1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
18 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
20 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
21 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
22 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
23 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
24 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
25 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
26 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
27 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
28 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
29 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
30 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
31 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
32 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
33 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
34 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
35 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
36 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
37 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
39 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
40 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
42 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
45 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
47 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
49 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
52 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
53 - madison is on merkel.
54 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
55 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
56 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
57 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
58 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
59 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
61 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
62 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
63 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
64 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
65 - sync NM rules with reality.
67 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
69 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
71 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
74 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
75 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
76 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
77 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
78 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
79 - spelling, grammer fixes.
80 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
81 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
82 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
83 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
84 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
85 - add myself to uploaders.
86 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
87 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
88 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
89 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
90 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
91 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
92 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
93 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
94 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
95 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
96 - rewrote the NMU section, and
97 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
98 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
99 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
100 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
101 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
102 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
103 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
104 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
106 - Security uploads get urgency=high
107 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
109 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
111 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
113 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
116 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
117 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
118 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
119 - documented Alioth, somewhat
121 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
122 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
124 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
125 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
126 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
127 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
131 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
133 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
134 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
135 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
136 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
141 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
144 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
146 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
147 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
148 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
150 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
151 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
152 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
153 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
156 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
158 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
159 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
160 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
161 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
162 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
164 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
165 it clear these are special cases
166 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
168 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
172 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
175 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
176 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
178 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
182 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
185 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
187 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
188 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
189 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
191 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
192 - the synopsis formula changed to either
193 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
195 <package-name> is <synopsis>
197 <package-name> are <synopsis>
199 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
200 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
201 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
202 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
203 package; closes: #187143
205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
207 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
210 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
211 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
213 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
215 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
216 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
217 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
218 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
219 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
220 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
221 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
222 right places in the document, closes: #172897
223 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
227 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
229 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
230 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
231 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
232 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
233 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
234 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
235 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
237 - editorial changes on material added in this version
238 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
239 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
240 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
241 closes: #139957, #108416
242 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
243 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
247 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
250 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
252 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
253 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
254 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
255 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
257 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
258 for best practices for documentation
259 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
260 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
261 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
262 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
264 - spell-checking pass
266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
268 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
271 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
272 descriptions" moved under there
273 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
274 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
275 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
276 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
277 the document where these tools are discussed
278 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
279 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
280 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
281 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
282 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
283 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
285 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
286 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
287 that can be fixed by DDP folks
288 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
289 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
290 - simply PS and PDF building rules
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
294 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
297 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
298 section and adjusted links
299 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
301 - ChangeLog attribution updates
302 - fix typos, closes: #171781
303 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
304 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
305 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
306 for debian/rules", and write an intro
307 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
308 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
309 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
310 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
311 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
312 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
313 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
314 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
315 "Internationalization"
316 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
317 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
318 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
319 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
320 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
321 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
322 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
323 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
324 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
326 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
327 rather useless and broken
328 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
329 names and the first word
330 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
331 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
332 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
334 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
335 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
336 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
340 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
343 - DDP publishing update
345 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
346 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
347 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
348 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
352 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
355 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
356 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
357 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
359 - added myself as co-author
360 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
362 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
363 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
365 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
366 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
370 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
373 - Corrected several errors with —
374 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
375 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
376 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
377 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
378 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
379 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
380 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
382 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
383 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
384 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
385 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
386 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
387 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
388 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
389 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
390 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
392 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
393 descriptions". closes: #158609
394 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
395 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
396 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
397 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
398 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
400 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
401 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
402 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
403 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
404 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
405 - updated the mailing lists section
407 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
408 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
411 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
413 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
417 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
419 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
421 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
422 Ch "The Debian Archive"
424 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
426 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
427 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
428 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
429 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
430 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
432 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
433 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
434 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
435 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
436 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
437 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
438 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
440 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
441 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
444 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
445 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
446 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
447 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
448 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
449 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
450 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
451 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
452 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
453 work-around with <...>
454 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
455 - update copyright date
456 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
457 - spell check and grammar corrections
461 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
463 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
464 recompile"; closes: #102626
465 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
466 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
467 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
468 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
469 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
471 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
472 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
473 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
475 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
477 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
478 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
479 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
480 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
481 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
482 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
483 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
484 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
485 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
487 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
489 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
491 - updated the list of available architectures.
492 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
493 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
494 of the package and nothing more.
495 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
496 any pain to the ftpmasters.
497 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
498 the use of the delayed queue.
499 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
500 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
502 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
503 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
504 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
505 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
506 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
507 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
508 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
510 - new Sec "Documentation"
511 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
512 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
513 "Being kind to porter" too
514 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
515 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
516 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
517 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
518 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
520 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
521 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
524 - update French translation
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
528 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
531 - some grammar corrections
532 - update French translation
534 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
535 anymore; closes: #135559
536 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
538 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
540 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
541 that would be welcome)
542 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
543 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
544 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
545 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
546 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
547 - other minor wording changes
548 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
549 - Ch "Package uploads":
550 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
551 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
552 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
553 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
554 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
555 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
556 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
560 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
562 * from Martin Michlmayr
563 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
564 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
565 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
567 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
569 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
571 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
573 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
574 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
575 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
578 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
580 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
583 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
585 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
588 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
590 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
591 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
592 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
593 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
594 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
595 talking about uploading to distributions
596 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
597 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
598 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
600 - French translation updated
602 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
603 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
604 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
606 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
608 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
611 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
612 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
617 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
620 * fix a typo in a link
621 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
622 update documentation accordingly
624 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
625 forwarding bugs upstream
627 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
628 entities which should be used
629 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
630 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
634 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
636 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
637 * French version: completely up-to-date now
638 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
639 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
641 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
646 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
648 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
650 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
651 this translation needs updating
652 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
653 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
654 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
656 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
657 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
658 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
660 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
661 included yet, however
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
665 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
667 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
669 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
670 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
672 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
674 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
676 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
678 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
679 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
680 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
682 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
686 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
689 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
690 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
691 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
692 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
693 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
694 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
695 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
696 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
697 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
698 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
699 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
700 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
702 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
703 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
704 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
705 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
706 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
708 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
710 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
711 * update copyright notice for 2001
712 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
713 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
714 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
718 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
720 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
722 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
724 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
728 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
731 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
733 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
734 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
735 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
736 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
737 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
738 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
739 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
740 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
741 could be used if necessary
742 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
743 mention the rsync dupload method
744 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
746 * other small corrections
747 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
748 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
749 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
750 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
752 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
754 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
755 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
757 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
759 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
761 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
762 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
763 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
764 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
766 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
767 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
768 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
769 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
770 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
772 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
774 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
775 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
776 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
777 team (closes: Bug#52906)
778 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
779 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
780 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
782 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
783 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
784 - added a section about the LDAP database
785 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
786 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
788 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
789 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
795 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
796 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
797 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
799 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
800 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
801 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
802 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
803 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
804 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
805 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
806 description from developers-reference.sgml
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
812 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
813 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
815 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
817 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
818 releases are available at archive.debian.org
819 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
820 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
821 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
822 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
823 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
824 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
825 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
826 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
828 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
829 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
830 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
831 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
833 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
834 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
835 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
836 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
837 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
838 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
839 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
840 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
841 suggestion from James Troup
842 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
843 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
844 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
845 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
852 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
853 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
857 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
859 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
860 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
861 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
862 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
863 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
864 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
865 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
871 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
872 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
873 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
874 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
875 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
876 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
878 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
879 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
881 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
889 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
890 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
891 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
892 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
893 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
895 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
896 with intro; demoted server sections under that
897 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
898 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
900 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
901 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
902 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
903 a normal developer may have access.
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
907 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
909 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
910 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
911 step all over each other
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
915 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
917 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
918 address for PGP key updates
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
925 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
926 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
927 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
928 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
934 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
935 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
936 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
937 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
938 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
939 <keyring-maint> instead)
940 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
941 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
943 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
945 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
946 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
947 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
951 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
953 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
954 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
955 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
956 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
957 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
958 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
960 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
961 tighten up the language a bit
962 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
963 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
964 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
965 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
967 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
968 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
969 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
970 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
971 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
972 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
974 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
975 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
976 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
977 about how to depart Debian gracefully
978 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
979 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
980 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
981 number of available packages
982 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
983 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
987 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
989 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
994 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
996 * not officially released
997 * more spelling corrections
998 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * not officially released
1005 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1006 * some PGP-centricity removed
1007 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1008 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1009 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1010 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1011 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1012 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1016 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1018 * not officially released
1019 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1020 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1021 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1022 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1023 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1024 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1025 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1026 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1027 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1028 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1029 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1030 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1031 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1032 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1034 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1035 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1037 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1039 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1040 take a couple of weeks
1041 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1042 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1043 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1044 excited about it and can't wait
1045 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1046 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1048 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1049 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1051 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1052 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1053 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1055 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1057 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1059 * move to 3-level version number:
1060 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1061 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1062 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1063 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1064 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1067 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1068 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1069 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1071 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1073 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1074 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1075 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1076 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1077 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1078 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1080 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1082 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1083 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1084 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1085 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1086 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1087 - "The CVS server": new section added
1088 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1090 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1091 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1092 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1093 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1094 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1095 with respect to GPG.
1096 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1097 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1098 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1099 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1100 a canonical location?)
1101 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1102 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1103 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1104 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1106 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1108 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1109 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1110 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1111 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1113 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1115 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1118 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1119 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1120 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1121 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1122 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1123 and should not be included in this Reference.
1124 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1125 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1126 maintainer tools only!
1127 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1128 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1129 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1130 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1131 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1132 * Little corrections here and there.
1133 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1134 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1137 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1139 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1142 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1143 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1145 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1146 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1147 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1148 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1149 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1150 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1151 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1152 do prior to uploading
1153 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1154 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1156 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1157 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1158 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1159 duties with respect to bugs
1160 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1161 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1162 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1164 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1165 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1166 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1167 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1168 explicit what is used to build this package
1170 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1176 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1177 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1178 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1179 * utilize the new URL tag
1180 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1183 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1185 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1187 * non-maintainer release
1188 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1189 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1190 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1191 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1192 text, it can't hurt you.)
1193 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1194 reflect this packages version number
1195 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1197 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1199 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1203 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1205 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1207 * New version numbering scheme:
1209 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1210 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1211 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1214 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1215 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1216 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1217 differ between the manuals.
1219 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1220 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1221 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1222 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1224 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1225 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1227 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1229 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1231 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1235 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1236 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1238 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1239 (as requested by James Troup)
1241 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1243 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1247 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1251 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1253 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1255 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1256 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1257 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1258 the non-maintainer release
1260 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1261 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1262 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1265 - Lots of typos fixed
1267 * Compressed SGML source code
1269 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1270 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1272 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1274 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1276 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1279 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1280 - Announcing package uploads
1281 * New section about Debian Mentors
1282 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1283 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1284 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1285 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1287 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1289 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1292 of our FTP server and the development process
1293 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1294 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1295 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1297 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1298 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1299 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1300 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1301 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1302 contacting the maintainer
1303 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1304 a new manual released soon)
1305 * Some minor changes
1306 * Include SGML source in package
1307 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1308 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1310 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1312 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1316 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200