1 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403.
6 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> UNRELEASED
8 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
11 - Corrected several errors with —
12 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
13 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
14 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
15 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
16 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
17 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
18 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
20 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
21 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
22 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
23 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
24 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
25 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
26 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
27 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
28 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
30 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
31 descriptions". closes: #158609
32 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
33 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
34 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
35 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
36 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
38 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
39 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
40 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
41 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
42 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
43 - updated the mailing lists section
45 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
46 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
51 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
54 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
55 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
57 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
59 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
60 Ch "The Debian Archive"
62 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
64 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
65 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
66 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
67 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
68 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
70 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
71 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
72 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
73 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
74 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
75 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
76 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
78 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
79 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
82 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
83 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
84 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
85 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
86 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
87 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
88 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
89 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
90 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
91 work-around with <...>
92 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
93 - update copyright date
94 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
95 - spell check and grammar corrections
99 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
101 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
102 recompile"; closes: #102626
103 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
104 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
105 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
106 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
107 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
109 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
110 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
111 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
113 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
115 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
116 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
117 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
118 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
119 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
120 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
121 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
122 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
123 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
125 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
127 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
129 - updated the list of available architectures.
130 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
131 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
132 of the package and nothing more.
133 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
134 any pain to the ftpmasters.
135 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
136 the use of the delayed queue.
137 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
138 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
140 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
141 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
142 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
143 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
144 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
145 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
146 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
148 - new Sec "Documentation"
149 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
150 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
151 "Being kind to porter" too
152 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
153 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
154 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
155 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
156 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
158 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
159 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
162 - update French translation
164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
166 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
169 - some grammar corrections
170 - update French translation
172 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
173 anymore; closes: #135559
174 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
176 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
178 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
179 that would be welcome)
180 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
181 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
182 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
183 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
184 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
185 - other minor wording changes
186 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
187 - Ch "Package uploads":
188 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
189 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
190 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
191 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
192 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
193 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
194 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
198 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 * from Martin Michlmayr
201 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
202 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
203 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
205 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
207 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
209 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
211 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
212 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
213 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
216 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
218 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
223 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
226 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
228 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
229 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
230 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
231 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
232 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
233 talking about uploading to distributions
234 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
235 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
236 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
238 - French translation updated
240 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
241 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
242 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
246 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
249 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
250 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
255 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
258 * fix a typo in a link
259 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
260 update documentation accordingly
262 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
263 forwarding bugs upstream
265 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
266 entities which should be used
267 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
268 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
272 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
274 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
275 * French version: completely up-to-date now
276 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
277 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
279 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
284 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
286 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
288 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
289 this translation needs updating
290 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
291 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
292 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
294 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
295 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
296 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
298 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
299 included yet, however
301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
303 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
305 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
307 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
308 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
310 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
314 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
316 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
317 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
318 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
320 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
324 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
327 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
328 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
329 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
330 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
331 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
332 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
333 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
334 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
335 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
336 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
337 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
338 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
340 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
341 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
342 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
343 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
344 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
346 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
348 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
349 * update copyright notice for 2001
350 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
351 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
352 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
356 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
360 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
362 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
366 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
368 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
369 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
371 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
372 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
373 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
374 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
375 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
376 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
377 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
378 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
379 could be used if necessary
380 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
381 mention the rsync dupload method
382 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
384 * other small corrections
385 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
386 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
387 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
388 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
390 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
392 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
393 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
397 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
399 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
400 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
401 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
402 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
404 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
405 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
406 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
407 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
408 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
410 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
412 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
413 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
414 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
415 team (closes: Bug#52906)
416 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
417 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
418 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
420 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
421 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
422 - added a section about the LDAP database
423 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
424 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
426 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
427 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
431 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
434 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
435 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
437 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
438 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
439 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
440 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
441 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
442 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
443 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
444 description from developers-reference.sgml
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
448 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
451 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
453 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
455 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
456 releases are available at archive.debian.org
457 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
458 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
459 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
460 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
461 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
462 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
463 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
464 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
466 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
467 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
468 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
469 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
471 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
472 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
473 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
474 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
475 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
476 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
477 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
478 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
479 suggestion from James Troup
480 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
481 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
482 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
483 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
488 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
490 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
491 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
497 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
498 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
499 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
500 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
501 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
502 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
503 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
505 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
507 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
510 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
511 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
512 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
513 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
514 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
516 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
517 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
519 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
523 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
527 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
528 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
529 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
530 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
531 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
533 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
534 with intro; demoted server sections under that
535 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
536 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
538 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
539 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
540 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
541 a normal developer may have access.
543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
545 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
547 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
548 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
549 step all over each other
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
555 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
556 address for PGP key updates
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
560 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
562 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
563 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
564 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
565 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
566 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
570 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
572 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
573 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
574 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
575 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
576 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
577 <keyring-maint> instead)
578 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
579 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
581 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
583 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
584 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
585 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
589 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
591 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
592 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
593 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
594 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
595 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
596 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
598 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
599 tighten up the language a bit
600 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
601 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
602 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
603 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
605 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
606 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
607 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
608 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
609 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
610 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
612 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
613 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
614 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
615 about how to depart Debian gracefully
616 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
617 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
618 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
619 number of available packages
620 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
621 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
625 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
627 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
630 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
632 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
634 * not officially released
635 * more spelling corrections
636 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
640 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
642 * not officially released
643 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
644 * some PGP-centricity removed
645 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
646 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
647 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
648 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
649 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
650 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
654 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
656 * not officially released
657 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
658 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
659 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
660 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
661 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
662 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
663 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
664 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
665 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
666 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
667 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
668 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
669 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
670 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
672 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
673 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
675 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
677 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
678 take a couple of weeks
679 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
680 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
681 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
682 excited about it and can't wait
683 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
684 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
686 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
687 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
689 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
690 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
691 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
695 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
697 * move to 3-level version number:
698 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
699 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
700 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
701 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
702 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
705 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
706 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
707 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
709 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
711 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
712 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
713 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
714 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
715 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
716 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
718 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
720 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
721 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
722 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
723 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
724 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
725 - "The CVS server": new section added
726 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
728 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
729 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
730 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
731 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
732 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
734 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
735 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
736 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
737 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
738 a canonical location?)
739 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
740 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
741 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
742 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
744 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
746 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
747 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
748 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
749 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
751 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
753 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
755 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
756 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
757 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
758 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
759 them. (closes Bug#26948)
760 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
761 and should not be included in this Reference.
762 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
763 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
764 maintainer tools only!
765 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
766 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
767 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
768 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
769 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
770 * Little corrections here and there.
771 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
772 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
775 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
779 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
780 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
781 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
783 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
784 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
785 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
786 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
787 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
788 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
789 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
790 do prior to uploading
791 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
792 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
794 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
795 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
796 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
797 duties with respect to bugs
798 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
799 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
800 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
802 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
803 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
804 * grammar and markup changes throughout
805 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
806 explicit what is used to build this package
808 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
813 * version number and date are automatically populated now
814 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
815 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
816 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
817 * utilize the new URL tag
818 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
821 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
823 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
825 * non-maintainer release
826 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
827 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
828 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
829 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
830 text, it can't hurt you.)
831 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
832 reflect this packages version number
833 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
835 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
841 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
843 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
845 * New version numbering scheme:
847 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
848 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
849 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
852 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
853 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
854 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
855 differ between the manuals.
857 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
858 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
859 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
860 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
862 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
863 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
865 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
867 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
869 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
871 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
873 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
874 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
876 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
877 (as requested by James Troup)
879 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
881 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
883 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
885 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
889 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
891 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
893 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
894 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
895 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
896 the non-maintainer release
898 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
899 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
900 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
903 - Lots of typos fixed
905 * Compressed SGML source code
907 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
908 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
910 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
912 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
914 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
917 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
918 - Announcing package uploads
919 * New section about Debian Mentors
920 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
921 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
922 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
923 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
925 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
927 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
929 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
930 of our FTP server and the development process
931 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
932 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
933 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
935 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
936 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
937 debian-devel before they are uploaded
938 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
939 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
940 contacting the maintainer
941 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
942 a new manual released soon)
944 * Include SGML source in package
945 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
946 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
948 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
950 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
954 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200