1 developers-reference (3.4.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
5 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
8 * Update my email address.
9 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
10 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
11 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
12 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
14 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:58:53 +0200
16 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
22 version tracking removed that requirement.
25 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
26 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
27 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
28 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
29 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
30 needed. Closes: #619990
31 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
32 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
35 * Initial German translation.
38 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
39 * Update French translation.
40 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
41 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
42 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
45 * Update Japanese translation.
47 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
49 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
53 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
56 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
57 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
58 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
59 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
60 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
61 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
62 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
63 patch. Closes: #540231
64 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
65 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
66 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
67 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
68 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
69 for the patch. Closes: #548823
70 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
71 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
72 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
73 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
74 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
75 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
76 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
77 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
78 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
79 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
80 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
81 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
82 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
83 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
85 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
86 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
87 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
89 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
90 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
91 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
92 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
93 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
95 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
97 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
98 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
99 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
100 patch. Closes: #573110
101 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
103 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
104 multi-lines substitution variables.
107 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
108 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
109 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
110 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
111 * Activate Japanese package.
112 * Handle addendum if it exists.
114 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
116 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
119 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
121 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
123 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
125 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
126 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
128 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
130 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
133 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
134 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
135 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
136 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
137 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
138 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
139 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
140 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
141 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
142 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
143 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
144 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
145 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
146 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
147 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
148 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
149 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
150 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
151 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
152 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
153 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
155 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
157 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
164 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
165 The most important changes are:
166 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
167 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
170 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
171 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
172 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
173 distinction. Closes: #464230.
174 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
175 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
176 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
177 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
178 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
179 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
181 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
182 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
184 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
185 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
187 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
188 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
190 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
192 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
193 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
195 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
196 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
197 Closes: #512620, #510783.
199 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
201 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
205 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
206 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
207 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
208 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
209 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
210 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
211 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
213 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
215 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
218 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
219 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
220 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
221 release codenames in <literal>
222 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
223 doesn't exist anymore.
224 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
225 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
226 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
227 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
228 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
229 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
230 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
231 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
232 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
233 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
234 team before upload. Closes: #459343
235 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
236 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
237 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
238 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
239 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
240 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
241 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
243 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
244 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
246 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
247 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
248 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
249 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
250 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
251 Thomas. Closes: #485837
253 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
254 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
256 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
258 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
262 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
263 - fix debian/copyright
264 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
265 - add pdf for French version.
266 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
267 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
268 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
269 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
270 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
271 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
272 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
273 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
274 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
276 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
277 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
279 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
281 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
282 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
283 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
284 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
285 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
286 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
288 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
291 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
292 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
293 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
294 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
295 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
296 * Update information concerning Alioth.
297 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
298 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
300 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
301 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
303 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
306 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
308 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
310 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
312 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
313 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
315 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
316 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
317 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
319 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
320 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
321 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
323 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
324 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
325 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
326 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
327 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
328 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
329 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
330 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
331 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
332 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
333 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
334 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
336 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
337 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
338 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
339 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
340 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
341 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
342 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
343 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
344 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
345 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
349 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
351 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
353 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
356 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
357 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
358 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
359 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
360 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
361 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
363 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
365 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
367 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
369 - non-us discontinued.
370 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
372 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
373 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
374 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
375 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
376 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
377 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
378 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
379 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
380 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
381 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
382 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
383 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
384 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
385 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
386 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
387 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
388 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
389 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
391 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
392 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
394 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
397 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
399 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
401 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
404 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
405 - madison is on merkel.
406 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
407 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
408 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
409 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
410 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
411 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
413 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
414 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
415 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
416 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
417 - sync NM rules with reality.
419 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
421 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
423 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
426 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
427 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
428 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
429 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
430 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
431 - spelling, grammer fixes.
432 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
433 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
434 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
435 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
436 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
437 - add myself to uploaders.
438 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
439 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
440 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
441 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
442 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
443 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
444 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
445 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
446 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
447 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
448 - rewrote the NMU section, and
449 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
450 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
451 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
452 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
453 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
454 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
455 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
456 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
458 - Security uploads get urgency=high
459 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
461 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
463 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
465 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
468 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
469 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
470 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
471 - documented Alioth, somewhat
473 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
474 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
476 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
477 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
478 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
479 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
483 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
485 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
486 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
487 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
488 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
493 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
496 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
498 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
499 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
500 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
502 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
503 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
504 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
505 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
508 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
510 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
511 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
512 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
513 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
514 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
516 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
517 it clear these are special cases
518 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
520 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
524 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
527 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
528 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
530 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
534 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
537 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
539 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
540 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
541 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
543 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
544 - the synopsis formula changed to either
545 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
547 <package-name> is <synopsis>
549 <package-name> are <synopsis>
551 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
552 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
553 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
554 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
555 package; closes: #187143
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
559 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
562 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
563 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
565 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
567 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
568 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
569 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
570 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
571 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
572 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
573 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
574 right places in the document, closes: #172897
575 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
579 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
581 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
582 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
583 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
584 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
585 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
586 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
587 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
589 - editorial changes on material added in this version
590 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
591 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
592 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
593 closes: #139957, #108416
594 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
595 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
597 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
599 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
602 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
604 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
605 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
606 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
607 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
609 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
610 for best practices for documentation
611 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
612 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
613 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
614 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
616 - spell-checking pass
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
620 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
623 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
624 descriptions" moved under there
625 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
626 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
627 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
628 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
629 the document where these tools are discussed
630 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
631 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
632 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
633 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
634 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
635 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
637 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
638 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
639 that can be fixed by DDP folks
640 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
641 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
642 - simply PS and PDF building rules
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
646 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
649 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
650 section and adjusted links
651 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
653 - ChangeLog attribution updates
654 - fix typos, closes: #171781
655 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
656 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
657 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
658 for debian/rules", and write an intro
659 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
660 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
661 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
662 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
663 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
664 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
665 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
666 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
667 "Internationalization"
668 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
669 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
670 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
671 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
672 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
673 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
674 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
675 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
676 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
678 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
679 rather useless and broken
680 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
681 names and the first word
682 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
683 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
684 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
686 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
687 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
688 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
692 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
695 - DDP publishing update
697 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
698 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
699 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
700 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
704 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
707 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
708 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
709 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
711 - added myself as co-author
712 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
714 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
715 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
717 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
718 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
720 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
722 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
725 - Corrected several errors with —
726 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
727 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
728 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
729 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
730 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
731 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
732 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
734 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
735 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
736 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
737 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
738 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
739 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
740 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
741 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
742 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
744 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
745 descriptions". closes: #158609
746 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
747 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
748 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
749 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
750 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
752 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
753 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
754 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
755 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
756 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
757 - updated the mailing lists section
759 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
760 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
765 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
769 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
771 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
773 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
774 Ch "The Debian Archive"
776 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
778 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
779 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
780 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
781 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
782 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
784 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
785 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
786 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
787 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
788 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
789 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
790 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
792 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
793 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
796 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
797 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
798 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
799 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
800 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
801 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
802 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
803 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
804 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
805 work-around with <...>
806 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
807 - update copyright date
808 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
809 - spell check and grammar corrections
813 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
815 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
816 recompile"; closes: #102626
817 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
818 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
819 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
820 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
821 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
823 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
824 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
825 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
827 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
829 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
830 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
831 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
832 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
833 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
834 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
835 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
836 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
837 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
839 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
841 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
843 - updated the list of available architectures.
844 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
845 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
846 of the package and nothing more.
847 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
848 any pain to the ftpmasters.
849 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
850 the use of the delayed queue.
851 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
852 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
854 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
855 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
856 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
857 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
858 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
859 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
860 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
862 - new Sec "Documentation"
863 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
864 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
865 "Being kind to porter" too
866 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
867 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
868 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
869 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
870 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
872 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
873 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
876 - update French translation
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
880 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
883 - some grammar corrections
884 - update French translation
886 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
887 anymore; closes: #135559
888 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
890 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
892 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
893 that would be welcome)
894 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
895 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
896 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
897 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
898 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
899 - other minor wording changes
900 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
901 - Ch "Package uploads":
902 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
903 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
904 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
905 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
906 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
907 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
908 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
912 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
914 * from Martin Michlmayr
915 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
916 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
917 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
919 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
921 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
923 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
925 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
926 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
927 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
930 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
932 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
937 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
940 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
942 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
943 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
944 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
945 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
946 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
947 talking about uploading to distributions
948 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
949 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
950 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
952 - French translation updated
954 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
955 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
956 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
960 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
963 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
964 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
969 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
972 * fix a typo in a link
973 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
974 update documentation accordingly
976 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
977 forwarding bugs upstream
979 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
980 entities which should be used
981 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
982 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
988 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
989 * French version: completely up-to-date now
990 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
991 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
993 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
996 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
998 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1002 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1003 this translation needs updating
1004 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1005 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1006 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1008 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1009 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1010 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1012 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1013 included yet, however
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1021 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1022 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1024 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1028 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1031 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1032 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1034 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1038 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1041 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1042 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1043 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1044 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1045 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1046 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1047 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1048 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1049 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1050 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1051 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1052 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1054 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1055 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1056 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1057 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1058 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1060 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1062 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1063 * update copyright notice for 2001
1064 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1065 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1066 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1070 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1074 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1076 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1080 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1083 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1085 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1086 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1087 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1088 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1089 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1090 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1091 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1092 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1093 could be used if necessary
1094 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1095 mention the rsync dupload method
1096 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1098 * other small corrections
1099 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1100 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1101 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1102 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1104 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1106 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1107 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1113 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1114 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1115 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1116 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1118 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1119 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1120 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1121 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1122 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1124 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1126 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1127 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1128 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1129 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1130 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1131 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1132 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1134 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1135 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1136 - added a section about the LDAP database
1137 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1138 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1140 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1141 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1148 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1149 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1151 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1152 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1153 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1154 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1155 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1156 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1157 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1158 description from developers-reference.sgml
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1162 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1165 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1167 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1169 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1170 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1171 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1172 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1173 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1174 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1175 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1176 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1177 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1178 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1180 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1181 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1182 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1183 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1185 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1186 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1187 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1188 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1189 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1190 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1191 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1192 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1193 suggestion from James Troup
1194 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1195 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1196 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1197 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1202 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1205 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1209 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1212 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1213 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1214 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1215 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1216 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1217 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1221 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1224 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1225 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1226 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1227 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1228 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1230 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1231 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1233 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1237 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1241 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1242 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1243 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1244 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1245 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1247 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1248 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1249 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1250 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1252 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1253 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1254 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1255 a normal developer may have access.
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1262 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1263 step all over each other
1265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1267 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1270 address for PGP key updates
1272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1274 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1277 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1278 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1279 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1280 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1284 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1287 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1288 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1289 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1290 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1291 <keyring-maint> instead)
1292 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1293 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1295 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1297 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1298 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1299 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1303 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1305 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1306 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1307 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1308 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1309 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1310 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1312 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1313 tighten up the language a bit
1314 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1315 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1316 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1317 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1319 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1320 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1321 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1322 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1323 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1324 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1326 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1327 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1328 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1329 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1330 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1331 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1332 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1333 number of available packages
1334 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1335 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1339 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1346 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * not officially released
1349 * more spelling corrections
1350 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1354 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * not officially released
1357 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1358 * some PGP-centricity removed
1359 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1360 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1361 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1362 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1363 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1364 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1368 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1370 * not officially released
1371 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1372 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1373 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1374 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1375 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1376 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1377 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1378 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1379 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1380 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1381 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1382 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1383 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1384 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1386 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1387 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1389 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1391 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1392 take a couple of weeks
1393 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1394 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1395 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1396 excited about it and can't wait
1397 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1398 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1400 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1401 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1403 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1404 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1405 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1409 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1411 * move to 3-level version number:
1412 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1413 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1414 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1415 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1416 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1419 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1420 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1421 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1423 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1425 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1426 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1427 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1428 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1429 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1430 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1432 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1434 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1435 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1436 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1437 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1438 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1439 - "The CVS server": new section added
1440 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1442 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1443 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1444 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1445 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1446 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1447 with respect to GPG.
1448 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1449 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1450 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1451 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1452 a canonical location?)
1453 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1454 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1455 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1456 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1458 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1460 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1461 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1462 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1463 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1465 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1467 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1470 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1471 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1472 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1473 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1474 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1475 and should not be included in this Reference.
1476 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1477 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1478 maintainer tools only!
1479 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1480 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1481 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1482 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1483 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1484 * Little corrections here and there.
1485 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1486 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1489 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1491 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1494 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1495 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1497 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1498 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1499 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1500 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1501 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1502 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1503 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1504 do prior to uploading
1505 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1506 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1508 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1509 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1510 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1511 duties with respect to bugs
1512 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1513 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1514 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1516 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1517 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1518 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1519 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1520 explicit what is used to build this package
1522 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1524 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1528 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1529 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1530 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1531 * utilize the new URL tag
1532 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1535 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1537 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1539 * non-maintainer release
1540 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1541 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1542 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1543 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1544 text, it can't hurt you.)
1545 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1546 reflect this packages version number
1547 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1549 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1551 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1557 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1559 * New version numbering scheme:
1561 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1562 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1563 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1566 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1567 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1568 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1569 differ between the manuals.
1571 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1572 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1573 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1574 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1576 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1577 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1579 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1581 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1583 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1587 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1588 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1590 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1591 (as requested by James Troup)
1593 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1595 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1597 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1599 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1601 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1603 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1605 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1607 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1608 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1609 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1610 the non-maintainer release
1612 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1613 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1614 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1617 - Lots of typos fixed
1619 * Compressed SGML source code
1621 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1622 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1624 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1626 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1628 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1631 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1632 - Announcing package uploads
1633 * New section about Debian Mentors
1634 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1635 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1636 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1637 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1639 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1641 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1644 of our FTP server and the development process
1645 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1646 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1647 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1649 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1650 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1651 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1652 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1653 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1654 contacting the maintainer
1655 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1656 a new manual released soon)
1657 * Some minor changes
1658 * Include SGML source in package
1659 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1660 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1664 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1668 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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