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.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
49 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
50 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
51 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
52 patch. Closes: #573110
54 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
56 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
59 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
61 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
63 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
65 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
66 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
68 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
70 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
73 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
74 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
75 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
76 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
77 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
78 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
79 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
80 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
81 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
82 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
83 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
84 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
85 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
86 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
87 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
88 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
89 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
90 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
91 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
92 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
93 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
95 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
97 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
104 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
105 The most important changes are:
106 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
107 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
110 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
111 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
112 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
113 distinction. Closes: #464230.
114 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
115 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
116 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
117 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
118 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
119 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
121 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
122 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
124 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
125 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
127 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
128 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
130 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
132 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
133 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
135 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
136 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
137 Closes: #512620, #510783.
139 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
141 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
145 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
146 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
147 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
148 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
149 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
150 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
151 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
153 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
155 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
158 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
159 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
160 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
161 release codenames in <literal>
162 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
163 doesn't exist anymore.
164 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
165 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
166 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
167 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
168 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
169 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
170 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
171 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
172 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
173 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
174 team before upload. Closes: #459343
175 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
176 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
177 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
178 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
179 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
180 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
181 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
183 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
184 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
186 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
187 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
188 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
189 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
190 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
191 Thomas. Closes: #485837
193 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
194 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
196 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
198 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
202 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
203 - fix debian/copyright
204 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
205 - add pdf for French version.
206 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
207 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
208 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
209 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
210 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
211 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
212 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
213 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
214 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
216 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
217 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
219 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
221 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
222 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
223 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
224 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
225 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
226 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
228 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
231 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
232 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
233 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
234 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
235 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
236 * Update information concerning Alioth.
237 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
238 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
240 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
241 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
243 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
246 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
248 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
250 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
252 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
253 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
255 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
256 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
257 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
259 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
260 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
261 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
263 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
264 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
265 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
266 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
267 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
268 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
269 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
270 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
271 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
272 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
273 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
274 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
276 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
277 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
278 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
279 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
280 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
281 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
282 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
283 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
284 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
285 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
289 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
291 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
293 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
296 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
297 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
298 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
299 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
300 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
301 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
303 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
305 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
307 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
309 - non-us discontinued.
310 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
312 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
313 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
314 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
315 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
316 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
317 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
318 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
319 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
320 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
321 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
322 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
323 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
324 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
325 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
326 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
327 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
328 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
329 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
331 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
332 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
334 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
337 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
339 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
341 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
344 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
345 - madison is on merkel.
346 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
347 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
348 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
349 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
350 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
351 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
353 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
354 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
355 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
356 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
357 - sync NM rules with reality.
359 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
361 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
363 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
366 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
367 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
368 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
369 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
370 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
371 - spelling, grammer fixes.
372 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
373 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
374 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
375 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
376 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
377 - add myself to uploaders.
378 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
379 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
380 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
381 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
382 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
383 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
384 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
385 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
386 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
387 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
388 - rewrote the NMU section, and
389 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
390 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
391 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
392 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
393 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
394 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
395 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
396 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
398 - Security uploads get urgency=high
399 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
401 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
403 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
405 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
408 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
409 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
410 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
411 - documented Alioth, somewhat
413 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
414 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
416 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
417 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
418 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
419 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
423 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
425 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
426 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
427 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
428 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
433 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
436 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
438 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
439 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
440 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
442 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
443 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
444 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
445 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
448 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
450 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
451 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
452 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
453 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
454 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
456 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
457 it clear these are special cases
458 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
460 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
464 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
467 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
468 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
470 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
472 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
474 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
477 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
479 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
480 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
481 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
483 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
484 - the synopsis formula changed to either
485 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
487 <package-name> is <synopsis>
489 <package-name> are <synopsis>
491 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
492 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
493 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
494 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
495 package; closes: #187143
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
499 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
502 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
503 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
505 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
507 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
508 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
509 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
510 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
511 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
512 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
513 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
514 right places in the document, closes: #172897
515 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
519 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
521 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
522 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
523 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
524 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
525 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
526 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
527 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
529 - editorial changes on material added in this version
530 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
531 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
532 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
533 closes: #139957, #108416
534 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
535 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
539 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
542 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
544 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
545 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
546 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
547 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
549 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
550 for best practices for documentation
551 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
552 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
553 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
554 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
556 - spell-checking pass
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
560 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
564 descriptions" moved under there
565 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
566 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
567 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
568 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
569 the document where these tools are discussed
570 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
571 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
572 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
573 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
574 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
575 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
577 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
578 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
579 that can be fixed by DDP folks
580 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
581 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
582 - simply PS and PDF building rules
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
586 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
589 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
590 section and adjusted links
591 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
593 - ChangeLog attribution updates
594 - fix typos, closes: #171781
595 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
596 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
597 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
598 for debian/rules", and write an intro
599 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
600 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
601 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
602 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
603 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
604 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
605 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
606 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
607 "Internationalization"
608 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
609 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
610 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
611 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
612 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
613 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
614 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
615 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
616 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
618 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
619 rather useless and broken
620 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
621 names and the first word
622 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
623 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
624 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
626 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
627 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
628 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
630 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
632 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
635 - DDP publishing update
637 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
638 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
639 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
640 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
644 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
647 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
648 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
649 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
651 - added myself as co-author
652 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
654 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
655 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
657 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
658 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
662 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
665 - Corrected several errors with —
666 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
667 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
668 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
669 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
670 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
671 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
672 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
674 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
675 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
676 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
677 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
678 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
679 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
680 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
681 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
682 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
684 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
685 descriptions". closes: #158609
686 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
687 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
688 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
689 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
690 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
692 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
693 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
694 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
695 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
696 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
697 - updated the mailing lists section
699 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
700 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
705 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
709 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
711 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
713 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
714 Ch "The Debian Archive"
716 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
718 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
719 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
720 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
721 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
722 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
724 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
725 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
726 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
727 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
728 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
729 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
730 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
732 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
733 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
736 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
737 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
738 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
739 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
740 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
741 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
742 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
743 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
744 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
745 work-around with <...>
746 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
747 - update copyright date
748 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
749 - spell check and grammar corrections
753 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
755 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
756 recompile"; closes: #102626
757 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
758 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
759 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
760 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
761 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
763 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
764 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
765 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
767 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
769 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
770 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
771 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
772 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
773 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
774 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
775 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
776 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
777 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
779 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
781 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
783 - updated the list of available architectures.
784 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
785 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
786 of the package and nothing more.
787 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
788 any pain to the ftpmasters.
789 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
790 the use of the delayed queue.
791 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
792 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
794 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
795 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
796 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
797 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
798 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
799 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
800 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
802 - new Sec "Documentation"
803 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
804 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
805 "Being kind to porter" too
806 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
807 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
808 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
809 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
810 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
812 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
813 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
816 - update French translation
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
820 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
823 - some grammar corrections
824 - update French translation
826 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
827 anymore; closes: #135559
828 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
830 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
832 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
833 that would be welcome)
834 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
835 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
836 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
837 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
838 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
839 - other minor wording changes
840 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
841 - Ch "Package uploads":
842 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
843 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
844 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
845 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
846 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
847 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
848 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
852 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * from Martin Michlmayr
855 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
856 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
857 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
859 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
861 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
863 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
865 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
866 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
867 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
870 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
872 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
877 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
880 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
882 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
883 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
884 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
885 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
886 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
887 talking about uploading to distributions
888 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
889 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
890 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
892 - French translation updated
894 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
895 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
896 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
903 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
904 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
909 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
912 * fix a typo in a link
913 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
914 update documentation accordingly
916 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
917 forwarding bugs upstream
919 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
920 entities which should be used
921 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
922 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
926 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
928 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
929 * French version: completely up-to-date now
930 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
931 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
933 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
940 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
942 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
943 this translation needs updating
944 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
945 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
946 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
948 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
949 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
950 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
952 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
953 included yet, however
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
957 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
959 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
961 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
962 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
964 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
966 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
968 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
970 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
971 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
972 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
974 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
978 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
981 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
982 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
983 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
984 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
985 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
986 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
987 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
988 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
989 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
990 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
991 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
992 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
994 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
995 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
996 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
997 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
998 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1000 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1002 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1003 * update copyright notice for 2001
1004 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1005 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1006 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1010 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1014 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1016 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1020 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1023 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1025 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1026 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1027 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1028 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1029 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1030 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1031 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1032 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1033 could be used if necessary
1034 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1035 mention the rsync dupload method
1036 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1038 * other small corrections
1039 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1040 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1041 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1042 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1044 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1046 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1047 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1051 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1053 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1054 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1055 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1056 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1058 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1059 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1060 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1061 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1062 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1064 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1066 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1067 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1068 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1069 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1070 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1071 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1072 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1074 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1075 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1076 - added a section about the LDAP database
1077 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1078 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1080 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1081 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1085 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1088 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1089 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1091 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1092 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1093 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1094 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1095 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1096 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1097 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1098 description from developers-reference.sgml
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1102 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1105 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1107 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1109 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1110 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1111 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1112 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1113 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1114 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1115 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1116 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1117 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1118 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1120 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1121 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1122 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1123 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1125 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1126 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1127 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1128 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1129 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1130 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1131 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1132 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1133 suggestion from James Troup
1134 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1135 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1136 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1137 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1142 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1145 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1149 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1152 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1153 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1154 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1155 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1156 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1157 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1161 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1164 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1165 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1166 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1167 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1168 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1170 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1171 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1173 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1177 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1181 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1182 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1183 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1184 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1185 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1187 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1188 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1189 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1190 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1192 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1193 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1194 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1195 a normal developer may have access.
1197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1199 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1202 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1203 step all over each other
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1210 address for PGP key updates
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1217 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1218 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1219 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1220 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1224 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1227 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1228 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1229 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1230 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1231 <keyring-maint> instead)
1232 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1233 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1235 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1237 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1238 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1239 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1243 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1245 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1246 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1247 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1248 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1249 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1250 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1252 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1253 tighten up the language a bit
1254 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1255 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1256 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1257 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1259 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1260 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1261 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1262 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1263 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1264 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1266 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1267 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1268 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1269 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1270 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1271 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1272 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1273 number of available packages
1274 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1275 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1279 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1286 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * not officially released
1289 * more spelling corrections
1290 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1294 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * not officially released
1297 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1298 * some PGP-centricity removed
1299 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1300 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1301 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1302 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1303 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1304 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1308 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1310 * not officially released
1311 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1312 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1313 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1314 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1315 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1316 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1317 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1318 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1319 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1320 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1321 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1322 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1323 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1324 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1326 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1327 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1329 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1331 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1332 take a couple of weeks
1333 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1334 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1335 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1336 excited about it and can't wait
1337 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1338 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1340 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1341 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1343 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1344 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1345 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1349 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1351 * move to 3-level version number:
1352 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1353 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1354 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1355 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1356 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1359 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1360 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1361 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1363 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1365 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1366 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1367 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1368 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1369 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1370 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1372 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1374 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1375 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1376 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1377 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1378 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1379 - "The CVS server": new section added
1380 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1382 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1383 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1384 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1385 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1386 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1387 with respect to GPG.
1388 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1389 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1390 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1391 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1392 a canonical location?)
1393 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1394 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1395 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1396 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1398 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1400 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1401 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1402 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1403 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1405 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1407 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1410 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1411 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1412 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1413 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1414 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1415 and should not be included in this Reference.
1416 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1417 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1418 maintainer tools only!
1419 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1420 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1421 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1422 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1423 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1424 * Little corrections here and there.
1425 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1426 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1429 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1431 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1433 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1434 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1435 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1437 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1438 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1439 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1440 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1441 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1442 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1443 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1444 do prior to uploading
1445 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1446 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1448 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1449 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1450 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1451 duties with respect to bugs
1452 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1453 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1454 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1456 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1457 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1458 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1459 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1460 explicit what is used to build this package
1462 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1464 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1468 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1469 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1470 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1471 * utilize the new URL tag
1472 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1475 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1477 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1479 * non-maintainer release
1480 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1481 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1482 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1483 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1484 text, it can't hurt you.)
1485 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1486 reflect this packages version number
1487 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1489 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1491 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1497 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1499 * New version numbering scheme:
1501 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1502 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1503 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1506 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1507 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1508 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1509 differ between the manuals.
1511 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1512 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1513 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1514 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1516 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1517 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1519 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1523 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1525 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1527 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1528 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1530 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1531 (as requested by James Troup)
1533 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1535 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1539 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1543 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1545 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1547 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1548 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1549 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1550 the non-maintainer release
1552 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1553 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1554 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1557 - Lots of typos fixed
1559 * Compressed SGML source code
1561 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1562 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1564 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1568 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1571 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1572 - Announcing package uploads
1573 * New section about Debian Mentors
1574 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1575 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1576 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1577 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1579 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1581 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1584 of our FTP server and the development process
1585 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1586 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1587 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1589 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1590 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1591 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1592 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1593 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1594 contacting the maintainer
1595 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1596 a new manual released soon)
1597 * Some minor changes
1598 * Include SGML source in package
1599 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1600 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1602 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1604 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1608 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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