1 developers-reference (3.4.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
5 version tracking removed that requirement.
8 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
9 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
10 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
11 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
12 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
13 needed. Closes: #619990
14 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
16 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:54:39 +0100
18 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
22 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
25 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
26 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
27 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
28 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
29 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
30 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
31 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
32 patch. Closes: #540231
33 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
34 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
35 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
36 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
37 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
38 for the patch. Closes: #548823
39 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
40 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
41 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
42 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
43 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
44 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
45 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
46 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
47 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
48 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
49 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
50 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
51 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
52 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
54 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
55 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
56 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
58 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
59 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
60 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
61 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
62 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
64 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
66 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
67 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
68 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
69 patch. Closes: #573110
70 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
72 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
73 multi-lines substitution variables.
76 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
77 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
78 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
79 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
80 * Activate Japanese package.
81 * Handle addendum if it exists.
83 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
85 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
88 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
90 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
92 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
94 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
95 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
97 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
99 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
102 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
103 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
104 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
105 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
106 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
107 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
108 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
109 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
110 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
111 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
112 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
113 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
114 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
115 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
116 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
117 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
118 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
119 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
120 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
121 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
122 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
124 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
126 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
133 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
134 The most important changes are:
135 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
136 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
139 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
140 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
141 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
142 distinction. Closes: #464230.
143 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
144 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
145 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
146 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
147 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
148 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
150 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
151 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
153 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
154 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
156 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
157 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
159 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
161 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
162 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
164 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
165 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
166 Closes: #512620, #510783.
168 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
170 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
174 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
175 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
176 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
177 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
178 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
179 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
180 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
182 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
184 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
187 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
188 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
189 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
190 release codenames in <literal>
191 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
192 doesn't exist anymore.
193 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
194 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
195 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
196 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
197 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
198 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
199 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
200 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
201 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
202 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
203 team before upload. Closes: #459343
204 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
205 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
206 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
207 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
208 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
209 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
210 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
212 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
213 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
215 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
216 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
217 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
218 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
219 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
220 Thomas. Closes: #485837
222 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
223 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
225 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
227 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
231 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
232 - fix debian/copyright
233 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
234 - add pdf for French version.
235 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
236 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
237 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
238 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
239 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
240 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
241 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
242 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
243 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
245 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
246 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
248 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
250 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
251 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
252 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
253 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
254 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
255 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
257 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
260 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
261 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
262 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
263 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
264 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
265 * Update information concerning Alioth.
266 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
267 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
269 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
270 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
272 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
275 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
277 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
279 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
281 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
282 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
284 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
285 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
286 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
288 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
289 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
290 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
292 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
293 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
294 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
295 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
296 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
297 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
298 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
299 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
300 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
301 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
302 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
303 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
305 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
306 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
307 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
308 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
309 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
310 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
311 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
312 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
313 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
314 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
318 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
320 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
322 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
325 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
326 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
327 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
328 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
329 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
330 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
332 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
334 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
336 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
338 - non-us discontinued.
339 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
341 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
342 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
343 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
344 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
345 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
346 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
347 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
348 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
349 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
350 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
351 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
352 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
353 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
354 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
355 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
356 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
357 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
358 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
360 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
361 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
363 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
366 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
368 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
370 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
373 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
374 - madison is on merkel.
375 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
376 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
377 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
378 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
379 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
380 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
382 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
383 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
384 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
385 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
386 - sync NM rules with reality.
388 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
390 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
392 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
395 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
396 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
397 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
398 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
399 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
400 - spelling, grammer fixes.
401 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
402 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
403 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
404 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
405 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
406 - add myself to uploaders.
407 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
408 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
409 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
410 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
411 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
412 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
413 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
414 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
415 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
416 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
417 - rewrote the NMU section, and
418 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
419 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
420 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
421 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
422 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
423 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
424 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
425 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
427 - Security uploads get urgency=high
428 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
430 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
432 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
434 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
437 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
438 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
439 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
440 - documented Alioth, somewhat
442 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
443 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
445 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
446 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
447 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
448 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
452 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
454 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
455 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
456 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
457 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
462 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
465 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
467 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
468 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
469 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
471 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
472 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
473 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
474 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
477 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
479 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
480 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
481 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
482 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
483 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
485 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
486 it clear these are special cases
487 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
489 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
493 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
496 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
497 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
499 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
503 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
506 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
508 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
509 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
510 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
512 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
513 - the synopsis formula changed to either
514 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
516 <package-name> is <synopsis>
518 <package-name> are <synopsis>
520 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
521 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
522 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
523 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
524 package; closes: #187143
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
528 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
531 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
532 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
534 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
536 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
537 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
538 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
539 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
540 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
541 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
542 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
543 right places in the document, closes: #172897
544 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
548 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
550 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
551 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
552 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
553 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
554 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
555 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
556 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
558 - editorial changes on material added in this version
559 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
560 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
561 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
562 closes: #139957, #108416
563 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
564 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
568 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
571 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
573 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
574 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
575 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
576 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
578 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
579 for best practices for documentation
580 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
581 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
582 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
583 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
585 - spell-checking pass
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
589 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
592 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
593 descriptions" moved under there
594 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
595 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
596 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
597 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
598 the document where these tools are discussed
599 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
600 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
601 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
602 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
603 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
604 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
606 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
607 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
608 that can be fixed by DDP folks
609 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
610 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
611 - simply PS and PDF building rules
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
615 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
618 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
619 section and adjusted links
620 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
622 - ChangeLog attribution updates
623 - fix typos, closes: #171781
624 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
625 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
626 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
627 for debian/rules", and write an intro
628 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
629 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
630 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
631 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
632 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
633 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
634 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
635 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
636 "Internationalization"
637 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
638 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
639 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
640 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
641 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
642 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
643 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
644 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
645 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
647 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
648 rather useless and broken
649 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
650 names and the first word
651 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
652 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
653 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
655 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
656 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
657 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
661 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
664 - DDP publishing update
666 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
667 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
668 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
669 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
673 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
676 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
677 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
678 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
680 - added myself as co-author
681 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
683 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
684 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
686 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
687 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
691 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
694 - Corrected several errors with —
695 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
696 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
697 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
698 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
699 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
700 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
701 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
703 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
704 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
705 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
706 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
707 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
708 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
709 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
710 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
711 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
713 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
714 descriptions". closes: #158609
715 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
716 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
717 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
718 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
719 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
721 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
722 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
723 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
724 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
725 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
726 - updated the mailing lists section
728 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
729 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
734 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
738 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
740 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
742 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
743 Ch "The Debian Archive"
745 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
747 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
748 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
749 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
750 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
751 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
753 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
754 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
755 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
756 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
757 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
758 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
759 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
761 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
762 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
765 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
766 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
767 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
768 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
769 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
770 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
771 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
772 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
773 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
774 work-around with <...>
775 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
776 - update copyright date
777 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
778 - spell check and grammar corrections
782 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
784 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
785 recompile"; closes: #102626
786 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
787 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
788 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
789 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
790 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
792 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
793 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
794 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
796 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
798 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
799 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
800 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
801 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
802 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
803 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
804 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
805 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
806 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
808 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
810 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
812 - updated the list of available architectures.
813 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
814 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
815 of the package and nothing more.
816 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
817 any pain to the ftpmasters.
818 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
819 the use of the delayed queue.
820 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
821 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
823 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
824 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
825 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
826 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
827 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
828 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
829 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
831 - new Sec "Documentation"
832 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
833 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
834 "Being kind to porter" too
835 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
836 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
837 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
838 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
839 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
841 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
842 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
845 - update French translation
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
849 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
852 - some grammar corrections
853 - update French translation
855 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
856 anymore; closes: #135559
857 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
859 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
861 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
862 that would be welcome)
863 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
864 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
865 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
866 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
867 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
868 - other minor wording changes
869 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
870 - Ch "Package uploads":
871 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
872 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
873 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
874 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
875 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
876 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
877 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
881 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
883 * from Martin Michlmayr
884 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
885 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
886 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
888 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
890 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
892 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
894 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
895 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
896 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
899 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
901 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
904 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
906 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
909 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
911 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
912 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
913 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
914 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
915 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
916 talking about uploading to distributions
917 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
918 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
919 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
921 - French translation updated
923 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
924 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
925 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
932 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
933 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
941 * fix a typo in a link
942 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
943 update documentation accordingly
945 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
946 forwarding bugs upstream
948 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
949 entities which should be used
950 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
951 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
955 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
957 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
958 * French version: completely up-to-date now
959 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
960 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
962 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
969 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
971 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
972 this translation needs updating
973 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
974 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
975 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
977 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
978 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
979 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
981 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
982 included yet, however
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
988 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
990 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
991 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
993 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
997 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
999 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1000 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1001 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1003 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1007 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1010 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1011 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1012 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1013 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1014 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1015 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1016 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1017 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1018 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1019 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1020 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1021 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1023 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1024 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1025 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1026 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1027 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1029 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1031 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1032 * update copyright notice for 2001
1033 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1034 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1035 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1043 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1045 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1049 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1052 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1054 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1055 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1056 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1057 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1058 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1059 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1060 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1061 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1062 could be used if necessary
1063 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1064 mention the rsync dupload method
1065 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1067 * other small corrections
1068 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1069 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1070 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1071 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1073 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1075 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1076 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1080 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1082 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1083 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1084 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1085 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1087 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1088 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1089 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1090 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1091 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1093 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1095 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1096 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1097 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1098 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1099 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1100 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1101 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1103 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1104 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1105 - added a section about the LDAP database
1106 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1107 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1109 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1110 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1114 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1117 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1118 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1120 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1121 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1122 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1123 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1124 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1125 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1126 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1127 description from developers-reference.sgml
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1131 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1134 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1136 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1138 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1139 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1140 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1141 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1142 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1143 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1144 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1145 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1146 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1147 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1149 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1150 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1151 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1152 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1154 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1155 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1156 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1157 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1158 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1159 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1160 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1161 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1162 suggestion from James Troup
1163 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1164 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1165 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1166 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1174 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1181 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1182 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1183 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1184 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1185 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1186 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1190 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1193 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1194 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1195 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1196 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1197 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1199 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1200 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1202 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1210 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1211 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1212 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1213 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1214 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1216 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1217 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1218 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1219 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1221 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1222 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1223 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1224 a normal developer may have access.
1226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1228 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1231 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1232 step all over each other
1234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1236 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1239 address for PGP key updates
1241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1243 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1246 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1247 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1248 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1249 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1253 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1255 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1256 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1257 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1258 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1259 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1260 <keyring-maint> instead)
1261 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1262 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1264 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1266 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1267 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1268 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1272 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1274 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1275 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1276 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1277 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1278 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1279 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1281 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1282 tighten up the language a bit
1283 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1284 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1285 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1286 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1288 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1289 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1290 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1291 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1292 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1293 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1295 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1296 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1297 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1298 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1299 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1300 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1301 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1302 number of available packages
1303 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1304 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1308 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1315 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * not officially released
1318 * more spelling corrections
1319 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1321 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1323 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * not officially released
1326 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1327 * some PGP-centricity removed
1328 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1329 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1330 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1331 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1332 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1333 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1337 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1339 * not officially released
1340 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1341 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1342 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1343 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1344 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1345 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1346 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1347 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1348 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1349 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1350 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1351 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1352 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1353 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1355 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1356 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1358 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1360 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1361 take a couple of weeks
1362 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1363 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1364 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1365 excited about it and can't wait
1366 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1367 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1369 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1370 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1372 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1373 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1374 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1378 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1380 * move to 3-level version number:
1381 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1382 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1383 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1384 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1385 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1388 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1389 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1390 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1392 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1394 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1395 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1396 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1397 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1398 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1399 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1401 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1403 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1404 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1405 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1406 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1407 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1408 - "The CVS server": new section added
1409 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1411 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1412 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1413 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1414 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1415 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1416 with respect to GPG.
1417 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1418 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1419 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1420 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1421 a canonical location?)
1422 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1423 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1424 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1425 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1427 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1429 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1430 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1431 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1432 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1434 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1436 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1438 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1439 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1440 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1441 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1442 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1443 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1444 and should not be included in this Reference.
1445 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1446 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1447 maintainer tools only!
1448 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1449 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1450 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1451 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1452 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1453 * Little corrections here and there.
1454 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1455 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1458 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1460 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1463 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1464 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1466 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1467 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1468 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1469 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1470 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1471 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1472 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1473 do prior to uploading
1474 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1475 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1477 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1478 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1479 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1480 duties with respect to bugs
1481 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1482 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1483 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1485 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1486 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1487 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1488 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1489 explicit what is used to build this package
1491 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1493 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1497 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1498 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1499 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1500 * utilize the new URL tag
1501 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1504 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1506 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1508 * non-maintainer release
1509 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1510 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1511 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1512 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1513 text, it can't hurt you.)
1514 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1515 reflect this packages version number
1516 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1518 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1520 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1526 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1528 * New version numbering scheme:
1530 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1531 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1532 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1535 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1536 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1537 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1538 differ between the manuals.
1540 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1541 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1542 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1543 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1545 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1546 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1548 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1550 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1552 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1554 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1556 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1557 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1559 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1560 (as requested by James Troup)
1562 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1564 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1568 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1572 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1574 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1576 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1577 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1578 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1579 the non-maintainer release
1581 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1582 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1583 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1586 - Lots of typos fixed
1588 * Compressed SGML source code
1590 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1591 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1593 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1595 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1597 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1599 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1600 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1601 - Announcing package uploads
1602 * New section about Debian Mentors
1603 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1604 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1605 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1606 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1608 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1610 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1612 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1613 of our FTP server and the development process
1614 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1615 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1616 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1618 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1619 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1620 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1621 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1622 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1623 contacting the maintainer
1624 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1625 a new manual released soon)
1626 * Some minor changes
1627 * Include SGML source in package
1628 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1629 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1631 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1633 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1637 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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