1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
45 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
47 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
50 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
52 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
54 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
56 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
57 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
59 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
61 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
64 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
65 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
66 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
67 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
68 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
69 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
70 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
71 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
72 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
73 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
74 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
75 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
76 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
77 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
78 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
79 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
80 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
81 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
82 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
83 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
84 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
86 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
88 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
95 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
96 The most important changes are:
97 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
98 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
101 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
102 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
103 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
104 distinction. Closes: #464230.
105 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
106 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
107 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
108 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
109 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
110 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
112 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
113 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
115 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
116 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
118 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
119 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
121 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
123 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
124 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
126 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
127 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
128 Closes: #512620, #510783.
130 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
132 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
136 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
137 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
138 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
139 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
140 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
141 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
142 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
144 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
146 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
149 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
150 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
151 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
152 release codenames in <literal>
153 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
154 doesn't exist anymore.
155 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
156 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
157 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
158 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
159 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
160 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
161 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
162 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
163 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
164 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
165 team before upload. Closes: #459343
166 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
167 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
168 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
169 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
170 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
171 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
172 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
174 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
175 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
177 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
178 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
179 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
180 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
181 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
182 Thomas. Closes: #485837
184 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
185 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
187 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
189 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
193 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
194 - fix debian/copyright
195 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
196 - add pdf for French version.
197 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
198 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
199 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
200 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
201 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
202 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
203 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
204 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
205 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
207 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
208 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
210 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
212 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
213 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
214 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
215 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
216 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
217 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
219 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
222 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
223 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
224 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
225 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
226 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
227 * Update information concerning Alioth.
228 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
229 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
231 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
232 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
234 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
237 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
239 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
241 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
243 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
244 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
246 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
247 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
248 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
250 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
251 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
252 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
254 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
255 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
256 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
257 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
258 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
259 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
260 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
261 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
262 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
263 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
264 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
265 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
267 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
268 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
269 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
270 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
271 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
272 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
273 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
274 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
275 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
276 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
280 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
282 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
284 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
287 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
288 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
289 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
290 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
291 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
292 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
294 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
296 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
298 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
300 - non-us discontinued.
301 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
303 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
304 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
305 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
306 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
307 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
308 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
309 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
310 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
311 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
312 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
313 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
314 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
315 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
316 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
317 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
318 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
319 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
320 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
322 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
323 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
325 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
328 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
330 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
332 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
335 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
336 - madison is on merkel.
337 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
338 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
339 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
340 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
341 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
342 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
344 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
345 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
346 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
347 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
348 - sync NM rules with reality.
350 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
352 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
354 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
357 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
358 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
359 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
360 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
361 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
362 - spelling, grammer fixes.
363 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
364 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
365 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
366 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
367 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
368 - add myself to uploaders.
369 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
370 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
371 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
372 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
373 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
374 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
375 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
376 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
377 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
378 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
379 - rewrote the NMU section, and
380 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
381 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
382 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
383 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
384 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
385 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
386 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
387 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
389 - Security uploads get urgency=high
390 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
392 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
394 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
396 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
399 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
400 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
401 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
402 - documented Alioth, somewhat
404 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
405 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
407 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
408 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
409 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
410 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
414 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
416 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
417 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
418 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
419 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
424 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
427 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
429 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
430 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
431 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
433 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
434 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
435 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
436 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
439 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
441 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
442 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
443 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
444 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
445 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
447 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
448 it clear these are special cases
449 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
451 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
455 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
458 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
459 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
461 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
465 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
468 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
470 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
471 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
472 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
474 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
475 - the synopsis formula changed to either
476 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
478 <package-name> is <synopsis>
480 <package-name> are <synopsis>
482 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
483 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
484 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
485 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
486 package; closes: #187143
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
490 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
493 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
494 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
496 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
498 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
499 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
500 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
501 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
502 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
503 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
504 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
505 right places in the document, closes: #172897
506 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
510 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
512 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
513 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
514 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
515 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
516 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
517 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
518 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
520 - editorial changes on material added in this version
521 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
522 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
523 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
524 closes: #139957, #108416
525 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
526 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
530 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
533 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
535 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
536 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
537 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
538 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
540 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
541 for best practices for documentation
542 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
543 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
544 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
545 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
547 - spell-checking pass
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
551 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
554 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
555 descriptions" moved under there
556 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
557 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
558 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
559 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
560 the document where these tools are discussed
561 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
562 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
563 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
564 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
565 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
566 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
568 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
569 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
570 that can be fixed by DDP folks
571 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
572 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
573 - simply PS and PDF building rules
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
577 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
580 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
581 section and adjusted links
582 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
584 - ChangeLog attribution updates
585 - fix typos, closes: #171781
586 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
587 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
588 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
589 for debian/rules", and write an intro
590 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
591 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
592 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
593 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
594 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
595 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
596 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
597 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
598 "Internationalization"
599 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
600 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
601 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
602 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
603 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
604 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
605 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
606 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
607 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
609 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
610 rather useless and broken
611 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
612 names and the first word
613 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
614 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
615 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
617 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
618 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
619 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
623 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
626 - DDP publishing update
628 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
629 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
630 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
631 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
635 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
638 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
639 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
640 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
642 - added myself as co-author
643 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
645 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
646 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
648 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
649 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
653 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 - Corrected several errors with —
657 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
658 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
659 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
660 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
661 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
662 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
663 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
665 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
666 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
667 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
668 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
669 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
670 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
671 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
672 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
673 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
675 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
676 descriptions". closes: #158609
677 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
678 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
679 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
680 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
681 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
683 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
684 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
685 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
686 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
687 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
688 - updated the mailing lists section
690 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
691 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
696 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
699 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
700 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
702 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
704 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
705 Ch "The Debian Archive"
707 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
709 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
710 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
711 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
712 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
713 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
715 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
716 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
717 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
718 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
719 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
720 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
721 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
723 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
724 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
727 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
728 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
729 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
730 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
731 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
732 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
733 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
734 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
735 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
736 work-around with <...>
737 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
738 - update copyright date
739 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
740 - spell check and grammar corrections
744 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
746 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
747 recompile"; closes: #102626
748 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
749 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
750 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
751 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
752 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
754 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
755 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
756 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
758 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
760 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
761 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
762 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
763 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
764 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
765 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
766 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
767 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
768 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
770 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
772 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
774 - updated the list of available architectures.
775 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
776 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
777 of the package and nothing more.
778 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
779 any pain to the ftpmasters.
780 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
781 the use of the delayed queue.
782 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
783 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
785 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
786 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
787 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
788 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
789 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
790 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
791 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
793 - new Sec "Documentation"
794 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
795 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
796 "Being kind to porter" too
797 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
798 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
799 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
800 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
801 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
803 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
804 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
807 - update French translation
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
811 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
814 - some grammar corrections
815 - update French translation
817 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
818 anymore; closes: #135559
819 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
821 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
823 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
824 that would be welcome)
825 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
826 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
827 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
828 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
829 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
830 - other minor wording changes
831 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
832 - Ch "Package uploads":
833 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
834 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
835 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
836 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
837 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
838 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
839 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
843 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 * from Martin Michlmayr
846 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
847 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
848 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
850 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
852 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
854 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
856 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
857 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
858 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
861 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
863 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
866 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
868 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
871 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
873 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
874 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
875 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
876 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
877 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
878 talking about uploading to distributions
879 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
880 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
881 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
883 - French translation updated
885 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
886 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
887 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
889 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
891 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
894 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
895 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
903 * fix a typo in a link
904 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
905 update documentation accordingly
907 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
908 forwarding bugs upstream
910 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
911 entities which should be used
912 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
913 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
919 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
920 * French version: completely up-to-date now
921 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
922 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
924 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
931 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
933 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
934 this translation needs updating
935 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
936 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
937 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
939 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
940 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
941 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
943 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
944 included yet, however
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
950 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
952 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
953 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
955 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
961 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
962 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
963 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
965 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
969 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
972 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
973 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
974 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
975 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
976 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
977 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
978 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
979 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
980 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
981 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
982 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
983 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
985 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
986 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
987 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
988 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
989 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
991 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
993 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
994 * update copyright notice for 2001
995 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
996 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
997 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1001 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1005 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1007 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1011 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1014 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1016 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1017 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1018 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1019 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1020 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1021 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1022 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1023 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1024 could be used if necessary
1025 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1026 mention the rsync dupload method
1027 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1029 * other small corrections
1030 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1031 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1032 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1033 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1035 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1037 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1038 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1042 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1044 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1045 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1046 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1047 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1049 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1050 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1051 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1052 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1053 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1055 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1057 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1058 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1059 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1060 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1061 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1062 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1063 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1065 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1066 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1067 - added a section about the LDAP database
1068 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1069 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1071 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1072 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1076 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1079 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1080 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1082 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1083 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1084 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1085 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1086 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1087 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1088 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1089 description from developers-reference.sgml
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1093 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1096 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1098 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1100 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1101 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1102 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1103 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1104 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1105 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1106 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1107 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1108 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1109 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1111 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1112 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1113 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1114 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1116 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1117 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1118 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1119 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1120 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1121 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1122 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1123 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1124 suggestion from James Troup
1125 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1126 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1127 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1128 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1133 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1136 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1143 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1144 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1145 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1146 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1147 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1148 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1152 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1155 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1156 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1157 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1158 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1159 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1161 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1162 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1164 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1172 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1173 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1174 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1175 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1176 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1178 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1179 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1180 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1181 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1183 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1184 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1185 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1186 a normal developer may have access.
1188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1190 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1193 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1194 step all over each other
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1198 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1201 address for PGP key updates
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1208 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1209 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1210 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1211 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1215 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1218 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1219 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1220 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1221 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1222 <keyring-maint> instead)
1223 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1224 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1226 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1228 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1229 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1230 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1234 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1236 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1237 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1238 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1239 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1240 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1241 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1243 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1244 tighten up the language a bit
1245 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1246 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1247 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1248 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1250 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1251 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1252 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1253 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1254 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1255 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1257 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1258 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1259 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1260 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1261 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1262 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1263 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1264 number of available packages
1265 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1266 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1270 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1277 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1279 * not officially released
1280 * more spelling corrections
1281 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1285 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * not officially released
1288 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1289 * some PGP-centricity removed
1290 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1291 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1292 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1293 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1294 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1295 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1299 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1301 * not officially released
1302 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1303 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1304 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1305 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1306 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1307 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1308 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1309 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1310 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1311 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1312 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1313 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1314 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1315 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1317 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1318 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1320 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1322 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1323 take a couple of weeks
1324 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1325 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1326 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1327 excited about it and can't wait
1328 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1329 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1331 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1332 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1334 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1335 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1336 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1340 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1342 * move to 3-level version number:
1343 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1344 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1345 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1346 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1347 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1350 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1351 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1352 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1354 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1356 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1357 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1358 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1359 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1360 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1361 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1363 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1365 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1366 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1367 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1368 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1369 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1370 - "The CVS server": new section added
1371 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1373 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1374 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1375 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1376 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1377 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1378 with respect to GPG.
1379 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1380 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1381 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1382 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1383 a canonical location?)
1384 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1385 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1386 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1387 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1389 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1391 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1392 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1393 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1394 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1396 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1398 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1401 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1402 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1403 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1404 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1405 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1406 and should not be included in this Reference.
1407 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1408 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1409 maintainer tools only!
1410 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1411 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1412 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1413 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1414 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1415 * Little corrections here and there.
1416 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1417 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1420 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1422 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1425 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1426 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1428 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1429 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1430 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1431 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1432 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1433 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1434 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1435 do prior to uploading
1436 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1437 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1439 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1440 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1441 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1442 duties with respect to bugs
1443 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1444 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1445 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1447 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1448 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1449 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1450 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1451 explicit what is used to build this package
1453 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1455 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1459 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1460 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1461 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1462 * utilize the new URL tag
1463 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1466 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1468 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1470 * non-maintainer release
1471 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1472 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1473 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1474 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1475 text, it can't hurt you.)
1476 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1477 reflect this packages version number
1478 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1480 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1482 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1486 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1488 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1490 * New version numbering scheme:
1492 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1493 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1494 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1497 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1498 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1499 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1500 differ between the manuals.
1502 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1503 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1504 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1505 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1507 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1508 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1510 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1514 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1516 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1518 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1519 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1521 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1522 (as requested by James Troup)
1524 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1526 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1528 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1530 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1534 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1536 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1538 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1539 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1540 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1541 the non-maintainer release
1543 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1544 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1545 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1548 - Lots of typos fixed
1550 * Compressed SGML source code
1552 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1553 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1555 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1559 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1562 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1563 - Announcing package uploads
1564 * New section about Debian Mentors
1565 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1566 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1567 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1568 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1570 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1572 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1574 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1575 of our FTP server and the development process
1576 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1577 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1578 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1580 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1581 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1582 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1583 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1584 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1585 contacting the maintainer
1586 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1587 a new manual released soon)
1588 * Some minor changes
1589 * Include SGML source in package
1590 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1591 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1593 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1595 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1599 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200