1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
15 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
18 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
19 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
20 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
21 release codenames in <literal>
22 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
23 doesn't exist anymore.
24 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
25 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
26 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
27 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
28 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
29 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
30 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
31 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
32 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
33 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
34 team before upload. Closes: #459343
35 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
36 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
37 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
38 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
39 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
40 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
41 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
44 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
46 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
50 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
51 - fix debian/copyright
52 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
53 - add pdf for French version.
54 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
55 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
56 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
57 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
58 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
59 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
60 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
61 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
62 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
64 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
65 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
67 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
69 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
70 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
71 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
72 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
73 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
74 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
76 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
79 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
80 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
81 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
82 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
83 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
84 * Update information concerning Alioth.
85 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
86 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
88 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
89 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
91 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
94 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
96 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
98 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
100 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
101 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
103 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
104 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
105 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
107 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
108 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
109 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
111 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
112 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
113 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
114 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
115 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
116 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
117 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
118 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
119 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
120 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
121 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
122 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
124 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
125 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
126 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
127 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
128 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
129 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
130 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
131 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
132 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
133 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
137 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
139 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
141 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
144 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
145 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
146 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
147 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
148 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
149 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
151 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
153 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
155 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
157 - non-us discontinued.
158 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
160 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
161 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
162 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
163 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
164 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
165 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
166 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
167 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
168 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
169 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
170 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
171 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
172 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
173 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
174 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
175 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
176 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
177 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
179 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
180 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
182 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
185 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
187 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
189 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
192 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
193 - madison is on merkel.
194 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
195 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
196 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
197 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
198 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
199 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
201 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
202 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
203 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
204 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
205 - sync NM rules with reality.
207 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
209 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
211 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
214 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
215 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
216 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
217 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
218 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
219 - spelling, grammer fixes.
220 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
221 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
222 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
223 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
224 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
225 - add myself to uploaders.
226 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
227 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
228 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
229 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
230 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
231 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
232 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
233 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
234 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
235 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
236 - rewrote the NMU section, and
237 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
238 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
239 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
240 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
241 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
242 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
243 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
244 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
246 - Security uploads get urgency=high
247 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
249 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
251 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
253 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
256 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
257 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
258 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
259 - documented Alioth, somewhat
261 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
262 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
264 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
265 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
266 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
267 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
271 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
273 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
274 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
275 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
276 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
281 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
284 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
286 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
287 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
288 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
290 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
291 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
292 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
293 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
296 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
298 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
299 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
300 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
301 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
302 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
304 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
305 it clear these are special cases
306 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
308 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
312 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
315 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
316 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
318 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
322 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
325 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
327 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
328 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
329 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
331 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
332 - the synopsis formula changed to either
333 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
335 <package-name> is <synopsis>
337 <package-name> are <synopsis>
339 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
340 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
341 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
342 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
343 package; closes: #187143
345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
347 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
350 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
351 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
353 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
355 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
356 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
357 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
358 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
359 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
360 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
361 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
362 right places in the document, closes: #172897
363 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
367 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
369 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
370 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
371 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
372 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
373 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
374 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
375 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
377 - editorial changes on material added in this version
378 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
379 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
380 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
381 closes: #139957, #108416
382 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
383 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
387 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
390 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
392 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
393 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
394 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
395 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
397 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
398 for best practices for documentation
399 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
400 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
401 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
402 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
404 - spell-checking pass
406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
408 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
411 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
412 descriptions" moved under there
413 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
414 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
415 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
416 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
417 the document where these tools are discussed
418 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
419 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
420 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
421 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
422 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
423 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
425 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
426 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
427 that can be fixed by DDP folks
428 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
429 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
430 - simply PS and PDF building rules
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
434 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
437 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
438 section and adjusted links
439 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
441 - ChangeLog attribution updates
442 - fix typos, closes: #171781
443 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
444 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
445 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
446 for debian/rules", and write an intro
447 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
448 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
449 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
450 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
451 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
452 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
453 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
454 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
455 "Internationalization"
456 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
457 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
458 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
459 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
460 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
461 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
462 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
463 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
464 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
466 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
467 rather useless and broken
468 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
469 names and the first word
470 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
471 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
472 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
474 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
475 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
476 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
480 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
483 - DDP publishing update
485 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
486 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
487 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
488 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
492 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
495 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
496 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
497 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
499 - added myself as co-author
500 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
502 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
503 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
505 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
506 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
510 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
513 - Corrected several errors with —
514 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
515 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
516 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
517 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
518 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
519 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
520 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
522 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
523 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
524 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
525 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
526 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
527 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
528 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
529 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
530 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
532 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
533 descriptions". closes: #158609
534 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
535 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
536 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
537 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
538 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
540 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
541 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
542 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
543 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
544 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
545 - updated the mailing lists section
547 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
548 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
553 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
556 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
557 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
559 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
561 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
562 Ch "The Debian Archive"
564 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
566 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
567 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
568 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
569 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
570 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
572 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
573 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
574 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
575 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
576 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
577 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
578 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
580 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
581 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
584 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
585 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
586 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
587 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
588 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
589 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
590 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
591 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
592 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
593 work-around with <...>
594 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
595 - update copyright date
596 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
597 - spell check and grammar corrections
601 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
603 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
604 recompile"; closes: #102626
605 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
606 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
607 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
608 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
609 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
611 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
612 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
613 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
615 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
617 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
618 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
619 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
620 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
621 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
622 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
623 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
624 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
625 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
627 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
629 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
631 - updated the list of available architectures.
632 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
633 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
634 of the package and nothing more.
635 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
636 any pain to the ftpmasters.
637 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
638 the use of the delayed queue.
639 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
640 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
642 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
643 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
644 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
645 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
646 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
647 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
648 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
650 - new Sec "Documentation"
651 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
652 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
653 "Being kind to porter" too
654 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
655 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
656 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
657 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
658 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
660 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
661 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
664 - update French translation
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
668 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
671 - some grammar corrections
672 - update French translation
674 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
675 anymore; closes: #135559
676 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
678 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
680 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
681 that would be welcome)
682 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
683 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
684 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
685 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
686 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
687 - other minor wording changes
688 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
689 - Ch "Package uploads":
690 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
691 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
692 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
693 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
694 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
695 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
696 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
700 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
702 * from Martin Michlmayr
703 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
704 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
705 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
707 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
709 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
711 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
713 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
714 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
715 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
718 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
720 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
725 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
728 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
730 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
731 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
732 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
733 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
734 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
735 talking about uploading to distributions
736 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
737 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
738 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
740 - French translation updated
742 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
743 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
744 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
751 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
752 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
757 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
760 * fix a typo in a link
761 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
762 update documentation accordingly
764 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
765 forwarding bugs upstream
767 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
768 entities which should be used
769 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
770 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
772 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
774 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
776 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
777 * French version: completely up-to-date now
778 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
779 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
781 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
788 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
790 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
791 this translation needs updating
792 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
793 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
794 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
796 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
797 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
798 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
800 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
801 included yet, however
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
805 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
807 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
809 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
810 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
812 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
816 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
818 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
819 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
820 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
822 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
826 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
829 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
830 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
831 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
832 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
833 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
834 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
835 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
836 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
837 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
838 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
839 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
840 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
842 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
843 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
844 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
845 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
846 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
848 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
850 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
851 * update copyright notice for 2001
852 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
853 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
854 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
858 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
860 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
862 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
864 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
866 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
868 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
870 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
871 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
873 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
874 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
875 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
876 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
877 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
878 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
879 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
880 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
881 could be used if necessary
882 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
883 mention the rsync dupload method
884 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
886 * other small corrections
887 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
888 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
889 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
890 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
892 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
894 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
895 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
899 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
901 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
902 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
903 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
904 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
906 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
907 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
908 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
909 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
910 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
912 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
914 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
915 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
916 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
917 team (closes: Bug#52906)
918 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
919 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
920 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
922 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
923 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
924 - added a section about the LDAP database
925 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
926 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
928 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
929 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
935 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
936 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
937 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
939 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
940 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
941 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
942 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
943 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
944 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
945 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
946 description from developers-reference.sgml
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
952 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
953 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
955 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
957 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
958 releases are available at archive.debian.org
959 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
960 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
961 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
962 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
963 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
964 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
965 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
966 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
968 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
969 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
970 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
971 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
973 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
974 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
975 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
976 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
977 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
978 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
979 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
980 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
981 suggestion from James Troup
982 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
983 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
984 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
985 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
992 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
993 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
999 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1000 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1001 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1002 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1003 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1004 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1005 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1012 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1013 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1014 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1015 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1016 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1018 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1019 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1021 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1023 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1025 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1029 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1030 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1031 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1032 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1033 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1035 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1036 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1037 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1038 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1040 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1041 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1042 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1043 a normal developer may have access.
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1050 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1051 step all over each other
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1055 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1058 address for PGP key updates
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1062 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1065 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1066 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1067 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1068 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1072 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1075 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1076 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1077 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1078 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1079 <keyring-maint> instead)
1080 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1081 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1083 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1085 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1086 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1087 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1091 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1093 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1094 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1095 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1096 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1097 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1098 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1100 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1101 tighten up the language a bit
1102 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1103 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1104 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1105 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1107 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1108 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1109 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1110 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1111 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1112 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1114 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1115 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1116 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1117 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1118 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1119 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1120 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1121 number of available packages
1122 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1123 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1127 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1134 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * not officially released
1137 * more spelling corrections
1138 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1142 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * not officially released
1145 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1146 * some PGP-centricity removed
1147 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1148 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1149 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1150 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1151 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1152 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1156 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1158 * not officially released
1159 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1160 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1161 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1162 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1163 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1164 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1165 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1166 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1167 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1168 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1169 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1170 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1171 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1172 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1174 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1175 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1177 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1179 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1180 take a couple of weeks
1181 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1182 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1183 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1184 excited about it and can't wait
1185 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1186 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1188 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1189 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1191 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1192 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1193 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1197 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1199 * move to 3-level version number:
1200 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1201 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1202 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1203 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1204 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1207 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1208 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1209 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1211 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1213 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1214 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1215 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1216 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1217 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1218 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1220 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1222 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1223 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1224 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1225 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1226 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1227 - "The CVS server": new section added
1228 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1230 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1231 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1232 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1233 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1234 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1235 with respect to GPG.
1236 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1237 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1238 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1239 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1240 a canonical location?)
1241 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1242 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1243 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1244 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1246 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1248 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1249 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1250 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1251 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1253 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1255 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1258 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1259 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1260 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1261 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1262 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1263 and should not be included in this Reference.
1264 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1265 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1266 maintainer tools only!
1267 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1268 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1269 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1270 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1271 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1272 * Little corrections here and there.
1273 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1274 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1277 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1279 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1282 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1283 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1285 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1286 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1287 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1288 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1289 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1290 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1291 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1292 do prior to uploading
1293 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1294 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1296 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1297 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1298 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1299 duties with respect to bugs
1300 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1301 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1302 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1304 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1305 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1306 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1307 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1308 explicit what is used to build this package
1310 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1312 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1316 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1317 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1318 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1319 * utilize the new URL tag
1320 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1323 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1325 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1327 * non-maintainer release
1328 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1329 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1330 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1331 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1332 text, it can't hurt you.)
1333 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1334 reflect this packages version number
1335 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1337 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1339 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1343 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1345 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1347 * New version numbering scheme:
1349 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1350 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1351 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1354 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1355 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1356 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1357 differ between the manuals.
1359 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1360 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1361 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1362 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1364 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1365 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1367 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1369 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1371 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1375 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1376 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1378 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1379 (as requested by James Troup)
1381 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1383 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1385 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1387 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1391 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1393 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1395 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1396 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1397 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1398 the non-maintainer release
1400 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1401 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1402 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1405 - Lots of typos fixed
1407 * Compressed SGML source code
1409 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1410 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1412 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1414 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1416 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1419 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1420 - Announcing package uploads
1421 * New section about Debian Mentors
1422 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1423 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1424 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1425 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1427 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1429 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1431 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1432 of our FTP server and the development process
1433 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1434 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1435 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1437 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1438 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1439 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1440 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1441 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1442 contacting the maintainer
1443 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1444 a new manual released soon)
1445 * Some minor changes
1446 * Include SGML source in package
1447 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1448 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1452 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1456 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200