1 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
4 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
7 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:40:21 +0200
9 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
11 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
12 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
13 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
14 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
15 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
16 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
17 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
18 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
19 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
20 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
21 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
22 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
23 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
24 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
25 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
26 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
27 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
28 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
29 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
30 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
31 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
32 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
34 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
36 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
43 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
44 The most important changes are:
45 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
46 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
49 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
50 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
51 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
52 distinction. Closes: #464230.
53 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
54 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
55 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
56 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
57 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
58 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
60 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
61 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
63 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
64 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
66 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
67 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
69 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
71 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
72 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
74 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
75 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
76 Closes: #512620, #510783.
78 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
80 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
84 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
85 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
86 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
87 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
88 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
89 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
90 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
92 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
94 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
97 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
98 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
99 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
100 release codenames in <literal>
101 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
102 doesn't exist anymore.
103 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
104 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
105 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
106 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
107 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
108 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
109 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
110 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
111 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
112 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
113 team before upload. Closes: #459343
114 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
115 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
116 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
117 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
118 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
119 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
120 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
122 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
123 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
125 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
126 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
127 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
128 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
129 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
130 Thomas. Closes: #485837
132 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
133 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
135 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
137 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
141 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
142 - fix debian/copyright
143 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
144 - add pdf for French version.
145 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
146 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
147 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
148 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
149 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
150 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
151 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
152 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
153 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
155 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
156 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
158 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
160 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
161 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
162 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
163 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
164 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
165 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
167 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
170 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
171 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
172 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
173 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
174 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
175 * Update information concerning Alioth.
176 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
177 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
179 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
180 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
182 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
185 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
187 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
189 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
191 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
192 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
194 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
195 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
196 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
198 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
199 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
200 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
202 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
203 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
204 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
205 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
206 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
207 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
208 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
209 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
210 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
211 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
212 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
213 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
215 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
216 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
217 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
218 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
219 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
220 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
221 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
222 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
223 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
224 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
228 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
230 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
232 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
235 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
236 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
237 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
238 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
239 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
240 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
242 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
244 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
246 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
248 - non-us discontinued.
249 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
251 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
252 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
253 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
254 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
255 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
256 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
257 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
258 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
259 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
260 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
261 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
262 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
263 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
264 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
265 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
266 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
267 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
268 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
270 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
271 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
273 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
276 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
278 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
280 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
283 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
284 - madison is on merkel.
285 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
286 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
287 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
288 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
289 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
290 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
292 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
293 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
294 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
295 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
296 - sync NM rules with reality.
298 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
300 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
302 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
305 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
306 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
307 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
308 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
309 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
310 - spelling, grammer fixes.
311 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
312 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
313 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
314 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
315 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
316 - add myself to uploaders.
317 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
318 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
319 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
320 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
321 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
322 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
323 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
324 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
325 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
326 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
327 - rewrote the NMU section, and
328 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
329 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
330 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
331 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
332 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
333 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
334 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
335 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
337 - Security uploads get urgency=high
338 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
340 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
342 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
344 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
347 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
348 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
349 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
350 - documented Alioth, somewhat
352 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
353 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
355 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
356 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
357 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
358 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
362 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
364 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
365 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
366 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
367 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
372 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
375 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
377 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
378 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
379 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
381 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
382 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
383 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
384 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
387 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
389 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
390 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
391 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
392 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
393 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
395 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
396 it clear these are special cases
397 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
399 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
403 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
406 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
407 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
409 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
411 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
413 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
416 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
418 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
419 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
420 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
422 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
423 - the synopsis formula changed to either
424 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
426 <package-name> is <synopsis>
428 <package-name> are <synopsis>
430 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
431 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
432 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
433 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
434 package; closes: #187143
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
438 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
441 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
442 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
444 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
446 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
447 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
448 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
449 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
450 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
451 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
452 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
453 right places in the document, closes: #172897
454 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
458 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
460 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
461 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
462 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
463 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
464 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
465 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
466 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
468 - editorial changes on material added in this version
469 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
470 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
471 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
472 closes: #139957, #108416
473 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
474 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
478 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
481 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
483 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
484 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
485 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
486 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
488 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
489 for best practices for documentation
490 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
491 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
492 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
493 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
495 - spell-checking pass
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
499 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
502 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
503 descriptions" moved under there
504 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
505 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
506 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
507 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
508 the document where these tools are discussed
509 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
510 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
511 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
512 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
513 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
514 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
516 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
517 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
518 that can be fixed by DDP folks
519 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
520 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
521 - simply PS and PDF building rules
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
525 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
528 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
529 section and adjusted links
530 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
532 - ChangeLog attribution updates
533 - fix typos, closes: #171781
534 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
535 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
536 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
537 for debian/rules", and write an intro
538 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
539 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
540 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
541 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
542 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
543 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
544 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
545 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
546 "Internationalization"
547 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
548 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
549 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
550 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
551 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
552 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
553 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
554 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
555 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
557 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
558 rather useless and broken
559 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
560 names and the first word
561 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
562 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
563 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
565 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
566 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
567 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
571 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
574 - DDP publishing update
576 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
577 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
578 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
579 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
583 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
586 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
587 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
588 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
590 - added myself as co-author
591 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
593 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
594 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
596 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
597 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
601 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
604 - Corrected several errors with —
605 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
606 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
607 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
608 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
609 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
610 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
611 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
613 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
614 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
615 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
616 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
617 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
618 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
619 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
620 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
621 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
623 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
624 descriptions". closes: #158609
625 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
626 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
627 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
628 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
629 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
631 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
632 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
633 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
634 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
635 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
636 - updated the mailing lists section
638 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
639 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
644 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
647 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
648 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
650 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
652 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
653 Ch "The Debian Archive"
655 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
657 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
658 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
659 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
660 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
661 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
663 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
664 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
665 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
666 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
667 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
668 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
669 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
671 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
672 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
675 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
676 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
677 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
678 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
679 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
680 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
681 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
682 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
683 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
684 work-around with <...>
685 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
686 - update copyright date
687 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
688 - spell check and grammar corrections
692 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
694 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
695 recompile"; closes: #102626
696 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
697 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
698 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
699 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
700 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
702 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
703 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
704 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
706 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
708 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
709 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
710 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
711 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
712 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
713 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
714 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
715 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
716 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
718 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
720 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
722 - updated the list of available architectures.
723 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
724 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
725 of the package and nothing more.
726 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
727 any pain to the ftpmasters.
728 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
729 the use of the delayed queue.
730 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
731 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
733 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
734 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
735 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
736 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
737 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
738 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
739 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
741 - new Sec "Documentation"
742 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
743 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
744 "Being kind to porter" too
745 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
746 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
747 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
748 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
749 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
751 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
752 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
755 - update French translation
757 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
759 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
762 - some grammar corrections
763 - update French translation
765 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
766 anymore; closes: #135559
767 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
769 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
771 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
772 that would be welcome)
773 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
774 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
775 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
776 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
777 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
778 - other minor wording changes
779 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
780 - Ch "Package uploads":
781 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
782 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
783 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
784 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
785 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
786 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
787 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
791 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
793 * from Martin Michlmayr
794 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
795 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
796 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
798 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
800 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
802 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
804 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
805 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
806 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
809 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
811 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
816 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
819 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
821 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
822 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
823 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
824 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
825 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
826 talking about uploading to distributions
827 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
828 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
829 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
831 - French translation updated
833 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
834 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
835 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
839 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
842 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
843 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
848 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
851 * fix a typo in a link
852 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
853 update documentation accordingly
855 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
856 forwarding bugs upstream
858 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
859 entities which should be used
860 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
861 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
863 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
865 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
867 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
868 * French version: completely up-to-date now
869 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
870 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
872 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
877 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
879 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
881 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
882 this translation needs updating
883 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
884 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
885 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
887 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
888 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
889 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
891 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
892 included yet, however
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
896 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
898 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
900 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
901 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
903 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
907 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
909 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
910 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
911 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
913 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
917 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
920 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
921 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
922 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
923 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
924 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
925 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
926 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
927 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
928 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
929 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
930 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
931 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
933 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
934 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
935 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
936 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
937 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
939 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
941 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
942 * update copyright notice for 2001
943 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
944 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
945 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
949 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
951 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
953 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
955 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
962 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
964 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
965 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
966 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
967 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
968 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
969 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
970 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
971 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
972 could be used if necessary
973 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
974 mention the rsync dupload method
975 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
977 * other small corrections
978 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
979 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
980 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
981 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
983 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
985 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
986 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
992 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
993 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
994 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
995 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
997 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
998 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
999 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1000 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1001 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1003 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1005 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1006 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1007 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1008 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1009 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1010 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1011 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1013 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1014 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1015 - added a section about the LDAP database
1016 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1017 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1019 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1020 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1027 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1028 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1030 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1031 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1032 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1033 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1034 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1035 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1036 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1037 description from developers-reference.sgml
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1044 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1046 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1048 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1049 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1050 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1051 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1052 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1053 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1054 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1055 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1056 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1057 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1059 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1060 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1061 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1062 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1064 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1065 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1066 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1067 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1068 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1069 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1070 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1071 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1072 suggestion from James Troup
1073 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1074 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1075 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1076 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1081 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1084 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1088 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1091 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1092 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1093 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1094 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1095 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1096 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1103 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1104 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1105 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1106 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1107 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1109 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1110 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1112 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1116 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1120 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1121 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1122 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1123 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1124 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1126 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1127 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1128 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1129 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1131 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1132 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1133 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1134 a normal developer may have access.
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1138 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1141 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1142 step all over each other
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1149 address for PGP key updates
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1156 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1157 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1158 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1159 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1161 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1163 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1166 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1167 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1168 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1169 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1170 <keyring-maint> instead)
1171 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1172 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1174 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1176 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1177 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1178 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1182 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1184 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1185 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1186 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1187 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1188 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1189 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1191 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1192 tighten up the language a bit
1193 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1194 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1195 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1196 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1198 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1199 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1200 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1201 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1202 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1203 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1205 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1206 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1207 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1208 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1209 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1210 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1211 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1212 number of available packages
1213 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1214 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1218 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1225 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * not officially released
1228 * more spelling corrections
1229 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1233 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * not officially released
1236 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1237 * some PGP-centricity removed
1238 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1239 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1240 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1241 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1242 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1243 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1247 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1249 * not officially released
1250 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1251 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1252 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1253 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1254 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1255 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1256 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1257 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1258 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1259 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1260 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1261 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1262 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1263 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1265 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1266 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1268 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1270 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1271 take a couple of weeks
1272 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1273 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1274 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1275 excited about it and can't wait
1276 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1277 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1279 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1280 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1282 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1283 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1284 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1288 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1290 * move to 3-level version number:
1291 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1292 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1293 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1294 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1295 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1298 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1299 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1300 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1302 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1304 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1305 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1306 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1307 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1308 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1309 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1311 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1313 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1314 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1315 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1316 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1317 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1318 - "The CVS server": new section added
1319 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1321 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1322 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1323 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1324 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1325 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1326 with respect to GPG.
1327 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1328 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1329 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1330 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1331 a canonical location?)
1332 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1333 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1334 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1335 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1337 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1339 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1340 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1341 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1342 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1344 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1346 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1349 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1350 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1351 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1352 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1353 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1354 and should not be included in this Reference.
1355 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1356 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1357 maintainer tools only!
1358 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1359 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1360 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1361 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1362 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1363 * Little corrections here and there.
1364 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1365 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1368 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1370 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1373 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1374 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1376 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1377 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1378 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1379 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1380 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1381 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1382 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1383 do prior to uploading
1384 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1385 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1387 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1388 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1389 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1390 duties with respect to bugs
1391 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1392 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1393 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1395 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1396 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1397 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1398 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1399 explicit what is used to build this package
1401 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1403 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1407 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1408 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1409 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1410 * utilize the new URL tag
1411 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1414 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1416 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1418 * non-maintainer release
1419 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1420 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1421 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1422 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1423 text, it can't hurt you.)
1424 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1425 reflect this packages version number
1426 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1428 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1430 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1434 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1436 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1438 * New version numbering scheme:
1440 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1441 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1442 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1445 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1446 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1447 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1448 differ between the manuals.
1450 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1451 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1452 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1453 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1455 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1456 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1458 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1462 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1466 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1467 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1469 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1470 (as requested by James Troup)
1472 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1474 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1478 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1482 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1484 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1486 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1487 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1488 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1489 the non-maintainer release
1491 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1492 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1493 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1496 - Lots of typos fixed
1498 * Compressed SGML source code
1500 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1501 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1503 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1507 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1510 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1511 - Announcing package uploads
1512 * New section about Debian Mentors
1513 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1514 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1515 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1516 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1520 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1523 of our FTP server and the development process
1524 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1525 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1526 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1528 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1529 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1530 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1531 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1532 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1533 contacting the maintainer
1534 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1535 a new manual released soon)
1536 * Some minor changes
1537 * Include SGML source in package
1538 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1539 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1541 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1543 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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