1 developers-reference (3.4.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
5 version tracking removed that requirement.
8 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
9 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
10 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
11 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
12 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
13 needed. Closes: #619990
14 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
15 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
18 * Initial German translation.
21 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
23 -- David Prévot <david@tilapin.org> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:32:29 -0400
25 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
29 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
32 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
33 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
34 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
35 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
36 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
37 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
38 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
39 patch. Closes: #540231
40 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
41 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
42 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
43 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
44 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
45 for the patch. Closes: #548823
46 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
47 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
48 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
49 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
50 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
51 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
52 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
53 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
54 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
55 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
56 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
57 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
58 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
59 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
61 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
62 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
63 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
65 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
66 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
67 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
68 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
69 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
71 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
73 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
74 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
75 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
76 patch. Closes: #573110
77 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
79 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
80 multi-lines substitution variables.
83 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
84 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
85 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
86 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
87 * Activate Japanese package.
88 * Handle addendum if it exists.
90 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
92 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
95 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
97 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
99 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
101 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
102 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
104 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
106 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
109 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
110 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
111 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
112 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
113 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
114 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
115 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
116 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
117 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
118 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
119 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
120 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
121 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
122 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
123 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
124 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
125 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
126 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
127 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
128 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
129 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
131 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
133 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
136 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
140 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
141 The most important changes are:
142 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
143 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
146 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
147 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
148 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
149 distinction. Closes: #464230.
150 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
151 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
152 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
153 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
154 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
155 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
157 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
158 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
160 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
161 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
163 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
164 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
166 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
168 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
169 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
171 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
172 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
173 Closes: #512620, #510783.
175 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
177 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
181 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
182 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
183 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
184 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
185 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
186 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
187 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
189 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
191 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
194 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
195 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
196 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
197 release codenames in <literal>
198 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
199 doesn't exist anymore.
200 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
201 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
202 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
203 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
204 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
205 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
206 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
207 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
208 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
209 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
210 team before upload. Closes: #459343
211 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
212 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
213 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
214 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
215 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
216 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
217 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
219 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
220 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
222 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
223 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
224 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
225 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
226 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
227 Thomas. Closes: #485837
229 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
230 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
232 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
234 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
238 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
239 - fix debian/copyright
240 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
241 - add pdf for French version.
242 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
243 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
244 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
245 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
246 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
247 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
248 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
249 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
250 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
252 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
253 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
255 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
257 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
258 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
259 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
260 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
261 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
262 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
264 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
267 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
268 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
269 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
270 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
271 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
272 * Update information concerning Alioth.
273 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
274 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
276 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
277 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
279 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
282 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
284 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
286 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
288 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
289 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
291 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
292 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
293 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
295 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
296 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
297 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
299 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
300 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
301 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
302 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
303 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
304 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
305 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
306 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
307 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
308 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
309 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
310 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
312 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
313 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
314 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
315 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
316 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
317 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
318 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
319 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
320 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
321 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
325 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
327 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
329 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
332 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
333 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
334 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
335 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
336 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
337 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
339 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
341 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
343 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
345 - non-us discontinued.
346 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
348 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
349 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
350 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
351 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
352 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
353 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
354 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
355 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
356 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
357 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
358 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
359 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
360 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
361 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
362 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
363 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
364 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
365 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
367 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
368 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
370 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
373 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
375 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
377 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
380 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
381 - madison is on merkel.
382 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
383 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
384 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
385 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
386 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
387 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
389 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
390 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
391 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
392 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
393 - sync NM rules with reality.
395 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
397 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
399 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
402 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
403 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
404 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
405 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
406 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
407 - spelling, grammer fixes.
408 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
409 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
410 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
411 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
412 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
413 - add myself to uploaders.
414 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
415 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
416 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
417 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
418 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
419 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
420 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
421 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
422 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
423 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
424 - rewrote the NMU section, and
425 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
426 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
427 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
428 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
429 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
430 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
431 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
432 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
434 - Security uploads get urgency=high
435 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
437 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
439 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
441 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
444 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
445 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
446 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
447 - documented Alioth, somewhat
449 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
450 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
452 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
453 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
454 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
455 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
459 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
461 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
462 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
463 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
464 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
469 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
472 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
474 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
475 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
476 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
478 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
479 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
480 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
481 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
484 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
486 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
487 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
488 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
489 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
490 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
492 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
493 it clear these are special cases
494 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
496 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
500 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
503 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
504 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
506 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
510 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
513 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
515 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
516 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
517 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
519 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
520 - the synopsis formula changed to either
521 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
523 <package-name> is <synopsis>
525 <package-name> are <synopsis>
527 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
528 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
529 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
530 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
531 package; closes: #187143
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
535 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
538 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
539 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
541 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
543 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
544 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
545 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
546 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
547 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
548 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
549 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
550 right places in the document, closes: #172897
551 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
555 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
557 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
558 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
559 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
560 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
561 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
562 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
563 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
565 - editorial changes on material added in this version
566 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
567 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
568 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
569 closes: #139957, #108416
570 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
571 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
575 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
578 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
580 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
581 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
582 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
583 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
585 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
586 for best practices for documentation
587 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
588 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
589 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
590 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
592 - spell-checking pass
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
596 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
599 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
600 descriptions" moved under there
601 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
602 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
603 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
604 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
605 the document where these tools are discussed
606 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
607 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
608 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
609 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
610 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
611 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
613 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
614 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
615 that can be fixed by DDP folks
616 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
617 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
618 - simply PS and PDF building rules
620 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
622 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
625 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
626 section and adjusted links
627 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
629 - ChangeLog attribution updates
630 - fix typos, closes: #171781
631 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
632 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
633 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
634 for debian/rules", and write an intro
635 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
636 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
637 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
638 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
639 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
640 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
641 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
642 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
643 "Internationalization"
644 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
645 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
646 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
647 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
648 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
649 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
650 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
651 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
652 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
654 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
655 rather useless and broken
656 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
657 names and the first word
658 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
659 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
660 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
662 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
663 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
664 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
668 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
671 - DDP publishing update
673 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
674 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
675 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
676 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
680 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
683 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
684 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
685 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
687 - added myself as co-author
688 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
690 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
691 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
693 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
694 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
698 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
701 - Corrected several errors with —
702 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
703 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
704 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
705 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
706 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
707 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
708 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
710 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
711 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
712 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
713 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
714 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
715 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
716 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
717 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
718 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
720 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
721 descriptions". closes: #158609
722 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
723 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
724 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
725 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
726 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
728 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
729 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
730 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
731 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
732 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
733 - updated the mailing lists section
735 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
736 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
741 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
744 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
745 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
747 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
749 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
750 Ch "The Debian Archive"
752 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
754 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
755 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
756 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
757 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
758 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
760 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
761 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
762 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
763 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
764 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
765 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
766 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
768 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
769 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
772 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
773 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
774 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
775 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
776 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
777 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
778 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
779 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
780 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
781 work-around with <...>
782 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
783 - update copyright date
784 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
785 - spell check and grammar corrections
789 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
791 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
792 recompile"; closes: #102626
793 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
794 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
795 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
796 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
797 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
799 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
800 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
801 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
803 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
805 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
806 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
807 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
808 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
809 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
810 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
811 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
812 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
813 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
815 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
817 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
819 - updated the list of available architectures.
820 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
821 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
822 of the package and nothing more.
823 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
824 any pain to the ftpmasters.
825 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
826 the use of the delayed queue.
827 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
828 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
830 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
831 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
832 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
833 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
834 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
835 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
836 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
838 - new Sec "Documentation"
839 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
840 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
841 "Being kind to porter" too
842 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
843 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
844 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
845 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
846 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
848 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
849 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
852 - update French translation
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
856 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
859 - some grammar corrections
860 - update French translation
862 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
863 anymore; closes: #135559
864 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
866 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
868 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
869 that would be welcome)
870 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
871 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
872 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
873 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
874 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
875 - other minor wording changes
876 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
877 - Ch "Package uploads":
878 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
879 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
880 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
881 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
882 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
883 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
884 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
888 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 * from Martin Michlmayr
891 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
892 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
893 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
895 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
897 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
899 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
901 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
902 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
903 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
906 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
908 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
913 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
916 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
918 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
919 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
920 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
921 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
922 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
923 talking about uploading to distributions
924 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
925 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
926 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
928 - French translation updated
930 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
931 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
932 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
936 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
939 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
940 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
948 * fix a typo in a link
949 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
950 update documentation accordingly
952 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
953 forwarding bugs upstream
955 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
956 entities which should be used
957 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
958 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
962 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
964 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
965 * French version: completely up-to-date now
966 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
967 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
969 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
974 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
976 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
978 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
979 this translation needs updating
980 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
981 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
982 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
984 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
985 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
986 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
988 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
989 included yet, however
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
993 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
995 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
997 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
998 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1000 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1004 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1007 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1008 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1010 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1017 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1018 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1019 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1020 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1021 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1022 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1023 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1024 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1025 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1026 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1027 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1028 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1030 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1031 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1032 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1033 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1034 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1036 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1038 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1039 * update copyright notice for 2001
1040 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1041 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1042 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1044 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1046 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1050 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1052 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1054 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1056 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1059 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1061 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1062 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1063 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1064 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1065 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1066 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1067 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1068 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1069 could be used if necessary
1070 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1071 mention the rsync dupload method
1072 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1074 * other small corrections
1075 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1076 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1077 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1078 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1080 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1082 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1083 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1089 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1090 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1091 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1092 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1094 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1095 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1096 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1097 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1098 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1100 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1102 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1103 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1104 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1105 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1106 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1107 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1108 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1110 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1111 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1112 - added a section about the LDAP database
1113 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1114 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1116 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1117 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1121 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1124 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1125 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1127 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1128 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1129 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1130 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1131 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1132 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1133 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1134 description from developers-reference.sgml
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1138 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1141 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1143 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1145 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1146 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1147 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1148 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1149 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1150 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1151 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1152 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1153 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1154 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1156 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1157 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1158 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1159 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1161 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1162 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1163 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1164 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1165 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1166 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1167 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1168 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1169 suggestion from James Troup
1170 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1171 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1172 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1173 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1181 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1185 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1188 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1189 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1190 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1191 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1192 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1193 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1197 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1200 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1201 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1202 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1203 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1204 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1206 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1207 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1209 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1217 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1218 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1219 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1220 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1221 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1223 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1224 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1225 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1226 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1228 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1229 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1230 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1231 a normal developer may have access.
1233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1235 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1237 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1238 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1239 step all over each other
1241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1243 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1246 address for PGP key updates
1248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1250 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1253 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1254 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1255 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1256 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1260 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1263 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1264 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1265 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1266 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1267 <keyring-maint> instead)
1268 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1269 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1271 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1273 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1274 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1275 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1279 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1281 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1282 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1283 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1284 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1285 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1286 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1288 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1289 tighten up the language a bit
1290 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1291 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1292 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1293 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1295 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1296 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1297 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1298 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1299 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1300 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1302 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1303 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1304 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1305 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1306 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1307 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1308 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1309 number of available packages
1310 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1311 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1315 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1322 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1324 * not officially released
1325 * more spelling corrections
1326 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1330 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * not officially released
1333 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1334 * some PGP-centricity removed
1335 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1336 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1337 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1338 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1339 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1340 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1342 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1344 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1346 * not officially released
1347 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1348 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1349 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1350 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1351 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1352 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1353 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1354 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1355 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1356 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1357 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1358 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1359 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1360 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1362 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1363 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1365 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1367 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1368 take a couple of weeks
1369 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1370 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1371 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1372 excited about it and can't wait
1373 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1374 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1376 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1377 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1379 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1380 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1381 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1385 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1387 * move to 3-level version number:
1388 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1389 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1390 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1391 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1392 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1395 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1396 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1397 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1399 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1401 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1402 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1403 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1404 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1405 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1406 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1408 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1410 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1411 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1412 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1413 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1414 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1415 - "The CVS server": new section added
1416 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1418 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1419 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1420 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1421 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1422 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1423 with respect to GPG.
1424 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1425 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1426 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1427 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1428 a canonical location?)
1429 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1430 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1431 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1432 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1434 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1436 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1437 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1438 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1439 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1441 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1443 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1445 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1446 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1447 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1448 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1449 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1450 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1451 and should not be included in this Reference.
1452 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1453 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1454 maintainer tools only!
1455 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1456 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1457 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1458 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1459 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1460 * Little corrections here and there.
1461 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1462 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1465 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1467 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1470 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1471 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1473 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1474 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1475 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1476 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1477 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1478 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1479 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1480 do prior to uploading
1481 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1482 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1484 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1485 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1486 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1487 duties with respect to bugs
1488 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1489 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1490 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1492 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1493 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1494 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1495 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1496 explicit what is used to build this package
1498 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1500 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1503 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1504 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1505 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1506 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1507 * utilize the new URL tag
1508 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1511 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1513 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1515 * non-maintainer release
1516 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1517 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1518 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1519 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1520 text, it can't hurt you.)
1521 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1522 reflect this packages version number
1523 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1525 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1527 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1533 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1535 * New version numbering scheme:
1537 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1538 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1539 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1542 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1543 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1544 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1545 differ between the manuals.
1547 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1548 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1549 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1550 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1552 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1553 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1555 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1559 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1563 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1564 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1566 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1567 (as requested by James Troup)
1569 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1571 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1575 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1579 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1581 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1583 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1584 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1585 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1586 the non-maintainer release
1588 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1589 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1590 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1593 - Lots of typos fixed
1595 * Compressed SGML source code
1597 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1598 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1600 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1602 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1604 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1606 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1607 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1608 - Announcing package uploads
1609 * New section about Debian Mentors
1610 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1611 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1612 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1613 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1617 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1620 of our FTP server and the development process
1621 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1622 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1623 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1625 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1626 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1627 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1628 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1629 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1630 contacting the maintainer
1631 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1632 a new manual released soon)
1633 * Some minor changes
1634 * Include SGML source in package
1635 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1636 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1640 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1644 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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