1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
33 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
35 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
38 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
40 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
42 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
44 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
45 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
47 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
49 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
52 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
53 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
54 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
55 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
56 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
57 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
58 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
59 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
60 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
61 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
62 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
63 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
64 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
65 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
66 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
67 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
68 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
69 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
70 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
71 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
72 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
74 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
76 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
83 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
84 The most important changes are:
85 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
86 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
89 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
90 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
91 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
92 distinction. Closes: #464230.
93 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
94 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
95 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
96 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
97 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
98 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
100 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
101 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
103 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
104 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
106 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
107 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
109 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
111 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
112 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
114 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
115 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
116 Closes: #512620, #510783.
118 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
120 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
124 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
125 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
126 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
127 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
128 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
129 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
130 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
132 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
134 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
137 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
138 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
139 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
140 release codenames in <literal>
141 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
142 doesn't exist anymore.
143 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
144 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
145 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
146 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
147 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
148 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
149 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
150 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
151 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
152 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
153 team before upload. Closes: #459343
154 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
155 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
156 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
157 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
158 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
159 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
160 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
162 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
163 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
165 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
166 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
167 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
168 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
169 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
170 Thomas. Closes: #485837
172 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
173 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
175 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
177 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
181 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
182 - fix debian/copyright
183 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
184 - add pdf for French version.
185 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
186 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
187 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
188 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
189 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
190 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
191 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
192 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
193 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
195 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
196 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
198 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
200 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
201 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
202 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
203 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
204 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
205 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
207 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
210 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
211 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
212 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
213 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
214 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
215 * Update information concerning Alioth.
216 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
217 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
219 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
220 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
222 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
225 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
227 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
229 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
231 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
232 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
234 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
235 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
236 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
238 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
239 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
240 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
242 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
243 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
244 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
245 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
246 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
247 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
248 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
249 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
250 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
251 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
252 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
253 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
255 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
256 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
257 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
258 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
259 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
260 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
261 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
262 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
263 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
264 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
268 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
270 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
272 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
275 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
276 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
277 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
278 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
279 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
280 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
282 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
284 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
286 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
288 - non-us discontinued.
289 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
291 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
292 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
293 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
294 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
295 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
296 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
297 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
298 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
299 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
300 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
301 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
302 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
303 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
304 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
305 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
306 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
307 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
308 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
310 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
311 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
313 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
316 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
318 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
320 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
323 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
324 - madison is on merkel.
325 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
326 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
327 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
328 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
329 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
330 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
332 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
333 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
334 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
335 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
336 - sync NM rules with reality.
338 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
340 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
342 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
345 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
346 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
347 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
348 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
349 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
350 - spelling, grammer fixes.
351 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
352 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
353 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
354 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
355 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
356 - add myself to uploaders.
357 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
358 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
359 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
360 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
361 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
362 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
363 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
364 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
365 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
366 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
367 - rewrote the NMU section, and
368 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
369 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
370 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
371 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
372 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
373 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
374 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
375 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
377 - Security uploads get urgency=high
378 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
380 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
382 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
384 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
387 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
388 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
389 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
390 - documented Alioth, somewhat
392 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
393 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
395 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
396 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
397 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
398 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
402 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
404 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
405 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
406 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
407 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
412 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
415 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
417 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
418 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
419 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
421 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
422 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
423 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
424 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
427 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
429 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
430 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
431 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
432 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
433 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
435 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
436 it clear these are special cases
437 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
439 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
443 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
446 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
447 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
449 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
453 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
456 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
458 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
459 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
460 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
462 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
463 - the synopsis formula changed to either
464 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
466 <package-name> is <synopsis>
468 <package-name> are <synopsis>
470 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
471 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
472 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
473 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
474 package; closes: #187143
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
478 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
481 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
482 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
484 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
486 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
487 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
488 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
489 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
490 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
491 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
492 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
493 right places in the document, closes: #172897
494 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
498 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
500 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
501 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
502 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
503 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
504 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
505 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
506 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
508 - editorial changes on material added in this version
509 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
510 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
511 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
512 closes: #139957, #108416
513 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
514 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
518 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
521 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
523 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
524 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
525 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
526 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
528 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
529 for best practices for documentation
530 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
531 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
532 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
533 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
535 - spell-checking pass
537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
539 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
542 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
543 descriptions" moved under there
544 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
545 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
546 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
547 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
548 the document where these tools are discussed
549 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
550 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
551 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
552 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
553 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
554 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
556 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
557 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
558 that can be fixed by DDP folks
559 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
560 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
561 - simply PS and PDF building rules
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
565 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
568 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
569 section and adjusted links
570 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
572 - ChangeLog attribution updates
573 - fix typos, closes: #171781
574 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
575 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
576 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
577 for debian/rules", and write an intro
578 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
579 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
580 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
581 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
582 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
583 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
584 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
585 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
586 "Internationalization"
587 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
588 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
589 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
590 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
591 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
592 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
593 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
594 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
595 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
597 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
598 rather useless and broken
599 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
600 names and the first word
601 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
602 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
603 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
605 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
606 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
607 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
611 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
614 - DDP publishing update
616 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
617 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
618 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
619 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
623 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
626 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
627 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
628 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
630 - added myself as co-author
631 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
633 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
634 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
636 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
637 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
641 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
644 - Corrected several errors with —
645 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
646 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
647 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
648 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
649 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
650 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
651 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
653 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
654 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
655 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
656 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
657 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
658 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
659 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
660 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
661 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
663 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
664 descriptions". closes: #158609
665 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
666 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
667 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
668 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
669 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
671 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
672 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
673 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
674 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
675 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
676 - updated the mailing lists section
678 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
679 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
684 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
687 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
688 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
690 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
692 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
693 Ch "The Debian Archive"
695 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
697 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
698 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
699 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
700 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
701 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
703 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
704 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
705 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
706 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
707 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
708 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
709 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
711 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
712 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
715 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
716 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
717 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
718 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
719 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
720 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
721 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
722 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
723 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
724 work-around with <...>
725 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
726 - update copyright date
727 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
728 - spell check and grammar corrections
732 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
734 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
735 recompile"; closes: #102626
736 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
737 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
738 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
739 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
740 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
742 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
743 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
744 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
746 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
748 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
749 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
750 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
751 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
752 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
753 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
754 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
755 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
756 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
758 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
760 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
762 - updated the list of available architectures.
763 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
764 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
765 of the package and nothing more.
766 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
767 any pain to the ftpmasters.
768 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
769 the use of the delayed queue.
770 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
771 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
773 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
774 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
775 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
776 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
777 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
778 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
779 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
781 - new Sec "Documentation"
782 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
783 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
784 "Being kind to porter" too
785 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
786 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
787 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
788 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
789 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
791 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
792 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
795 - update French translation
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
799 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
802 - some grammar corrections
803 - update French translation
805 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
806 anymore; closes: #135559
807 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
809 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
811 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
812 that would be welcome)
813 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
814 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
815 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
816 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
817 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
818 - other minor wording changes
819 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
820 - Ch "Package uploads":
821 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
822 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
823 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
824 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
825 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
826 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
827 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
831 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
833 * from Martin Michlmayr
834 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
835 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
836 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
838 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
840 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
842 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
844 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
845 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
846 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
849 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
851 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
856 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
861 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
862 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
863 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
864 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
865 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
866 talking about uploading to distributions
867 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
868 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
869 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
871 - French translation updated
873 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
874 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
875 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
882 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
883 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
888 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
891 * fix a typo in a link
892 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
893 update documentation accordingly
895 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
896 forwarding bugs upstream
898 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
899 entities which should be used
900 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
901 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
903 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
905 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
907 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
908 * French version: completely up-to-date now
909 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
910 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
912 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
919 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
921 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
922 this translation needs updating
923 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
924 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
925 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
927 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
928 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
929 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
931 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
932 included yet, however
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
936 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
938 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
940 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
941 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
943 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
947 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
949 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
950 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
951 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
953 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
957 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
960 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
961 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
962 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
963 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
964 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
965 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
966 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
967 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
968 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
969 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
970 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
971 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
973 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
974 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
975 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
976 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
977 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
979 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
981 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
982 * update copyright notice for 2001
983 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
984 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
985 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
989 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
991 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
993 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
995 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
999 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1002 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1004 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1005 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1006 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1007 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1008 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1009 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1010 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1011 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1012 could be used if necessary
1013 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1014 mention the rsync dupload method
1015 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1017 * other small corrections
1018 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1019 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1020 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1021 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1023 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1025 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1026 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1032 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1033 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1034 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1035 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1037 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1038 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1039 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1040 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1041 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1043 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1045 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1046 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1047 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1048 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1049 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1050 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1051 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1053 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1054 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1055 - added a section about the LDAP database
1056 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1057 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1059 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1060 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1062 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1064 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1067 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1068 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1070 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1071 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1072 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1073 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1074 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1075 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1076 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1077 description from developers-reference.sgml
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1081 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1084 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1086 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1088 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1089 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1090 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1091 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1092 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1093 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1094 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1095 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1096 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1097 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1099 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1100 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1101 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1102 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1104 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1105 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1106 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1107 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1108 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1109 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1110 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1111 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1112 suggestion from James Troup
1113 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1114 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1115 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1116 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1121 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1124 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1128 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1131 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1132 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1133 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1134 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1135 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1136 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1143 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1144 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1145 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1146 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1147 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1149 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1150 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1152 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1160 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1161 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1162 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1163 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1164 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1166 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1167 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1168 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1169 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1171 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1172 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1173 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1174 a normal developer may have access.
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1181 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1182 step all over each other
1184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1186 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1189 address for PGP key updates
1191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1193 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1196 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1197 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1198 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1199 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1203 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1206 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1207 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1208 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1209 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1210 <keyring-maint> instead)
1211 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1212 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1214 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1216 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1217 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1218 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1222 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1224 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1225 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1226 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1227 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1228 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1229 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1231 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1232 tighten up the language a bit
1233 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1234 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1235 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1236 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1238 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1239 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1240 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1241 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1242 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1243 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1245 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1246 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1247 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1248 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1249 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1250 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1251 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1252 number of available packages
1253 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1254 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1258 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1265 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * not officially released
1268 * more spelling corrections
1269 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1273 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * not officially released
1276 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1277 * some PGP-centricity removed
1278 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1279 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1280 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1281 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1282 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1283 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1287 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1289 * not officially released
1290 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1291 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1292 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1293 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1294 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1295 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1296 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1297 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1298 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1299 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1300 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1301 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1302 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1303 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1305 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1306 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1308 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1310 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1311 take a couple of weeks
1312 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1313 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1314 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1315 excited about it and can't wait
1316 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1317 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1319 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1320 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1322 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1323 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1324 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1328 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1330 * move to 3-level version number:
1331 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1332 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1333 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1334 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1335 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1338 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1339 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1340 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1342 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1344 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1345 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1346 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1347 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1348 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1349 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1351 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1353 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1354 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1355 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1356 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1357 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1358 - "The CVS server": new section added
1359 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1361 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1362 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1363 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1364 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1365 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1366 with respect to GPG.
1367 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1368 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1369 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1370 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1371 a canonical location?)
1372 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1373 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1374 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1375 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1377 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1379 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1380 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1381 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1382 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1384 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1386 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1389 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1390 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1391 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1392 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1393 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1394 and should not be included in this Reference.
1395 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1396 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1397 maintainer tools only!
1398 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1399 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1400 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1401 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1402 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1403 * Little corrections here and there.
1404 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1405 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1408 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1410 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1413 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1414 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1416 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1417 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1418 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1419 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1420 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1421 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1422 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1423 do prior to uploading
1424 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1425 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1427 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1428 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1429 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1430 duties with respect to bugs
1431 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1432 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1433 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1435 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1436 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1437 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1438 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1439 explicit what is used to build this package
1441 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1443 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1447 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1448 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1449 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1450 * utilize the new URL tag
1451 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1454 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1456 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1458 * non-maintainer release
1459 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1460 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1461 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1462 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1463 text, it can't hurt you.)
1464 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1465 reflect this packages version number
1466 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1468 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1470 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1474 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1476 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1478 * New version numbering scheme:
1480 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1481 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1482 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1485 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1486 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1487 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1488 differ between the manuals.
1490 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1491 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1492 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1493 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1495 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1496 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1498 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1502 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1506 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1507 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1509 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1510 (as requested by James Troup)
1512 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1514 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1516 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1518 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1520 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1522 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1524 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1526 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1527 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1528 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1529 the non-maintainer release
1531 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1532 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1533 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1536 - Lots of typos fixed
1538 * Compressed SGML source code
1540 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1541 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1543 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1545 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1547 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1550 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1551 - Announcing package uploads
1552 * New section about Debian Mentors
1553 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1554 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1555 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1556 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1558 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1560 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1563 of our FTP server and the development process
1564 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1565 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1566 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1568 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1569 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1570 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1571 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1572 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1573 contacting the maintainer
1574 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1575 a new manual released soon)
1576 * Some minor changes
1577 * Include SGML source in package
1578 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1579 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1581 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1583 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1587 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200