1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
29 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
31 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
34 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
35 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
36 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
37 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
38 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
39 * Update information concerning Alioth.
40 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
41 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
43 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
44 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
46 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
49 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
51 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
53 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
55 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
56 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
58 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
59 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
60 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
62 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
63 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
64 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
66 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
67 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
68 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
69 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
70 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
71 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
72 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
73 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
74 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
75 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
76 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
77 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
79 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
80 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
81 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
82 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
83 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
84 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
85 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
86 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
87 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
88 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
92 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
94 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
96 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
99 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
100 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
101 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
102 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
103 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
104 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
106 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
108 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
110 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
112 - non-us discontinued.
113 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
115 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
116 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
117 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
118 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
119 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
120 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
121 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
122 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
123 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
124 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
125 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
126 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
127 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
128 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
129 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
130 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
131 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
132 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
134 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
135 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
137 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
140 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
142 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
144 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
147 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
148 - madison is on merkel.
149 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
150 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
151 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
152 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
153 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
154 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
156 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
157 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
158 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
159 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
160 - sync NM rules with reality.
162 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
164 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
166 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
169 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
170 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
171 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
172 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
173 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
174 - spelling, grammer fixes.
175 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
176 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
177 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
178 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
179 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
180 - add myself to uploaders.
181 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
182 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
183 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
184 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
185 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
186 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
187 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
188 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
189 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
190 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
191 - rewrote the NMU section, and
192 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
193 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
194 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
195 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
196 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
197 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
198 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
199 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
201 - Security uploads get urgency=high
202 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
204 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
206 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
208 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
211 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
212 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
213 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
214 - documented Alioth, somewhat
216 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
217 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
219 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
220 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
221 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
222 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
226 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
228 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
229 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
230 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
231 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
236 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
239 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
241 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
242 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
243 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
245 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
246 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
247 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
248 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
251 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
253 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
254 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
255 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
256 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
257 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
259 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
260 it clear these are special cases
261 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
263 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
267 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
270 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
271 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
273 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
277 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
280 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
282 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
283 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
284 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
286 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
287 - the synopsis formula changed to either
288 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
290 <package-name> is <synopsis>
292 <package-name> are <synopsis>
294 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
295 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
296 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
297 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
298 package; closes: #187143
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
302 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
305 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
306 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
308 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
310 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
311 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
312 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
313 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
314 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
315 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
316 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
317 right places in the document, closes: #172897
318 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
322 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
324 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
325 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
326 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
327 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
328 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
329 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
330 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
332 - editorial changes on material added in this version
333 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
334 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
335 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
336 closes: #139957, #108416
337 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
338 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
342 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
345 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
347 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
348 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
349 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
350 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
352 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
353 for best practices for documentation
354 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
355 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
356 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
357 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
359 - spell-checking pass
361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
363 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
366 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
367 descriptions" moved under there
368 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
369 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
370 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
371 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
372 the document where these tools are discussed
373 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
374 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
375 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
376 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
377 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
378 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
380 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
381 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
382 that can be fixed by DDP folks
383 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
384 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
385 - simply PS and PDF building rules
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
389 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
392 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
393 section and adjusted links
394 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
396 - ChangeLog attribution updates
397 - fix typos, closes: #171781
398 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
399 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
400 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
401 for debian/rules", and write an intro
402 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
403 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
404 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
405 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
406 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
407 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
408 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
409 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
410 "Internationalization"
411 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
412 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
413 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
414 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
415 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
416 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
417 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
418 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
419 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
421 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
422 rather useless and broken
423 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
424 names and the first word
425 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
426 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
427 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
429 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
430 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
431 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
435 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
438 - DDP publishing update
440 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
441 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
442 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
443 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
447 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
450 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
451 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
452 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
454 - added myself as co-author
455 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
457 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
458 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
460 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
461 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
465 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
468 - Corrected several errors with —
469 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
470 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
471 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
472 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
473 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
474 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
475 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
477 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
478 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
479 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
480 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
481 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
482 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
483 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
484 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
485 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
487 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
488 descriptions". closes: #158609
489 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
490 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
491 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
492 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
493 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
495 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
496 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
497 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
498 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
499 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
500 - updated the mailing lists section
502 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
503 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
508 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
511 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
512 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
514 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
516 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
517 Ch "The Debian Archive"
519 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
521 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
522 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
523 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
524 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
525 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
527 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
528 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
529 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
530 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
531 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
532 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
533 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
535 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
536 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
539 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
540 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
541 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
542 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
543 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
544 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
545 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
546 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
547 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
548 work-around with <...>
549 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
550 - update copyright date
551 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
552 - spell check and grammar corrections
556 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
558 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
559 recompile"; closes: #102626
560 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
561 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
562 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
563 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
564 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
566 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
567 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
568 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
570 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
572 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
573 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
574 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
575 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
576 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
577 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
578 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
579 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
580 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
582 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
584 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
586 - updated the list of available architectures.
587 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
588 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
589 of the package and nothing more.
590 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
591 any pain to the ftpmasters.
592 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
593 the use of the delayed queue.
594 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
595 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
597 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
598 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
599 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
600 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
601 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
602 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
603 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
605 - new Sec "Documentation"
606 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
607 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
608 "Being kind to porter" too
609 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
610 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
611 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
612 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
613 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
615 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
616 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
619 - update French translation
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
623 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
626 - some grammar corrections
627 - update French translation
629 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
630 anymore; closes: #135559
631 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
633 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
635 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
636 that would be welcome)
637 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
638 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
639 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
640 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
641 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
642 - other minor wording changes
643 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
644 - Ch "Package uploads":
645 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
646 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
647 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
648 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
649 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
650 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
651 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
655 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
657 * from Martin Michlmayr
658 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
659 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
660 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
662 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
664 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
666 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
668 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
669 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
670 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
673 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
675 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
680 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
683 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
685 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
686 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
687 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
688 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
689 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
690 talking about uploading to distributions
691 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
692 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
693 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
695 - French translation updated
697 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
698 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
699 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
703 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
706 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
707 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
712 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
715 * fix a typo in a link
716 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
717 update documentation accordingly
719 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
720 forwarding bugs upstream
722 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
723 entities which should be used
724 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
725 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
731 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
732 * French version: completely up-to-date now
733 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
734 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
736 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
741 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
743 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
745 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
746 this translation needs updating
747 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
748 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
749 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
751 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
752 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
753 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
755 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
756 included yet, however
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
760 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
762 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
764 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
765 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
767 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
771 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
773 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
774 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
775 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
777 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
781 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
784 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
785 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
786 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
787 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
788 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
789 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
790 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
791 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
792 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
793 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
794 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
795 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
797 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
798 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
799 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
800 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
801 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
803 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
805 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
806 * update copyright notice for 2001
807 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
808 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
809 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
813 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
815 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
817 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
819 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
823 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
826 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
828 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
829 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
830 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
831 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
832 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
833 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
834 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
835 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
836 could be used if necessary
837 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
838 mention the rsync dupload method
839 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
841 * other small corrections
842 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
843 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
844 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
845 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
847 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
849 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
850 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
856 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
857 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
858 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
859 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
861 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
862 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
863 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
864 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
865 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
867 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
869 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
870 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
871 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
872 team (closes: Bug#52906)
873 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
874 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
875 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
877 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
878 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
879 - added a section about the LDAP database
880 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
881 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
883 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
884 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
888 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
891 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
892 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
894 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
895 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
896 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
897 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
898 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
899 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
900 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
901 description from developers-reference.sgml
903 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
905 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
907 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
908 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
910 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
912 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
913 releases are available at archive.debian.org
914 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
915 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
916 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
917 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
918 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
919 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
920 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
921 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
923 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
924 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
925 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
926 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
928 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
929 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
930 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
931 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
932 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
933 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
934 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
935 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
936 suggestion from James Troup
937 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
938 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
939 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
940 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
947 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
948 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
954 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
955 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
956 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
957 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
958 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
959 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
960 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
964 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
967 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
968 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
969 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
970 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
971 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
973 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
974 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
976 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
980 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
984 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
985 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
986 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
987 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
988 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
990 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
991 with intro; demoted server sections under that
992 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
993 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
995 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
996 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
997 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
998 a normal developer may have access.
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1005 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1006 step all over each other
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1010 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1013 address for PGP key updates
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1020 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1021 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1022 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1023 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1027 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1030 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1031 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1032 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1033 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1034 <keyring-maint> instead)
1035 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1036 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1038 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1040 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1041 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1042 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1044 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1046 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1048 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1049 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1050 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1051 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1052 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1053 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1055 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1056 tighten up the language a bit
1057 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1058 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1059 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1060 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1062 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1063 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1064 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1065 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1066 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1067 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1069 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1070 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1071 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1072 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1073 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1074 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1075 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1076 number of available packages
1077 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1078 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1082 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1089 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * not officially released
1092 * more spelling corrections
1093 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1097 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * not officially released
1100 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1101 * some PGP-centricity removed
1102 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1103 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1104 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1105 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1106 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1107 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1111 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1113 * not officially released
1114 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1115 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1116 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1117 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1118 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1119 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1120 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1121 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1122 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1123 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1124 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1125 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1126 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1127 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1129 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1130 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1132 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1134 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1135 take a couple of weeks
1136 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1137 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1138 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1139 excited about it and can't wait
1140 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1141 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1143 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1144 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1146 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1147 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1148 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1152 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1154 * move to 3-level version number:
1155 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1156 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1157 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1158 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1159 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1162 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1163 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1164 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1166 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1168 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1169 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1170 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1171 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1172 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1173 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1175 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1177 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1178 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1179 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1180 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1181 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1182 - "The CVS server": new section added
1183 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1185 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1186 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1187 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1188 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1189 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1190 with respect to GPG.
1191 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1192 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1193 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1194 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1195 a canonical location?)
1196 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1197 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1198 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1199 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1201 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1203 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1204 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1205 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1206 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1208 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1210 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1213 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1214 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1215 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1216 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1217 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1218 and should not be included in this Reference.
1219 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1220 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1221 maintainer tools only!
1222 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1223 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1224 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1225 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1226 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1227 * Little corrections here and there.
1228 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1229 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1232 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1234 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1237 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1238 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1240 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1241 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1242 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1243 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1244 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1245 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1246 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1247 do prior to uploading
1248 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1249 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1251 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1252 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1253 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1254 duties with respect to bugs
1255 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1256 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1257 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1259 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1260 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1261 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1262 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1263 explicit what is used to build this package
1265 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1267 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1271 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1272 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1273 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1274 * utilize the new URL tag
1275 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1278 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1280 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1282 * non-maintainer release
1283 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1284 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1285 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1286 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1287 text, it can't hurt you.)
1288 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1289 reflect this packages version number
1290 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1292 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1294 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1298 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1300 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1302 * New version numbering scheme:
1304 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1305 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1306 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1309 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1310 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1311 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1312 differ between the manuals.
1314 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1315 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1316 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1317 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1319 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1320 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1322 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1326 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1330 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1331 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1333 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1334 (as requested by James Troup)
1336 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1338 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1340 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1342 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1346 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1348 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1350 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1351 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1352 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1353 the non-maintainer release
1355 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1356 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1357 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1360 - Lots of typos fixed
1362 * Compressed SGML source code
1364 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1365 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1367 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1369 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1371 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1374 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1375 - Announcing package uploads
1376 * New section about Debian Mentors
1377 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1378 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1379 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1380 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1382 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1384 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1387 of our FTP server and the development process
1388 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1389 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1390 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1392 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1393 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1394 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1395 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1396 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1397 contacting the maintainer
1398 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1399 a new manual released soon)
1400 * Some minor changes
1401 * Include SGML source in package
1402 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1403 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1407 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1411 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200