
512 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
513 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
514 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
516 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
517 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
518 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
520 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
522 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
523 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
524 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
525 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
526 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
527 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
528 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
529 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
530 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
532 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
534 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
536 - updated the list of available architectures.
537 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
538 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
539 of the package and nothing more.
540 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
541 any pain to the ftpmasters.
542 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
543 the use of the delayed queue.
544 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
545 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
547 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
548 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
549 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
550 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
551 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
552 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
553 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
555 - new Sec "Documentation"
556 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
557 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
558 "Being kind to porter" too
559 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
560 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
561 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
562 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
563 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
565 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
566 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
569 - update French translation
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
573 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
576 - some grammar corrections
577 - update French translation
579 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
580 anymore; closes: #135559
581 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
583 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
585 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
586 that would be welcome)
587 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
588 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
589 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
590 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
591 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
592 - other minor wording changes
593 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
594 - Ch "Package uploads":
595 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
596 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
597 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
598 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
599 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
600 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
601 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
605 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
607 * from Martin Michlmayr
608 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
609 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
610 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
612 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
614 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
616 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
618 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
619 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
620 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
623 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
625 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
628 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
630 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
633 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
635 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
636 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
637 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
638 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
639 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
640 talking about uploading to distributions
641 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
642 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
643 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
645 - French translation updated
647 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
648 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
649 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
653 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
656 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
657 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
665 * fix a typo in a link
666 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
667 update documentation accordingly
669 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
670 forwarding bugs upstream
672 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
673 entities which should be used
674 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
675 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
679 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
681 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
682 * French version: completely up-to-date now
683 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
684 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
686 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
691 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
693 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
695 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
696 this translation needs updating
697 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
698 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
699 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
701 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
702 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
703 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
705 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
706 included yet, however
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
712 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
714 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
715 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
717 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
721 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
723 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
724 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
725 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
727 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
729 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
731 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
734 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
735 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
736 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
737 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
738 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
739 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
740 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
741 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
742 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
743 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
744 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
745 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
747 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
748 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
749 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
750 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
751 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
753 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
755 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
756 * update copyright notice for 2001
757 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
758 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
759 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
763 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
765 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
767 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
769 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
773 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
776 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
778 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
779 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
780 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
781 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
782 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
783 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
784 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
785 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
786 could be used if necessary
787 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
788 mention the rsync dupload method
789 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
791 * other small corrections
792 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
793 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
794 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
795 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
797 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
799 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
800 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
804 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
806 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
807 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
808 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
809 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
811 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
812 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
813 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
814 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
815 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
817 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
819 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
820 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
821 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
822 team (closes: Bug#52906)
823 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
824 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
825 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
827 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
828 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
829 - added a section about the LDAP database
830 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
831 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
833 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
834 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
841 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
842 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
844 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
845 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
846 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
847 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
848 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
849 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
850 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
851 description from developers-reference.sgml
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
855 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
857 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
858 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
860 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
862 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
863 releases are available at archive.debian.org
864 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
865 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
866 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
867 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
868 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
869 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
870 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
871 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
873 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
874 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
875 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
876 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
878 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
879 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
880 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
881 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
882 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
883 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
884 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
885 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
886 suggestion from James Troup
887 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
888 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
889 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
890 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
897 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
898 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
902 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
904 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
905 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
906 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
907 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
908 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
909 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
910 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
917 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
918 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
919 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
920 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
921 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
923 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
924 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
926 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
930 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
934 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
935 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
936 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
937 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
938 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
940 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
941 with intro; demoted server sections under that
942 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
943 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
945 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
946 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
947 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
948 a normal developer may have access.
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
954 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
955 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
956 step all over each other
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
960 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
962 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
963 address for PGP key updates
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
970 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
971 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
972 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
973 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
977 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
979 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
980 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
981 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
982 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
983 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
984 <keyring-maint> instead)
985 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
986 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
988 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
990 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
991 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
992 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
996 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
998 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
999 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1000 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1001 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1002 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1003 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1005 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1006 tighten up the language a bit
1007 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1008 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1009 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1010 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1012 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1013 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1014 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1015 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1016 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1017 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1019 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1020 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1021 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1022 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1023 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1024 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1025 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1026 number of available packages
1027 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1028 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1032 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * not officially released
1042 * more spelling corrections
1043 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1047 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * not officially released
1050 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1051 * some PGP-centricity removed
1052 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1053 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1054 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1055 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1056 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1057 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1061 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1063 * not officially released
1064 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1065 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1066 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1067 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1068 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1069 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1070 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1071 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1072 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1073 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1074 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1075 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1076 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1077 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1079 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1080 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1082 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1084 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1085 take a couple of weeks
1086 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1087 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1088 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1089 excited about it and can't wait
1090 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1091 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1093 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1094 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1096 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1097 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1098 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1102 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1104 * move to 3-level version number:
1105 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1106 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1107 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1108 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1109 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1112 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1113 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1114 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1116 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1118 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1119 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1120 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1121 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1122 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1123 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1125 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1127 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1128 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1129 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1130 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1131 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1132 - "The CVS server": new section added
1133 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1135 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1136 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1137 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1138 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1139 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1140 with respect to GPG.
1141 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1142 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1143 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1144 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1145 a canonical location?)
1146 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1147 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1148 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1149 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1151 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1153 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1154 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1155 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1156 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1158 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1160 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1163 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1164 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1165 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1166 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1167 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1168 and should not be included in this Reference.
1169 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1170 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1171 maintainer tools only!
1172 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1173 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1174 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1175 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1176 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1177 * Little corrections here and there.
1178 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1179 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1182 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1187 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1188 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1190 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1191 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1192 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1193 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1194 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1195 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1196 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1197 do prior to uploading
1198 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1199 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1201 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1202 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1203 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1204 duties with respect to bugs
1205 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1206 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1207 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1209 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1210 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1211 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1212 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1213 explicit what is used to build this package
1215 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1217 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1221 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1222 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1223 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1224 * utilize the new URL tag
1225 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1228 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1230 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1232 * non-maintainer release
1233 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1234 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1235 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1236 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1237 text, it can't hurt you.)
1238 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1239 reflect this packages version number
1240 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1242 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1248 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1250 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1252 * New version numbering scheme:
1254 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1255 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1256 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1259 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1260 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1261 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1262 differ between the manuals.
1264 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1265 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1266 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1267 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1269 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1270 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1272 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1274 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1276 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1280 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1281 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1283 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1284 (as requested by James Troup)
1286 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1288 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1290 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1292 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1296 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1298 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1300 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1301 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1302 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1303 the non-maintainer release
1305 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1306 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1307 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1310 - Lots of typos fixed
1312 * Compressed SGML source code
1314 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1315 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1317 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1319 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1321 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1324 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1325 - Announcing package uploads
1326 * New section about Debian Mentors
1327 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1328 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1329 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1330 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1332 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1334 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1336 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1337 of our FTP server and the development process
1338 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1339 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1340 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1342 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1343 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1344 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1345 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1346 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1347 contacting the maintainer
1348 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1349 a new manual released soon)
1350 * Some minor changes
1351 * Include SGML source in package
1352 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1353 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1357 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200