1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
29 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
31 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
34 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
35 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
36 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
37 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
38 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
39 * Update information concerning Alioth.
40 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
42 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
44 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
46 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
48 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
49 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
51 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
52 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
53 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
55 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
56 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
57 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
59 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
60 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
61 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
62 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
63 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
64 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
65 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
66 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
67 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
68 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
69 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
70 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
72 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
73 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
74 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
75 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
76 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
77 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
78 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
79 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
80 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
81 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
85 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
87 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
89 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
92 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
93 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
94 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
95 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
96 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
97 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
99 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
101 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
103 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
105 - non-us discontinued.
106 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
108 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
109 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
110 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
111 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
112 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
113 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
114 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
115 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
116 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
117 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
118 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
119 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
120 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
121 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
122 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
123 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
124 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
125 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
127 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
128 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
130 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
133 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
135 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
137 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
140 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
141 - madison is on merkel.
142 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
143 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
144 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
145 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
146 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
147 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
149 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
150 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
151 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
152 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
153 - sync NM rules with reality.
155 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
157 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
159 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
162 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
163 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
164 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
165 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
166 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
167 - spelling, grammer fixes.
168 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
169 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
170 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
171 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
172 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
173 - add myself to uploaders.
174 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
175 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
176 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
177 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
178 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
179 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
180 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
181 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
182 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
183 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
184 - rewrote the NMU section, and
185 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
186 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
187 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
188 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
189 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
190 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
191 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
192 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
194 - Security uploads get urgency=high
195 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
197 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
199 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
201 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
204 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
205 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
206 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
207 - documented Alioth, somewhat
209 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
210 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
212 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
213 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
214 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
215 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
219 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
221 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
222 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
223 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
224 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
227 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
229 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
232 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
234 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
235 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
236 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
238 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
239 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
240 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
241 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
244 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
246 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
247 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
248 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
249 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
250 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
252 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
253 it clear these are special cases
254 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
256 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
260 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
263 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
264 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
266 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
270 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
273 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
275 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
276 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
277 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
279 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
280 - the synopsis formula changed to either
281 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
283 <package-name> is <synopsis>
285 <package-name> are <synopsis>
287 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
288 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
289 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
290 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
291 package; closes: #187143
293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
295 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
298 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
299 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
301 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
303 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
304 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
305 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
306 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
307 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
308 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
309 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
310 right places in the document, closes: #172897
311 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
315 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
317 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
318 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
319 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
320 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
321 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
322 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
323 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
325 - editorial changes on material added in this version
326 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
327 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
328 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
329 closes: #139957, #108416
330 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
331 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
333 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
335 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
338 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
340 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
341 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
342 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
343 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
345 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
346 for best practices for documentation
347 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
348 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
349 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
350 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
352 - spell-checking pass
354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
356 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
359 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
360 descriptions" moved under there
361 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
362 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
363 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
364 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
365 the document where these tools are discussed
366 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
367 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
368 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
369 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
370 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
371 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
373 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
374 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
375 that can be fixed by DDP folks
376 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
377 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
378 - simply PS and PDF building rules
380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
382 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
385 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
386 section and adjusted links
387 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
389 - ChangeLog attribution updates
390 - fix typos, closes: #171781
391 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
392 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
393 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
394 for debian/rules", and write an intro
395 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
396 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
397 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
398 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
399 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
400 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
401 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
402 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
403 "Internationalization"
404 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
405 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
406 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
407 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
408 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
409 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
410 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
411 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
412 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
414 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
415 rather useless and broken
416 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
417 names and the first word
418 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
419 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
420 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
422 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
423 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
424 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
428 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
431 - DDP publishing update
433 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
434 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
435 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
436 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
440 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
443 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
444 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
445 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
447 - added myself as co-author
448 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
450 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
451 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
453 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
454 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
458 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
461 - Corrected several errors with —
462 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
463 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
464 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
465 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
466 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
467 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
468 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
470 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
471 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
472 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
473 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
474 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
475 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
476 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
477 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
478 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
480 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
481 descriptions". closes: #158609
482 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
483 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
484 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
485 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
486 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
488 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
489 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
490 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
491 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
492 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
493 - updated the mailing lists section
495 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
496 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
501 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
504 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
505 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
507 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
509 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
510 Ch "The Debian Archive"
512 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
514 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
515 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
516 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
517 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
518 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
520 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
521 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
522 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
523 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
524 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
525 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
526 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
528 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
529 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
532 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
533 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
534 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
535 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
536 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
537 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
538 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
539 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
540 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
541 work-around with <...>
542 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
543 - update copyright date
544 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
545 - spell check and grammar corrections
549 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
551 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
552 recompile"; closes: #102626
553 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
554 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
555 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
556 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
557 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
559 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
560 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
561 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
563 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
565 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
566 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
567 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
568 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
569 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
570 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
571 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
572 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
573 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
575 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
577 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
579 - updated the list of available architectures.
580 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
581 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
582 of the package and nothing more.
583 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
584 any pain to the ftpmasters.
585 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
586 the use of the delayed queue.
587 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
588 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
590 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
591 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
592 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
593 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
594 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
595 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
596 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
598 - new Sec "Documentation"
599 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
600 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
601 "Being kind to porter" too
602 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
603 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
604 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
605 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
606 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
608 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
609 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
612 - update French translation
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
616 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
619 - some grammar corrections
620 - update French translation
622 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
623 anymore; closes: #135559
624 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
626 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
628 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
629 that would be welcome)
630 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
631 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
632 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
633 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
634 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
635 - other minor wording changes
636 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
637 - Ch "Package uploads":
638 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
639 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
640 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
641 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
642 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
643 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
644 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
648 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
650 * from Martin Michlmayr
651 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
652 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
653 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
655 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
657 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
659 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
661 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
662 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
663 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
666 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
668 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
673 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
676 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
678 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
679 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
680 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
681 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
682 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
683 talking about uploading to distributions
684 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
685 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
686 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
688 - French translation updated
690 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
691 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
692 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
696 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
699 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
700 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
705 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
708 * fix a typo in a link
709 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
710 update documentation accordingly
712 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
713 forwarding bugs upstream
715 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
716 entities which should be used
717 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
718 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
720 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
722 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
724 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
725 * French version: completely up-to-date now
726 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
727 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
729 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
734 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
736 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
738 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
739 this translation needs updating
740 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
741 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
742 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
744 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
745 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
746 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
748 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
749 included yet, however
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
753 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
755 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
757 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
758 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
760 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
764 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
766 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
767 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
768 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
770 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
772 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
774 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
777 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
778 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
779 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
780 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
781 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
782 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
783 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
784 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
785 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
786 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
787 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
788 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
790 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
791 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
792 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
793 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
794 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
796 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
798 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
799 * update copyright notice for 2001
800 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
801 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
802 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
806 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
808 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
810 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
812 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
816 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
819 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
821 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
822 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
823 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
824 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
825 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
826 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
827 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
828 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
829 could be used if necessary
830 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
831 mention the rsync dupload method
832 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
834 * other small corrections
835 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
836 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
837 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
838 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
840 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
842 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
843 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
849 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
850 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
851 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
852 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
854 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
855 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
856 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
857 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
858 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
860 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
862 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
863 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
864 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
865 team (closes: Bug#52906)
866 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
867 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
868 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
870 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
871 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
872 - added a section about the LDAP database
873 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
874 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
876 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
877 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
884 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
885 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
887 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
888 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
889 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
890 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
891 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
892 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
893 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
894 description from developers-reference.sgml
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
898 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
900 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
901 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
903 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
905 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
906 releases are available at archive.debian.org
907 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
908 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
909 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
910 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
911 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
912 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
913 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
914 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
916 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
917 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
918 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
919 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
921 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
922 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
923 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
924 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
925 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
926 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
927 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
928 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
929 suggestion from James Troup
930 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
931 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
932 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
933 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
940 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
941 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
947 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
948 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
949 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
950 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
951 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
952 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
953 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
957 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
960 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
961 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
962 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
963 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
964 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
966 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
967 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
969 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
973 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
977 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
978 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
979 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
980 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
981 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
983 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
984 with intro; demoted server sections under that
985 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
986 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
988 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
989 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
990 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
991 a normal developer may have access.
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
995 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
997 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
998 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
999 step all over each other
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1006 address for PGP key updates
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1010 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1013 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1014 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1015 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1016 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1020 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1023 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1024 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1025 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1026 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1027 <keyring-maint> instead)
1028 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1029 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1031 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1033 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1034 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1035 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1041 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1042 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1043 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1044 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1045 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1046 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1048 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1049 tighten up the language a bit
1050 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1051 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1052 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1053 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1055 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1056 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1057 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1058 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1059 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1060 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1062 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1063 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1064 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1065 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1066 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1067 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1068 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1069 number of available packages
1070 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1071 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1075 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1082 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * not officially released
1085 * more spelling corrections
1086 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1090 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * not officially released
1093 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1094 * some PGP-centricity removed
1095 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1096 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1097 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1098 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1099 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1100 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1104 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1106 * not officially released
1107 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1108 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1109 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1110 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1111 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1112 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1113 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1114 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1115 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1116 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1117 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1118 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1119 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1120 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1122 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1123 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1125 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1127 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1128 take a couple of weeks
1129 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1130 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1131 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1132 excited about it and can't wait
1133 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1134 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1136 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1137 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1139 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1140 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1141 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1145 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1147 * move to 3-level version number:
1148 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1149 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1150 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1151 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1152 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1155 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1156 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1157 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1159 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1161 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1162 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1163 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1164 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1165 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1166 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1168 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1170 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1171 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1172 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1173 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1174 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1175 - "The CVS server": new section added
1176 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1178 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1179 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1180 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1181 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1182 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1183 with respect to GPG.
1184 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1185 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1186 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1187 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1188 a canonical location?)
1189 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1190 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1191 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1192 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1194 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1196 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1197 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1198 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1199 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1201 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1203 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1206 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1207 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1208 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1209 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1210 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1211 and should not be included in this Reference.
1212 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1213 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1214 maintainer tools only!
1215 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1216 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1217 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1218 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1219 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1220 * Little corrections here and there.
1221 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1222 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1225 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1227 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1230 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1231 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1233 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1234 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1235 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1236 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1237 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1238 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1239 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1240 do prior to uploading
1241 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1242 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1244 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1245 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1246 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1247 duties with respect to bugs
1248 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1249 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1250 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1252 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1253 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1254 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1255 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1256 explicit what is used to build this package
1258 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1260 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1264 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1265 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1266 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1267 * utilize the new URL tag
1268 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1271 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1273 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1275 * non-maintainer release
1276 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1277 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1278 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1279 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1280 text, it can't hurt you.)
1281 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1282 reflect this packages version number
1283 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1285 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1291 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1293 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1295 * New version numbering scheme:
1297 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1298 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1299 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1302 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1303 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1304 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1305 differ between the manuals.
1307 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1308 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1309 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1310 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1312 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1313 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1315 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1317 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1319 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1323 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1324 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1326 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1327 (as requested by James Troup)
1329 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1331 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1335 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1339 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1341 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1343 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1344 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1345 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1346 the non-maintainer release
1348 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1349 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1350 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1353 - Lots of typos fixed
1355 * Compressed SGML source code
1357 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1358 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1360 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1364 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1367 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1368 - Announcing package uploads
1369 * New section about Debian Mentors
1370 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1371 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1372 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1373 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1377 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1380 of our FTP server and the development process
1381 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1382 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1383 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1385 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1386 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1387 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1388 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1389 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1390 contacting the maintainer
1391 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1392 a new manual released soon)
1393 * Some minor changes
1394 * Include SGML source in package
1395 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1396 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1398 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1400 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1404 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200