1 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
5 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
10 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
11 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
13 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
15 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
16 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
17 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
18 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
19 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
20 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
21 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
22 right places in the document, closes: #172897
23 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
27 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
29 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
30 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
31 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
32 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
33 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
34 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
35 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
37 - editorial changes on material added in this version
38 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
39 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
40 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
41 closes: #139957, #108416
42 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
43 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
45 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
47 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
50 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
52 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
53 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
54 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
55 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
57 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
58 for best practices for documentation
59 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
60 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
61 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
62 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
66 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
68 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
71 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
72 descriptions" moved under there
73 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
74 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
75 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
76 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
77 the document where these tools are discussed
78 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
79 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
80 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
81 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
82 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
83 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
85 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
86 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
87 that can be fixed by DDP folks
88 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
89 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
90 - simply PS and PDF building rules
92 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
94 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
97 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
98 section and adjusted links
99 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
101 - ChangeLog attribution updates
102 - fix typos, closes: #171781
103 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
104 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
105 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
106 for debian/rules", and write an intro
107 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
108 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
109 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
110 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
111 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
112 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
113 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
114 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
115 "Internationalization"
116 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
117 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
118 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
119 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
120 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
121 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
122 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
123 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
124 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
126 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
127 rather useless and broken
128 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
129 names and the first word
130 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
131 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
132 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
134 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
135 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
136 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
140 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
143 - DDP publishing update
145 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
146 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
147 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
148 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
152 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
155 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
156 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
157 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
159 - added myself as co-author
160 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
162 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
163 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
165 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
166 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
170 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
173 - Corrected several errors with —
174 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
175 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
176 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
177 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
178 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
179 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
180 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
182 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
183 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
184 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
185 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
186 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
187 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
188 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
189 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
190 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
192 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
193 descriptions". closes: #158609
194 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
195 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
196 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
197 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
198 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
200 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
201 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
202 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
203 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
204 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
205 - updated the mailing lists section
207 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
208 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
213 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
217 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
219 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
221 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
222 Ch "The Debian Archive"
224 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
226 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
227 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
228 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
229 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
230 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
232 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
233 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
234 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
235 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
236 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
237 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
238 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
240 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
241 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
244 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
245 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
246 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
247 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
248 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
249 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
250 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
251 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
252 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
253 work-around with <...>
254 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
255 - update copyright date
256 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
257 - spell check and grammar corrections
261 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
263 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
264 recompile"; closes: #102626
265 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
266 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
267 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
268 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
269 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
271 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
272 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
273 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
275 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
277 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
278 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
279 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
280 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
281 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
282 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
283 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
284 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
285 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
287 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
289 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
291 - updated the list of available architectures.
292 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
293 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
294 of the package and nothing more.
295 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
296 any pain to the ftpmasters.
297 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
298 the use of the delayed queue.
299 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
300 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
302 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
303 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
304 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
305 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
306 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
307 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
308 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
310 - new Sec "Documentation"
311 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
312 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
313 "Being kind to porter" too
314 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
315 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
316 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
317 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
318 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
320 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
321 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
324 - update French translation
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
328 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
331 - some grammar corrections
332 - update French translation
334 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
335 anymore; closes: #135559
336 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
338 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
340 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
341 that would be welcome)
342 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
343 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
344 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
345 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
346 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
347 - other minor wording changes
348 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
349 - Ch "Package uploads":
350 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
351 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
352 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
353 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
354 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
355 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
356 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
360 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
362 * from Martin Michlmayr
363 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
364 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
365 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
367 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
369 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
371 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
373 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
374 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
375 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
378 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
380 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
385 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
388 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
390 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
391 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
392 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
393 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
394 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
395 talking about uploading to distributions
396 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
397 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
398 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
400 - French translation updated
402 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
403 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
404 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
408 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
411 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
412 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
417 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
420 * fix a typo in a link
421 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
422 update documentation accordingly
424 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
425 forwarding bugs upstream
427 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
428 entities which should be used
429 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
430 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
434 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
436 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
437 * French version: completely up-to-date now
438 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
439 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
441 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
446 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
448 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
450 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
451 this translation needs updating
452 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
453 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
454 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
456 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
457 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
458 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
460 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
461 included yet, however
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
465 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
467 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
469 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
470 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
472 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
476 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
478 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
479 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
480 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
482 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
486 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
489 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
490 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
491 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
492 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
493 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
494 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
495 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
496 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
497 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
498 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
499 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
500 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
502 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
503 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
504 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
505 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
506 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
508 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
510 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
511 * update copyright notice for 2001
512 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
513 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
514 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
518 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
520 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
522 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
524 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
528 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
531 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
533 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
534 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
535 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
536 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
537 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
538 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
539 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
540 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
541 could be used if necessary
542 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
543 mention the rsync dupload method
544 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
546 * other small corrections
547 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
548 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
549 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
550 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
552 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
554 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
555 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
559 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
561 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
562 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
563 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
564 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
566 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
567 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
568 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
569 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
570 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
572 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
574 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
575 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
576 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
577 team (closes: Bug#52906)
578 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
579 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
580 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
582 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
583 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
584 - added a section about the LDAP database
585 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
586 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
588 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
589 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
593 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
596 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
597 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
599 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
600 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
601 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
602 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
603 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
604 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
605 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
606 description from developers-reference.sgml
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
610 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
612 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
613 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
615 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
617 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
618 releases are available at archive.debian.org
619 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
620 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
621 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
622 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
623 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
624 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
625 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
626 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
628 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
629 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
630 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
631 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
633 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
634 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
635 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
636 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
637 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
638 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
639 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
640 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
641 suggestion from James Troup
642 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
643 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
644 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
645 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
650 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
652 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
653 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
657 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
659 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
660 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
661 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
662 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
663 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
664 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
665 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
669 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
672 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
673 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
674 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
675 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
676 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
678 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
679 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
681 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
689 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
690 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
691 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
692 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
693 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
695 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
696 with intro; demoted server sections under that
697 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
698 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
700 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
701 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
702 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
703 a normal developer may have access.
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
707 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
709 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
710 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
711 step all over each other
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
715 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
717 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
718 address for PGP key updates
720 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
722 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
724 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
725 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
726 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
727 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
728 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
732 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
734 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
735 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
736 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
737 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
738 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
739 <keyring-maint> instead)
740 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
741 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
743 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
745 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
746 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
747 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
751 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
753 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
754 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
755 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
756 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
757 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
758 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
760 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
761 tighten up the language a bit
762 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
763 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
764 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
765 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
767 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
768 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
769 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
770 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
771 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
772 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
774 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
775 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
776 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
777 about how to depart Debian gracefully
778 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
779 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
780 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
781 number of available packages
782 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
783 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
787 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
789 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
794 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
796 * not officially released
797 * more spelling corrections
798 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
802 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
804 * not officially released
805 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
806 * some PGP-centricity removed
807 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
808 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
809 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
810 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
811 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
812 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
816 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
818 * not officially released
819 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
820 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
821 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
822 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
823 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
824 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
825 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
826 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
827 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
828 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
829 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
830 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
831 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
832 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
834 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
835 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
837 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
839 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
840 take a couple of weeks
841 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
842 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
843 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
844 excited about it and can't wait
845 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
846 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
848 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
849 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
851 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
852 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
853 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
857 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
859 * move to 3-level version number:
860 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
861 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
862 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
863 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
864 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
867 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
868 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
869 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
871 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
873 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
874 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
875 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
876 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
877 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
878 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
880 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
882 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
883 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
884 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
885 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
886 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
887 - "The CVS server": new section added
888 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
890 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
891 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
892 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
893 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
894 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
896 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
897 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
898 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
899 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
900 a canonical location?)
901 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
902 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
903 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
904 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
906 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
908 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
909 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
910 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
911 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
913 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
915 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
918 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
919 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
920 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
921 them. (closes Bug#26948)
922 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
923 and should not be included in this Reference.
924 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
925 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
926 maintainer tools only!
927 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
928 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
929 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
930 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
931 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
932 * Little corrections here and there.
933 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
934 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
937 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
939 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
941 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
942 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
943 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
945 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
946 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
947 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
948 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
949 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
950 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
951 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
952 do prior to uploading
953 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
954 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
956 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
957 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
958 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
959 duties with respect to bugs
960 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
961 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
962 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
964 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
965 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
966 * grammar and markup changes throughout
967 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
968 explicit what is used to build this package
970 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
975 * version number and date are automatically populated now
976 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
977 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
978 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
979 * utilize the new URL tag
980 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
983 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
985 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
987 * non-maintainer release
988 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
989 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
990 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
991 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
992 text, it can't hurt you.)
993 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
994 reflect this packages version number
995 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
997 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
999 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1003 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1005 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1007 * New version numbering scheme:
1009 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1010 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1011 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1014 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1015 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1016 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1017 differ between the manuals.
1019 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1020 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1021 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1022 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1024 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1025 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1027 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1029 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1031 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1035 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1036 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1038 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1039 (as requested by James Troup)
1041 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1043 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1045 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1047 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1051 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1053 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1055 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1056 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1057 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1058 the non-maintainer release
1060 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1061 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1062 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1065 - Lots of typos fixed
1067 * Compressed SGML source code
1069 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1070 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1072 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1074 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1076 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1079 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1080 - Announcing package uploads
1081 * New section about Debian Mentors
1082 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1083 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1084 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1085 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1087 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1089 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1092 of our FTP server and the development process
1093 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1094 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1095 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1097 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1098 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1099 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1100 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1101 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1102 contacting the maintainer
1103 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1104 a new manual released soon)
1105 * Some minor changes
1106 * Include SGML source in package
1107 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1108 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1110 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1112 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1116 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200