1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 -- Andreas Barth <aba@gluck.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
16 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
18 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
20 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
21 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
23 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
24 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
25 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
27 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
28 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
29 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
31 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
33 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
34 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
35 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
36 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
37 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
38 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
39 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
40 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
41 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
42 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
44 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
45 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
46 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
47 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
48 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
49 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
50 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
51 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
52 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
53 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
57 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
59 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
61 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
64 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
65 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
66 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
67 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
68 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
69 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
71 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
73 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
75 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
77 - non-us discontinued.
78 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
80 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
81 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
82 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
83 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
84 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
85 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
86 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
87 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
88 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
89 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
90 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
91 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
92 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
93 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
94 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
95 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
96 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
97 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
99 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
100 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
102 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
105 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
107 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
109 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
112 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
113 - madison is on merkel.
114 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
115 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
116 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
117 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
118 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
119 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
121 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
122 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
123 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
124 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
125 - sync NM rules with reality.
127 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
129 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
131 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
134 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
135 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
136 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
137 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
138 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
139 - spelling, grammer fixes.
140 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
141 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
142 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
143 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
144 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
145 - add myself to uploaders.
146 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
147 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
148 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
149 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
150 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
151 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
152 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
153 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
154 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
155 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
156 - rewrote the NMU section, and
157 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
158 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
159 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
160 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
161 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
162 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
163 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
164 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
166 - Security uploads get urgency=high
167 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
169 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
171 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
173 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
176 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
177 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
178 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
179 - documented Alioth, somewhat
181 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
182 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
184 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
185 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
186 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
187 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
191 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
193 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
194 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
195 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
196 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
201 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
204 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
206 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
207 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
208 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
210 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
211 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
212 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
213 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
216 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
218 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
219 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
220 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
221 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
222 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
224 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
225 it clear these are special cases
226 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
228 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
232 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
235 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
236 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
238 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
242 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
245 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
247 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
248 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
249 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
251 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
252 - the synopsis formula changed to either
253 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
255 <package-name> is <synopsis>
257 <package-name> are <synopsis>
259 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
260 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
261 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
262 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
263 package; closes: #187143
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
267 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
270 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
271 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
273 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
275 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
276 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
277 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
278 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
279 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
280 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
281 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
282 right places in the document, closes: #172897
283 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
287 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
289 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
290 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
291 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
292 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
293 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
294 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
295 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
297 - editorial changes on material added in this version
298 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
299 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
300 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
301 closes: #139957, #108416
302 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
303 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
307 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
310 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
312 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
313 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
314 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
315 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
317 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
318 for best practices for documentation
319 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
320 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
321 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
322 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
324 - spell-checking pass
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
328 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
331 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
332 descriptions" moved under there
333 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
334 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
335 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
336 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
337 the document where these tools are discussed
338 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
339 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
340 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
341 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
342 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
343 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
345 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
346 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
347 that can be fixed by DDP folks
348 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
349 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
350 - simply PS and PDF building rules
352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
354 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
357 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
358 section and adjusted links
359 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
361 - ChangeLog attribution updates
362 - fix typos, closes: #171781
363 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
364 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
365 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
366 for debian/rules", and write an intro
367 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
368 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
369 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
370 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
371 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
372 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
373 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
374 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
375 "Internationalization"
376 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
377 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
378 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
379 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
380 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
381 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
382 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
383 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
384 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
386 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
387 rather useless and broken
388 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
389 names and the first word
390 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
391 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
392 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
394 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
395 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
396 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
400 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
403 - DDP publishing update
405 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
406 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
407 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
408 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
412 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
415 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
416 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
417 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
419 - added myself as co-author
420 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
422 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
423 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
425 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
426 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
430 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
433 - Corrected several errors with —
434 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
435 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
436 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
437 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
438 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
439 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
440 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
442 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
443 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
444 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
445 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
446 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
447 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
448 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
449 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
450 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
452 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
453 descriptions". closes: #158609
454 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
455 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
456 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
457 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
458 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
460 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
461 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
462 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
463 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
464 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
465 - updated the mailing lists section
467 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
468 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
473 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
476 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
477 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
479 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
481 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
482 Ch "The Debian Archive"
484 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
486 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
487 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
488 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
489 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
490 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
492 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
493 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
494 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
495 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
496 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
497 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
498 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
500 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
501 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
504 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
505 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
506 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
507 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
508 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
509 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
510 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
511 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
512 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
513 work-around with <...>
514 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
515 - update copyright date
516 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
517 - spell check and grammar corrections
521 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
523 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
524 recompile"; closes: #102626
525 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
526 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
527 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
528 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
529 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
531 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
532 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
533 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
535 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
537 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
538 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
539 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
540 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
541 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
542 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
543 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
544 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
545 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
547 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
549 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
551 - updated the list of available architectures.
552 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
553 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
554 of the package and nothing more.
555 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
556 any pain to the ftpmasters.
557 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
558 the use of the delayed queue.
559 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
560 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
562 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
563 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
564 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
565 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
566 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
567 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
568 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
570 - new Sec "Documentation"
571 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
572 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
573 "Being kind to porter" too
574 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
575 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
576 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
577 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
578 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
580 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
581 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
584 - update French translation
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
588 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
591 - some grammar corrections
592 - update French translation
594 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
595 anymore; closes: #135559
596 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
598 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
600 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
601 that would be welcome)
602 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
603 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
604 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
605 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
606 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
607 - other minor wording changes
608 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
609 - Ch "Package uploads":
610 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
611 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
612 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
613 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
614 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
615 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
616 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
620 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
622 * from Martin Michlmayr
623 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
624 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
625 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
627 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
629 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
631 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
633 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
634 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
635 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
638 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
640 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
645 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
648 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
650 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
651 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
652 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
653 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
654 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
655 talking about uploading to distributions
656 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
657 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
658 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
660 - French translation updated
662 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
663 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
664 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
668 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
671 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
672 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
677 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
680 * fix a typo in a link
681 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
682 update documentation accordingly
684 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
685 forwarding bugs upstream
687 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
688 entities which should be used
689 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
690 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
696 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
697 * French version: completely up-to-date now
698 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
699 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
701 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
706 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
708 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
710 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
711 this translation needs updating
712 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
713 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
714 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
716 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
717 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
718 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
720 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
721 included yet, however
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
725 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
727 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
729 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
730 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
732 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
736 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
738 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
739 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
740 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
742 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
744 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
746 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
749 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
750 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
751 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
752 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
753 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
754 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
755 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
756 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
757 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
758 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
759 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
760 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
762 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
763 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
764 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
765 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
766 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
768 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
770 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
771 * update copyright notice for 2001
772 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
773 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
774 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
778 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
780 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
782 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
784 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
788 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
791 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
793 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
794 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
795 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
796 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
797 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
798 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
799 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
800 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
801 could be used if necessary
802 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
803 mention the rsync dupload method
804 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
806 * other small corrections
807 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
808 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
809 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
810 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
812 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
814 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
815 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
821 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
822 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
823 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
824 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
826 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
827 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
828 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
829 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
830 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
832 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
834 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
835 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
836 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
837 team (closes: Bug#52906)
838 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
839 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
840 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
842 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
843 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
844 - added a section about the LDAP database
845 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
846 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
848 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
849 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
853 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
856 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
857 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
859 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
860 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
861 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
862 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
863 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
864 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
865 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
866 description from developers-reference.sgml
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
870 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
872 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
873 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
875 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
877 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
878 releases are available at archive.debian.org
879 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
880 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
881 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
882 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
883 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
884 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
885 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
886 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
888 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
889 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
890 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
891 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
893 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
894 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
895 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
896 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
897 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
898 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
899 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
900 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
901 suggestion from James Troup
902 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
903 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
904 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
905 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
910 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
912 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
913 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
919 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
920 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
921 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
922 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
923 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
924 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
925 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
932 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
933 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
934 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
935 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
936 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
938 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
939 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
941 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
947 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
949 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
950 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
951 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
952 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
953 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
955 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
956 with intro; demoted server sections under that
957 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
958 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
960 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
961 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
962 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
963 a normal developer may have access.
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
969 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
970 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
971 step all over each other
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
975 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
977 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
978 address for PGP key updates
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
982 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
984 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
985 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
986 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
987 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
988 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
992 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
994 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
995 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
996 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
997 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
998 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
999 <keyring-maint> instead)
1000 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1001 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1003 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1005 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1006 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1007 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1011 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1013 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1014 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1015 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1016 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1017 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1018 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1020 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1021 tighten up the language a bit
1022 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1023 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1024 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1025 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1027 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1028 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1029 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1030 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1031 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1032 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1034 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1035 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1036 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1037 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1038 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1039 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1040 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1041 number of available packages
1042 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1043 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1047 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1054 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * not officially released
1057 * more spelling corrections
1058 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1062 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * not officially released
1065 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1066 * some PGP-centricity removed
1067 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1068 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1069 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1070 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1071 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1072 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1076 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1078 * not officially released
1079 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1080 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1081 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1082 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1083 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1084 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1085 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1086 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1087 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1088 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1089 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1090 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1091 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1092 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1094 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1095 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1097 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1099 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1100 take a couple of weeks
1101 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1102 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1103 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1104 excited about it and can't wait
1105 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1106 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1108 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1109 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1111 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1112 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1113 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1117 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1119 * move to 3-level version number:
1120 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1121 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1122 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1123 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1124 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1127 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1128 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1129 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1131 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1133 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1134 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1135 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1136 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1137 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1138 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1140 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1142 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1143 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1144 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1145 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1146 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1147 - "The CVS server": new section added
1148 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1150 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1151 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1152 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1153 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1154 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1155 with respect to GPG.
1156 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1157 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1158 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1159 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1160 a canonical location?)
1161 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1162 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1163 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1164 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1166 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1168 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1169 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1170 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1171 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1173 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1175 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1178 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1179 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1180 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1181 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1182 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1183 and should not be included in this Reference.
1184 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1185 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1186 maintainer tools only!
1187 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1188 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1189 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1190 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1191 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1192 * Little corrections here and there.
1193 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1194 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1197 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1199 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1202 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1203 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1205 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1206 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1207 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1208 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1209 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1210 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1211 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1212 do prior to uploading
1213 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1214 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1216 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1217 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1218 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1219 duties with respect to bugs
1220 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1221 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1222 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1224 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1225 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1226 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1227 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1228 explicit what is used to build this package
1230 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1236 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1237 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1238 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1239 * utilize the new URL tag
1240 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1243 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1245 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1247 * non-maintainer release
1248 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1249 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1250 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1251 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1252 text, it can't hurt you.)
1253 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1254 reflect this packages version number
1255 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1257 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1263 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1265 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1267 * New version numbering scheme:
1269 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1270 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1271 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1274 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1275 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1276 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1277 differ between the manuals.
1279 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1280 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1281 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1282 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1284 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1285 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1287 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1291 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1293 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1295 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1296 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1298 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1299 (as requested by James Troup)
1301 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1303 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1305 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1307 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1311 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1313 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1315 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1316 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1317 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1318 the non-maintainer release
1320 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1321 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1322 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1325 - Lots of typos fixed
1327 * Compressed SGML source code
1329 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1330 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1332 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1334 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1336 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1339 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1340 - Announcing package uploads
1341 * New section about Debian Mentors
1342 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1343 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1344 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1345 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1347 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1349 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1352 of our FTP server and the development process
1353 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1354 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1355 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1357 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1358 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1359 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1360 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1361 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1362 contacting the maintainer
1363 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1364 a new manual released soon)
1365 * Some minor changes
1366 * Include SGML source in package
1367 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1368 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1370 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1372 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1376 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200