1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
16 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
17 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
19 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:10:27 +0200
21 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
28 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
29 The most important changes are:
30 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
31 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
34 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
35 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
36 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
37 distinction. Closes: #464230.
38 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
39 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
40 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
41 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
42 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
43 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
45 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
46 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
48 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
49 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
51 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
52 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
54 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
56 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
57 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
59 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
60 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
61 Closes: #512620, #510783.
63 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
65 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
69 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
70 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
71 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
72 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
73 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
74 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
75 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
77 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
79 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
82 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
83 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
84 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
85 release codenames in <literal>
86 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
87 doesn't exist anymore.
88 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
89 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
90 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
91 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
92 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
93 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
94 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
95 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
96 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
97 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
98 team before upload. Closes: #459343
99 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
100 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
101 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
102 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
103 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
104 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
105 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
107 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
108 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
110 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
111 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
112 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
113 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
114 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
115 Thomas. Closes: #485837
117 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
118 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
120 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
122 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
126 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
127 - fix debian/copyright
128 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
129 - add pdf for French version.
130 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
131 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
132 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
133 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
134 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
135 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
136 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
137 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
138 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
140 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
141 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
143 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
145 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
146 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
147 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
148 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
149 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
150 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
152 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
155 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
156 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
157 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
158 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
159 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
160 * Update information concerning Alioth.
161 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
162 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
164 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
165 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
167 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
170 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
172 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
174 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
176 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
177 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
179 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
180 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
181 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
183 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
184 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
185 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
187 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
188 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
189 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
190 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
191 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
192 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
193 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
194 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
195 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
196 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
197 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
198 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
200 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
201 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
202 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
203 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
204 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
205 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
206 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
207 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
208 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
209 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
213 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
215 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
217 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
220 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
221 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
222 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
223 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
224 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
225 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
227 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
229 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
231 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
233 - non-us discontinued.
234 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
236 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
237 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
238 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
239 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
240 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
241 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
242 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
243 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
244 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
245 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
246 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
247 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
248 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
249 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
250 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
251 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
252 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
253 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
255 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
256 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
258 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
261 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
263 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
265 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
268 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
269 - madison is on merkel.
270 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
271 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
272 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
273 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
274 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
275 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
277 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
278 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
279 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
280 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
281 - sync NM rules with reality.
283 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
285 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
287 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
290 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
291 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
292 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
293 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
294 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
295 - spelling, grammer fixes.
296 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
297 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
298 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
299 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
300 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
301 - add myself to uploaders.
302 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
303 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
304 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
305 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
306 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
307 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
308 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
309 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
310 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
311 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
312 - rewrote the NMU section, and
313 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
314 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
315 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
316 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
317 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
318 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
319 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
320 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
322 - Security uploads get urgency=high
323 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
325 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
327 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
329 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
332 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
333 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
334 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
335 - documented Alioth, somewhat
337 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
338 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
340 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
341 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
342 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
343 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
347 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
349 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
350 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
351 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
352 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
357 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
360 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
362 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
363 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
364 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
366 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
367 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
368 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
369 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
372 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
374 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
375 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
376 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
377 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
378 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
380 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
381 it clear these are special cases
382 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
384 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
388 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
391 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
392 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
394 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
398 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
401 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
403 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
404 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
405 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
407 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
408 - the synopsis formula changed to either
409 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
411 <package-name> is <synopsis>
413 <package-name> are <synopsis>
415 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
416 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
417 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
418 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
419 package; closes: #187143
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
423 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
426 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
427 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
429 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
431 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
432 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
433 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
434 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
435 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
436 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
437 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
438 right places in the document, closes: #172897
439 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
443 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
445 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
446 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
447 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
448 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
449 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
450 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
451 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
453 - editorial changes on material added in this version
454 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
455 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
456 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
457 closes: #139957, #108416
458 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
459 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
463 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
466 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
468 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
469 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
470 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
471 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
473 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
474 for best practices for documentation
475 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
476 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
477 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
478 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
480 - spell-checking pass
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
484 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
487 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
488 descriptions" moved under there
489 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
490 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
491 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
492 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
493 the document where these tools are discussed
494 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
495 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
496 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
497 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
498 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
499 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
501 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
502 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
503 that can be fixed by DDP folks
504 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
505 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
506 - simply PS and PDF building rules
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
510 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
513 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
514 section and adjusted links
515 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
517 - ChangeLog attribution updates
518 - fix typos, closes: #171781
519 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
520 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
521 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
522 for debian/rules", and write an intro
523 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
524 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
525 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
526 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
527 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
528 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
529 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
530 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
531 "Internationalization"
532 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
533 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
534 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
535 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
536 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
537 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
538 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
539 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
540 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
542 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
543 rather useless and broken
544 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
545 names and the first word
546 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
547 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
548 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
550 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
551 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
552 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
556 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
559 - DDP publishing update
561 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
562 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
563 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
564 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
568 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
571 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
572 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
573 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
575 - added myself as co-author
576 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
578 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
579 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
581 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
582 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
586 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
589 - Corrected several errors with —
590 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
591 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
592 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
593 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
594 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
595 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
596 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
598 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
599 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
600 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
601 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
602 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
603 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
604 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
605 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
606 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
608 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
609 descriptions". closes: #158609
610 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
611 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
612 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
613 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
614 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
616 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
617 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
618 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
619 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
620 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
621 - updated the mailing lists section
623 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
624 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
629 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
632 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
633 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
635 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
637 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
638 Ch "The Debian Archive"
640 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
642 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
643 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
644 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
645 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
646 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
648 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
649 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
650 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
651 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
652 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
653 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
654 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
656 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
657 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
660 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
661 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
662 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
663 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
664 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
665 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
666 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
667 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
668 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
669 work-around with <...>
670 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
671 - update copyright date
672 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
673 - spell check and grammar corrections
677 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
679 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
680 recompile"; closes: #102626
681 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
682 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
683 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
684 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
685 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
687 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
688 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
689 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
691 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
693 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
694 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
695 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
696 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
697 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
698 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
699 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
700 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
701 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
703 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
705 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
707 - updated the list of available architectures.
708 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
709 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
710 of the package and nothing more.
711 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
712 any pain to the ftpmasters.
713 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
714 the use of the delayed queue.
715 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
716 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
718 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
719 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
720 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
721 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
722 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
723 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
724 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
726 - new Sec "Documentation"
727 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
728 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
729 "Being kind to porter" too
730 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
731 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
732 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
733 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
734 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
736 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
737 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
740 - update French translation
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
744 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
747 - some grammar corrections
748 - update French translation
750 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
751 anymore; closes: #135559
752 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
754 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
756 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
757 that would be welcome)
758 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
759 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
760 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
761 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
762 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
763 - other minor wording changes
764 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
765 - Ch "Package uploads":
766 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
767 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
768 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
769 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
770 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
771 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
772 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
776 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 * from Martin Michlmayr
779 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
780 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
781 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
783 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
785 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
787 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
789 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
790 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
791 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
794 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
796 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
801 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
804 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
806 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
807 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
808 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
809 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
810 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
811 talking about uploading to distributions
812 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
813 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
814 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
816 - French translation updated
818 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
819 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
820 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
827 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
828 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
836 * fix a typo in a link
837 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
838 update documentation accordingly
840 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
841 forwarding bugs upstream
843 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
844 entities which should be used
845 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
846 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
852 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
853 * French version: completely up-to-date now
854 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
855 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
857 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
862 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
864 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
866 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
867 this translation needs updating
868 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
869 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
870 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
872 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
873 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
874 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
876 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
877 included yet, however
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
883 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
885 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
886 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
888 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
892 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
894 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
895 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
896 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
898 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
902 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
905 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
906 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
907 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
908 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
909 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
910 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
911 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
912 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
913 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
914 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
915 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
916 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
918 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
919 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
920 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
921 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
922 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
924 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
926 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
927 * update copyright notice for 2001
928 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
929 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
930 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
934 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
936 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
938 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
940 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
944 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
947 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
949 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
950 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
951 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
952 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
953 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
954 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
955 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
956 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
957 could be used if necessary
958 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
959 mention the rsync dupload method
960 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
962 * other small corrections
963 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
964 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
965 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
966 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
968 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
970 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
971 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
975 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
977 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
978 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
979 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
980 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
982 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
983 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
984 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
985 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
986 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
988 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
990 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
991 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
992 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
993 team (closes: Bug#52906)
994 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
995 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
996 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
998 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
999 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1000 - added a section about the LDAP database
1001 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1002 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1004 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1005 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1012 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1013 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1015 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1016 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1017 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1018 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1019 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1020 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1021 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1022 description from developers-reference.sgml
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1029 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1031 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1033 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1034 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1035 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1036 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1037 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1038 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1039 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1040 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1041 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1042 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1044 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1045 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1046 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1047 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1049 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1050 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1051 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1052 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1053 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1054 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1055 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1056 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1057 suggestion from James Troup
1058 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1059 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1060 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1061 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1066 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1069 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1076 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1077 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1078 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1079 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1080 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1081 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1085 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1088 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1089 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1090 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1091 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1092 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1094 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1095 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1097 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1099 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1101 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1105 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1106 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1107 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1108 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1109 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1111 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1112 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1113 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1114 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1116 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1117 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1118 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1119 a normal developer may have access.
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1123 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1126 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1127 step all over each other
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1131 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1134 address for PGP key updates
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1138 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1141 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1142 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1143 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1144 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1148 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1151 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1152 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1153 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1154 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1155 <keyring-maint> instead)
1156 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1157 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1159 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1161 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1162 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1163 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1167 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1169 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1170 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1171 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1172 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1173 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1174 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1176 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1177 tighten up the language a bit
1178 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1179 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1180 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1181 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1183 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1184 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1185 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1186 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1187 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1188 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1190 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1191 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1192 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1193 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1194 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1195 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1196 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1197 number of available packages
1198 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1199 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1203 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1210 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * not officially released
1213 * more spelling corrections
1214 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1218 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * not officially released
1221 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1222 * some PGP-centricity removed
1223 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1224 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1225 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1226 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1227 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1228 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1232 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1234 * not officially released
1235 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1236 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1237 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1238 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1239 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1240 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1241 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1242 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1243 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1244 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1245 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1246 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1247 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1248 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1250 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1251 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1253 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1255 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1256 take a couple of weeks
1257 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1258 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1259 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1260 excited about it and can't wait
1261 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1262 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1264 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1265 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1267 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1268 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1269 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1273 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1275 * move to 3-level version number:
1276 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1277 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1278 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1279 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1280 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1283 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1284 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1285 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1287 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1289 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1290 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1291 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1292 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1293 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1294 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1296 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1298 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1299 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1300 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1301 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1302 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1303 - "The CVS server": new section added
1304 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1306 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1307 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1308 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1309 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1310 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1311 with respect to GPG.
1312 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1313 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1314 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1315 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1316 a canonical location?)
1317 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1318 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1319 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1320 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1322 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1324 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1325 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1326 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1327 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1329 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1331 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1334 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1335 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1336 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1337 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1338 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1339 and should not be included in this Reference.
1340 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1341 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1342 maintainer tools only!
1343 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1344 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1345 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1346 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1347 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1348 * Little corrections here and there.
1349 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1350 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1353 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1355 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1358 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1359 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1361 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1362 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1363 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1364 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1365 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1366 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1367 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1368 do prior to uploading
1369 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1370 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1372 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1373 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1374 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1375 duties with respect to bugs
1376 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1377 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1378 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1380 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1381 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1382 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1383 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1384 explicit what is used to build this package
1386 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1388 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1392 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1393 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1394 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1395 * utilize the new URL tag
1396 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1399 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1401 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1403 * non-maintainer release
1404 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1405 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1406 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1407 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1408 text, it can't hurt you.)
1409 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1410 reflect this packages version number
1411 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1413 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1415 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1419 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1421 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1423 * New version numbering scheme:
1425 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1426 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1427 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1430 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1431 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1432 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1433 differ between the manuals.
1435 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1436 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1437 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1438 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1440 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1441 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1443 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1447 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1451 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1452 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1454 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1455 (as requested by James Troup)
1457 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1459 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1463 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1467 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1469 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1471 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1472 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1473 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1474 the non-maintainer release
1476 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1477 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1478 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1481 - Lots of typos fixed
1483 * Compressed SGML source code
1485 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1486 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1488 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1490 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1492 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1494 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1495 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1496 - Announcing package uploads
1497 * New section about Debian Mentors
1498 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1499 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1500 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1501 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1505 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1508 of our FTP server and the development process
1509 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1510 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1511 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1513 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1514 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1515 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1516 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1517 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1518 contacting the maintainer
1519 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1520 a new manual released soon)
1521 * Some minor changes
1522 * Include SGML source in package
1523 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1524 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1528 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1532 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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