1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Franks Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447
15 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
17 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
20 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
21 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
22 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
23 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
24 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
25 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
27 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
29 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
31 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
33 - non-us discontinued.
34 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
36 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
37 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
38 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
39 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
40 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
41 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
42 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
43 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
44 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
45 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
46 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
47 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
48 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
49 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
50 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
51 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
52 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
53 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
55 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
56 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
58 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
61 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
63 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
65 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
68 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
69 - madison is on merkel.
70 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
71 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
72 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
73 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
74 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
75 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
77 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
78 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
79 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
80 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
81 - sync NM rules with reality.
83 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
85 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
87 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
90 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
91 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
92 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
93 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
94 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
95 - spelling, grammer fixes.
96 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
97 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
98 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
99 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
100 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
101 - add myself to uploaders.
102 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
103 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
104 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
105 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
106 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
107 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
108 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
109 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
110 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
111 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
112 - rewrote the NMU section, and
113 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
114 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
115 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
116 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
117 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
118 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
119 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
120 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
122 - Security uploads get urgency=high
123 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
125 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
127 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
129 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
132 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
133 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
134 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
135 - documented Alioth, somewhat
137 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
138 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
140 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
141 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
142 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
143 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
147 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
149 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
150 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
151 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
152 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
157 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
160 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
162 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
163 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
164 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
166 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
167 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
168 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
169 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
172 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
174 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
175 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
176 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
177 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
178 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
180 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
181 it clear these are special cases
182 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
184 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
188 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
191 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
192 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
194 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
198 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
201 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
203 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
204 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
205 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
207 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
208 - the synopsis formula changed to either
209 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
211 <package-name> is <synopsis>
213 <package-name> are <synopsis>
215 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
216 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
217 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
218 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
219 package; closes: #187143
221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
223 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
226 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
227 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
229 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
231 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
232 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
233 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
234 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
235 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
236 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
237 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
238 right places in the document, closes: #172897
239 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
243 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
245 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
246 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
247 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
248 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
249 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
250 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
251 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
253 - editorial changes on material added in this version
254 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
255 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
256 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
257 closes: #139957, #108416
258 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
259 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
263 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
266 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
268 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
269 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
270 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
271 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
273 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
274 for best practices for documentation
275 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
276 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
277 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
278 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
280 - spell-checking pass
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
284 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
287 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
288 descriptions" moved under there
289 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
290 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
291 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
292 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
293 the document where these tools are discussed
294 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
295 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
296 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
297 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
298 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
299 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
301 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
302 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
303 that can be fixed by DDP folks
304 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
305 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
306 - simply PS and PDF building rules
308 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
310 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
313 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
314 section and adjusted links
315 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
317 - ChangeLog attribution updates
318 - fix typos, closes: #171781
319 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
320 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
321 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
322 for debian/rules", and write an intro
323 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
324 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
325 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
326 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
327 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
328 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
329 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
330 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
331 "Internationalization"
332 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
333 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
334 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
335 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
336 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
337 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
338 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
339 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
340 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
342 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
343 rather useless and broken
344 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
345 names and the first word
346 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
347 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
348 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
350 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
351 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
352 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
356 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
359 - DDP publishing update
361 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
362 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
363 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
364 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
368 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
371 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
372 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
373 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
375 - added myself as co-author
376 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
378 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
379 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
381 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
382 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
386 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
389 - Corrected several errors with —
390 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
391 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
392 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
393 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
394 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
395 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
396 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
398 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
399 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
400 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
401 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
402 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
403 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
404 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
405 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
406 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
408 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
409 descriptions". closes: #158609
410 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
411 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
412 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
413 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
414 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
416 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
417 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
418 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
419 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
420 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
421 - updated the mailing lists section
423 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
424 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
429 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
433 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
435 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
437 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
438 Ch "The Debian Archive"
440 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
442 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
443 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
444 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
445 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
446 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
448 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
449 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
450 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
451 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
452 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
453 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
454 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
456 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
457 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
460 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
461 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
462 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
463 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
464 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
465 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
466 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
467 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
468 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
469 work-around with <...>
470 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
471 - update copyright date
472 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
473 - spell check and grammar corrections
477 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
479 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
480 recompile"; closes: #102626
481 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
482 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
483 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
484 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
485 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
487 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
488 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
489 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
491 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
493 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
494 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
495 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
496 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
497 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
498 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
499 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
500 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
501 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
503 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
505 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
507 - updated the list of available architectures.
508 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
509 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
510 of the package and nothing more.
511 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
512 any pain to the ftpmasters.
513 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
514 the use of the delayed queue.
515 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
516 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
518 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
519 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
520 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
521 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
522 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
523 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
524 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
526 - new Sec "Documentation"
527 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
528 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
529 "Being kind to porter" too
530 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
531 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
532 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
533 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
534 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
536 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
537 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
540 - update French translation
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
544 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
547 - some grammar corrections
548 - update French translation
550 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
551 anymore; closes: #135559
552 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
554 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
556 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
557 that would be welcome)
558 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
559 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
560 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
561 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
562 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
563 - other minor wording changes
564 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
565 - Ch "Package uploads":
566 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
567 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
568 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
569 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
570 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
571 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
572 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
576 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
578 * from Martin Michlmayr
579 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
580 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
581 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
583 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
585 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
587 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
589 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
590 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
591 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
594 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
596 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
601 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
606 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
607 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
608 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
609 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
610 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
611 talking about uploading to distributions
612 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
613 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
614 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
616 - French translation updated
618 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
619 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
620 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
624 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
627 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
628 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
633 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
636 * fix a typo in a link
637 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
638 update documentation accordingly
640 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
641 forwarding bugs upstream
643 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
644 entities which should be used
645 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
646 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
650 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
652 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
653 * French version: completely up-to-date now
654 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
655 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
657 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
664 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
666 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
667 this translation needs updating
668 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
669 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
670 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
672 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
673 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
674 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
676 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
677 included yet, however
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
681 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
683 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
685 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
686 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
688 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
692 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
694 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
695 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
696 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
698 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
702 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
705 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
706 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
707 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
708 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
709 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
710 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
711 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
712 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
713 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
714 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
715 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
716 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
718 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
719 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
720 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
721 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
722 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
724 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
726 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
727 * update copyright notice for 2001
728 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
729 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
730 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
734 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
736 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
738 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
740 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
744 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
746 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
747 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
749 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
750 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
751 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
752 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
753 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
754 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
755 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
756 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
757 could be used if necessary
758 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
759 mention the rsync dupload method
760 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
762 * other small corrections
763 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
764 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
765 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
766 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
768 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
770 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
771 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
773 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
775 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
777 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
778 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
779 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
780 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
782 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
783 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
784 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
785 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
786 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
788 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
790 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
791 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
792 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
793 team (closes: Bug#52906)
794 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
795 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
796 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
798 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
799 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
800 - added a section about the LDAP database
801 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
802 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
804 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
805 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
812 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
813 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
815 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
816 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
817 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
818 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
819 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
820 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
821 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
822 description from developers-reference.sgml
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
828 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
829 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
831 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
833 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
834 releases are available at archive.debian.org
835 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
836 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
837 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
838 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
839 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
840 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
841 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
842 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
844 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
845 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
846 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
847 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
849 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
850 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
851 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
852 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
853 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
854 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
855 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
856 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
857 suggestion from James Troup
858 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
859 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
860 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
861 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
866 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
868 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
869 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
873 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
875 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
876 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
877 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
878 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
879 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
880 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
881 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
888 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
889 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
890 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
891 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
892 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
894 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
895 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
897 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
905 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
906 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
907 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
908 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
909 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
911 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
912 with intro; demoted server sections under that
913 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
914 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
916 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
917 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
918 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
919 a normal developer may have access.
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
923 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
925 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
926 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
927 step all over each other
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
931 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
933 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
934 address for PGP key updates
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
940 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
941 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
942 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
943 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
944 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
950 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
951 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
952 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
953 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
954 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
955 <keyring-maint> instead)
956 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
957 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
959 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
961 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
962 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
963 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
967 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
969 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
970 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
971 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
972 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
973 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
974 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
976 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
977 tighten up the language a bit
978 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
979 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
980 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
981 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
983 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
984 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
985 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
986 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
987 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
988 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
990 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
991 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
992 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
993 about how to depart Debian gracefully
994 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
995 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
996 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
997 number of available packages
998 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
999 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1003 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1010 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * not officially released
1013 * more spelling corrections
1014 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1018 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * not officially released
1021 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1022 * some PGP-centricity removed
1023 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1024 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1025 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1026 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1027 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1028 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1032 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1034 * not officially released
1035 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1036 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1037 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1038 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1039 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1040 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1041 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1042 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1043 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1044 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1045 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1046 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1047 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1048 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1050 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1051 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1053 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1055 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1056 take a couple of weeks
1057 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1058 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1059 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1060 excited about it and can't wait
1061 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1062 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1064 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1065 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1067 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1068 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1069 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1075 * move to 3-level version number:
1076 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1077 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1078 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1079 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1080 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1083 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1084 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1085 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1087 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1089 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1090 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1091 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1092 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1093 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1094 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1096 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1098 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1099 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1100 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1101 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1102 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1103 - "The CVS server": new section added
1104 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1106 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1107 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1108 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1109 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1110 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1111 with respect to GPG.
1112 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1113 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1114 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1115 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1116 a canonical location?)
1117 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1118 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1119 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1120 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1122 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1124 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1125 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1126 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1127 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1129 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1131 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1134 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1135 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1136 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1137 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1138 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1139 and should not be included in this Reference.
1140 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1141 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1142 maintainer tools only!
1143 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1144 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1145 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1146 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1147 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1148 * Little corrections here and there.
1149 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1150 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1153 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1155 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1158 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1159 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1161 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1162 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1163 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1164 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1165 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1166 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1167 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1168 do prior to uploading
1169 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1170 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1172 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1173 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1174 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1175 duties with respect to bugs
1176 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1177 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1178 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1180 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1181 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1182 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1183 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1184 explicit what is used to build this package
1186 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1188 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1192 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1193 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1194 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1195 * utilize the new URL tag
1196 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1199 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1201 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1203 * non-maintainer release
1204 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1205 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1206 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1207 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1208 text, it can't hurt you.)
1209 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1210 reflect this packages version number
1211 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1213 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1215 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1221 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1223 * New version numbering scheme:
1225 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1226 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1227 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1230 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1231 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1232 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1233 differ between the manuals.
1235 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1236 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1237 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1238 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1240 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1241 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1243 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1247 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1251 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1252 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1254 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1255 (as requested by James Troup)
1257 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1259 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1261 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1263 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1267 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1269 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1271 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1272 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1273 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1274 the non-maintainer release
1276 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1277 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1278 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1281 - Lots of typos fixed
1283 * Compressed SGML source code
1285 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1286 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1288 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1290 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1292 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1295 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1296 - Announcing package uploads
1297 * New section about Debian Mentors
1298 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1299 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1300 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1301 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1303 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1305 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1308 of our FTP server and the development process
1309 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1310 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1311 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1313 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1314 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1315 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1316 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1317 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1318 contacting the maintainer
1319 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1320 a new manual released soon)
1321 * Some minor changes
1322 * Include SGML source in package
1323 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1324 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1326 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1328 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1332 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200