1 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
4 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
6 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
9 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:56:44 +0200
11 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
14 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
15 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
16 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
17 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
18 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
19 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
20 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
21 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
22 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
23 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
24 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
25 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
26 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
27 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
28 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
29 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
30 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
31 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
32 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
33 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
34 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
36 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
38 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
45 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
46 The most important changes are:
47 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
48 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
51 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
52 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
53 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
54 distinction. Closes: #464230.
55 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
56 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
57 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
58 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
59 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
60 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
62 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
63 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
65 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
66 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
68 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
69 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
71 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
73 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
74 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
76 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
77 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
78 Closes: #512620, #510783.
80 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
82 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
86 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
87 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
88 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
89 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
90 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
91 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
92 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
94 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
96 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
99 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
100 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
101 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
102 release codenames in <literal>
103 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
104 doesn't exist anymore.
105 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
106 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
107 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
108 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
109 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
110 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
111 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
112 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
113 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
114 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
115 team before upload. Closes: #459343
116 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
117 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
118 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
119 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
120 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
121 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
122 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
124 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
125 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
127 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
128 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
129 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
130 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
131 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
132 Thomas. Closes: #485837
134 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
135 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
137 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
139 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
143 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
144 - fix debian/copyright
145 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
146 - add pdf for French version.
147 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
148 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
149 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
150 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
151 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
152 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
153 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
154 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
155 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
157 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
158 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
160 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
162 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
163 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
164 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
165 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
166 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
167 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
169 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
172 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
173 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
174 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
175 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
176 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
177 * Update information concerning Alioth.
178 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
179 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
181 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
182 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
184 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
187 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
189 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
191 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
193 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
194 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
196 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
197 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
198 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
200 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
201 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
202 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
204 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
205 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
206 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
207 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
208 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
209 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
210 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
211 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
212 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
213 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
214 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
215 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
217 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
218 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
219 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
220 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
221 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
222 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
223 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
224 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
225 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
226 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
230 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
232 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
234 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
237 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
238 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
239 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
240 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
241 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
242 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
244 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
246 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
248 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
250 - non-us discontinued.
251 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
253 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
254 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
255 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
256 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
257 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
258 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
259 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
260 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
261 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
262 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
263 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
264 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
265 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
266 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
267 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
268 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
269 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
270 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
272 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
273 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
275 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
278 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
280 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
282 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
285 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
286 - madison is on merkel.
287 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
288 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
289 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
290 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
291 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
292 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
294 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
295 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
296 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
297 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
298 - sync NM rules with reality.
300 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
302 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
304 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
307 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
308 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
309 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
310 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
311 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
312 - spelling, grammer fixes.
313 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
314 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
315 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
316 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
317 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
318 - add myself to uploaders.
319 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
320 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
321 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
322 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
323 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
324 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
325 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
326 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
327 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
328 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
329 - rewrote the NMU section, and
330 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
331 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
332 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
333 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
334 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
335 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
336 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
337 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
339 - Security uploads get urgency=high
340 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
342 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
344 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
346 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
349 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
350 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
351 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
352 - documented Alioth, somewhat
354 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
355 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
357 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
358 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
359 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
360 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
364 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
366 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
367 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
368 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
369 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
374 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
377 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
379 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
380 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
381 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
383 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
384 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
385 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
386 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
389 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
391 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
392 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
393 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
394 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
395 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
397 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
398 it clear these are special cases
399 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
401 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
405 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
408 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
409 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
411 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
415 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
418 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
420 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
421 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
422 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
424 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
425 - the synopsis formula changed to either
426 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
428 <package-name> is <synopsis>
430 <package-name> are <synopsis>
432 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
433 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
434 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
435 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
436 package; closes: #187143
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
440 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
443 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
444 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
446 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
448 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
449 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
450 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
451 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
452 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
453 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
454 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
455 right places in the document, closes: #172897
456 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
460 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
462 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
463 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
464 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
465 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
466 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
467 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
468 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
470 - editorial changes on material added in this version
471 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
472 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
473 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
474 closes: #139957, #108416
475 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
476 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
480 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
483 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
485 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
486 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
487 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
488 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
490 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
491 for best practices for documentation
492 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
493 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
494 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
495 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
497 - spell-checking pass
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
501 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
504 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
505 descriptions" moved under there
506 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
507 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
508 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
509 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
510 the document where these tools are discussed
511 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
512 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
513 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
514 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
515 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
516 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
518 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
519 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
520 that can be fixed by DDP folks
521 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
522 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
523 - simply PS and PDF building rules
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
527 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
530 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
531 section and adjusted links
532 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
534 - ChangeLog attribution updates
535 - fix typos, closes: #171781
536 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
537 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
538 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
539 for debian/rules", and write an intro
540 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
541 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
542 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
543 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
544 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
545 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
546 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
547 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
548 "Internationalization"
549 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
550 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
551 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
552 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
553 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
554 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
555 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
556 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
557 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
559 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
560 rather useless and broken
561 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
562 names and the first word
563 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
564 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
565 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
567 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
568 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
569 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
573 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
576 - DDP publishing update
578 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
579 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
580 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
581 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
583 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
585 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
588 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
589 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
590 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
592 - added myself as co-author
593 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
595 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
596 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
598 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
599 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
603 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
606 - Corrected several errors with —
607 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
608 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
609 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
610 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
611 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
612 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
613 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
615 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
616 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
617 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
618 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
619 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
620 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
621 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
622 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
623 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
625 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
626 descriptions". closes: #158609
627 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
628 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
629 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
630 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
631 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
633 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
634 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
635 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
636 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
637 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
638 - updated the mailing lists section
640 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
641 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
646 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
650 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
652 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
654 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
655 Ch "The Debian Archive"
657 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
659 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
660 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
661 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
662 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
663 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
665 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
666 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
667 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
668 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
669 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
670 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
671 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
673 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
674 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
677 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
678 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
679 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
680 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
681 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
682 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
683 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
684 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
685 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
686 work-around with <...>
687 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
688 - update copyright date
689 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
690 - spell check and grammar corrections
694 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
696 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
697 recompile"; closes: #102626
698 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
699 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
700 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
701 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
702 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
704 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
705 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
706 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
708 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
710 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
711 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
712 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
713 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
714 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
715 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
716 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
717 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
718 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
720 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
722 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
724 - updated the list of available architectures.
725 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
726 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
727 of the package and nothing more.
728 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
729 any pain to the ftpmasters.
730 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
731 the use of the delayed queue.
732 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
733 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
735 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
736 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
737 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
738 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
739 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
740 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
741 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
743 - new Sec "Documentation"
744 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
745 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
746 "Being kind to porter" too
747 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
748 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
749 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
750 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
751 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
753 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
754 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
757 - update French translation
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
761 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
764 - some grammar corrections
765 - update French translation
767 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
768 anymore; closes: #135559
769 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
771 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
773 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
774 that would be welcome)
775 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
776 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
777 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
778 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
779 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
780 - other minor wording changes
781 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
782 - Ch "Package uploads":
783 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
784 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
785 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
786 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
787 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
788 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
789 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
793 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
795 * from Martin Michlmayr
796 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
797 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
798 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
800 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
802 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
804 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
806 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
807 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
808 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
811 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
813 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
816 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
818 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
821 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
823 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
824 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
825 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
826 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
827 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
828 talking about uploading to distributions
829 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
830 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
831 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
833 - French translation updated
835 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
836 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
837 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
841 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
844 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
845 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
853 * fix a typo in a link
854 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
855 update documentation accordingly
857 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
858 forwarding bugs upstream
860 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
861 entities which should be used
862 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
863 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
869 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
870 * French version: completely up-to-date now
871 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
872 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
874 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
881 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
883 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
884 this translation needs updating
885 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
886 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
887 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
889 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
890 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
891 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
893 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
894 included yet, however
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
898 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
900 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
902 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
903 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
905 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
909 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
911 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
912 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
913 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
915 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
919 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
922 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
923 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
924 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
925 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
926 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
927 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
928 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
929 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
930 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
931 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
932 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
933 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
935 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
936 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
937 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
938 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
939 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
941 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
943 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
944 * update copyright notice for 2001
945 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
946 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
947 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
951 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
953 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
955 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
957 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
961 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
964 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
966 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
967 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
968 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
969 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
970 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
971 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
972 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
973 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
974 could be used if necessary
975 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
976 mention the rsync dupload method
977 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
979 * other small corrections
980 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
981 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
982 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
983 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
985 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
987 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
988 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
992 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
994 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
995 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
996 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
997 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
999 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1000 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1001 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1002 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1003 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1005 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1007 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1008 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1009 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1010 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1011 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1012 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1013 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1015 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1016 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1017 - added a section about the LDAP database
1018 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1019 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1021 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1022 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1029 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1030 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1032 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1033 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1034 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1035 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1036 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1037 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1038 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1039 description from developers-reference.sgml
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1046 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1048 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1050 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1051 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1052 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1053 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1054 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1055 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1056 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1057 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1058 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1059 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1061 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1062 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1063 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1064 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1066 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1067 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1068 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1069 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1070 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1071 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1072 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1073 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1074 suggestion from James Troup
1075 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1076 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1077 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1078 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1083 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1086 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1090 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1093 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1094 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1095 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1096 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1097 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1098 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1102 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1105 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1106 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1107 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1108 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1109 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1111 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1112 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1114 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1122 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1123 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1124 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1125 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1126 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1128 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1129 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1130 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1131 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1133 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1134 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1135 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1136 a normal developer may have access.
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1143 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1144 step all over each other
1146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1148 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1151 address for PGP key updates
1153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1155 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1158 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1159 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1160 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1161 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1168 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1169 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1170 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1171 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1172 <keyring-maint> instead)
1173 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1174 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1176 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1178 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1179 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1180 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1184 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1186 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1187 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1188 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1189 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1190 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1191 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1193 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1194 tighten up the language a bit
1195 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1196 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1197 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1198 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1200 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1201 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1202 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1203 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1204 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1205 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1207 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1208 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1209 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1210 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1211 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1212 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1213 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1214 number of available packages
1215 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1216 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1220 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1227 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * not officially released
1230 * more spelling corrections
1231 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1235 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1237 * not officially released
1238 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1239 * some PGP-centricity removed
1240 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1241 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1242 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1243 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1244 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1245 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1249 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1251 * not officially released
1252 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1253 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1254 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1255 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1256 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1257 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1258 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1259 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1260 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1261 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1262 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1263 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1264 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1265 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1267 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1268 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1270 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1272 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1273 take a couple of weeks
1274 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1275 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1276 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1277 excited about it and can't wait
1278 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1279 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1281 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1282 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1284 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1285 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1286 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1290 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1292 * move to 3-level version number:
1293 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1294 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1295 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1296 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1297 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1300 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1301 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1302 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1304 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1306 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1307 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1308 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1309 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1310 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1311 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1313 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1315 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1316 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1317 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1318 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1319 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1320 - "The CVS server": new section added
1321 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1323 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1324 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1325 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1326 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1327 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1328 with respect to GPG.
1329 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1330 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1331 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1332 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1333 a canonical location?)
1334 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1335 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1336 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1337 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1339 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1341 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1342 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1343 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1344 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1346 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1348 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1351 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1352 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1353 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1354 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1355 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1356 and should not be included in this Reference.
1357 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1358 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1359 maintainer tools only!
1360 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1361 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1362 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1363 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1364 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1365 * Little corrections here and there.
1366 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1367 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1370 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1372 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1375 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1376 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1378 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1379 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1380 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1381 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1382 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1383 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1384 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1385 do prior to uploading
1386 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1387 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1389 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1390 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1391 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1392 duties with respect to bugs
1393 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1394 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1395 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1397 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1398 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1399 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1400 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1401 explicit what is used to build this package
1403 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1405 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1409 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1410 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1411 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1412 * utilize the new URL tag
1413 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1416 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1418 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1420 * non-maintainer release
1421 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1422 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1423 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1424 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1425 text, it can't hurt you.)
1426 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1427 reflect this packages version number
1428 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1430 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1432 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1436 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1438 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1440 * New version numbering scheme:
1442 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1443 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1444 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1447 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1448 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1449 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1450 differ between the manuals.
1452 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1453 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1454 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1455 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1457 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1458 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1460 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1462 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1464 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1468 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1469 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1471 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1472 (as requested by James Troup)
1474 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1476 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1480 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1484 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1486 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1488 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1489 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1490 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1491 the non-maintainer release
1493 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1494 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1495 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1498 - Lots of typos fixed
1500 * Compressed SGML source code
1502 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1503 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1505 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1509 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1511 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1512 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1513 - Announcing package uploads
1514 * New section about Debian Mentors
1515 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1516 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1517 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1518 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1522 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1525 of our FTP server and the development process
1526 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1527 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1528 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1530 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1531 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1532 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1533 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1534 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1535 contacting the maintainer
1536 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1537 a new manual released soon)
1538 * Some minor changes
1539 * Include SGML source in package
1540 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1541 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1543 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1545 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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