1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Franks Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
9 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
11 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
14 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
15 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
16 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
17 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
18 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
19 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
21 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
23 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
25 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
27 - non-us discontinued.
28 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
30 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
31 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
32 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
33 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
34 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
35 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
36 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
37 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
38 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
39 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
40 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
41 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
42 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
43 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
44 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
45 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
46 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
47 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
49 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
50 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
52 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
55 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
57 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
59 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
62 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
63 - madison is on merkel.
64 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
65 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
66 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
67 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
68 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
69 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
71 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
72 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
73 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
74 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
75 - sync NM rules with reality.
77 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
79 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
81 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
84 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
85 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
86 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
87 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
88 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
89 - spelling, grammer fixes.
90 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
91 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
92 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
93 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
94 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
95 - add myself to uploaders.
96 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
97 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
98 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
99 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
100 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
101 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
102 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
103 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
104 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
105 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
106 - rewrote the NMU section, and
107 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
108 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
109 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
110 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
111 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
112 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
113 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
114 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
116 - Security uploads get urgency=high
117 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
119 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
121 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
123 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
126 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
127 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
128 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
129 - documented Alioth, somewhat
131 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
132 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
134 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
135 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
136 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
137 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
141 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
143 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
144 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
145 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
146 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
151 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
154 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
156 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
157 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
158 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
160 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
161 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
162 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
163 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
166 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
168 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
169 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
170 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
171 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
172 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
174 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
175 it clear these are special cases
176 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
178 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
182 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
185 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
186 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
188 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
192 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
195 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
197 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
198 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
199 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
201 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
202 - the synopsis formula changed to either
203 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
205 <package-name> is <synopsis>
207 <package-name> are <synopsis>
209 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
210 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
211 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
212 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
213 package; closes: #187143
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
217 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
220 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
221 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
223 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
225 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
226 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
227 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
228 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
229 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
230 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
231 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
232 right places in the document, closes: #172897
233 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
237 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
239 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
240 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
241 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
242 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
243 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
244 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
245 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
247 - editorial changes on material added in this version
248 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
249 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
250 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
251 closes: #139957, #108416
252 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
253 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
257 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
260 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
262 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
263 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
264 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
265 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
267 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
268 for best practices for documentation
269 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
270 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
271 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
272 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
274 - spell-checking pass
276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
278 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
281 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
282 descriptions" moved under there
283 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
284 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
285 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
286 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
287 the document where these tools are discussed
288 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
289 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
290 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
291 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
292 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
293 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
295 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
296 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
297 that can be fixed by DDP folks
298 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
299 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
300 - simply PS and PDF building rules
302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
304 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
307 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
308 section and adjusted links
309 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
311 - ChangeLog attribution updates
312 - fix typos, closes: #171781
313 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
314 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
315 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
316 for debian/rules", and write an intro
317 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
318 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
319 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
320 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
321 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
322 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
323 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
324 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
325 "Internationalization"
326 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
327 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
328 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
329 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
330 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
331 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
332 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
333 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
334 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
336 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
337 rather useless and broken
338 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
339 names and the first word
340 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
341 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
342 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
344 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
345 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
346 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
350 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
353 - DDP publishing update
355 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
356 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
357 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
358 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
362 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
365 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
366 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
367 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
369 - added myself as co-author
370 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
372 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
373 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
375 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
376 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
380 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
383 - Corrected several errors with —
384 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
385 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
386 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
387 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
388 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
389 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
390 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
392 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
393 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
394 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
395 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
396 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
397 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
398 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
399 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
400 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
402 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
403 descriptions". closes: #158609
404 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
405 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
406 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
407 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
408 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
410 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
411 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
412 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
413 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
414 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
415 - updated the mailing lists section
417 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
418 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
423 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
426 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
427 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
429 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
431 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
432 Ch "The Debian Archive"
434 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
436 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
437 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
438 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
439 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
440 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
442 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
443 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
444 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
445 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
446 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
447 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
448 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
450 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
451 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
454 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
455 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
456 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
457 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
458 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
459 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
460 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
461 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
462 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
463 work-around with <...>
464 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
465 - update copyright date
466 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
467 - spell check and grammar corrections
471 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
473 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
474 recompile"; closes: #102626
475 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
476 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
477 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
478 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
479 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
481 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
482 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
483 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
485 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
487 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
488 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
489 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
490 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
491 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
492 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
493 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
494 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
495 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
497 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
499 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
501 - updated the list of available architectures.
502 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
503 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
504 of the package and nothing more.
505 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
506 any pain to the ftpmasters.
507 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
508 the use of the delayed queue.
509 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
510 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
512 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
513 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
514 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
515 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
516 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
517 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
518 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
520 - new Sec "Documentation"
521 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
522 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
523 "Being kind to porter" too
524 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
525 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
526 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
527 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
528 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
530 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
531 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
534 - update French translation
536 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
538 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
541 - some grammar corrections
542 - update French translation
544 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
545 anymore; closes: #135559
546 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
548 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
550 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
551 that would be welcome)
552 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
553 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
554 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
555 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
556 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
557 - other minor wording changes
558 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
559 - Ch "Package uploads":
560 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
561 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
562 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
563 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
564 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
565 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
566 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
570 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * from Martin Michlmayr
573 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
574 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
575 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
577 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
579 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
581 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
583 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
584 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
585 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
588 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
590 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
595 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
600 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
601 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
602 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
603 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
604 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
605 talking about uploading to distributions
606 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
607 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
608 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
610 - French translation updated
612 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
613 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
614 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
618 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
621 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
622 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
627 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
630 * fix a typo in a link
631 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
632 update documentation accordingly
634 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
635 forwarding bugs upstream
637 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
638 entities which should be used
639 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
640 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
644 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
646 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
647 * French version: completely up-to-date now
648 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
649 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
651 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
656 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
658 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
660 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
661 this translation needs updating
662 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
663 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
664 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
666 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
667 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
668 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
670 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
671 included yet, however
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
675 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
677 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
679 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
680 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
682 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
686 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
688 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
689 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
690 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
692 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
696 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
699 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
700 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
701 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
702 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
703 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
704 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
705 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
706 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
707 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
708 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
709 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
710 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
712 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
713 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
714 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
715 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
716 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
718 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
720 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
721 * update copyright notice for 2001
722 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
723 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
724 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
728 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
732 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
734 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
738 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
741 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
743 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
744 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
745 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
746 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
747 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
748 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
749 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
750 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
751 could be used if necessary
752 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
753 mention the rsync dupload method
754 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
756 * other small corrections
757 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
758 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
759 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
760 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
762 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
764 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
765 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
771 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
772 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
773 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
774 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
776 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
777 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
778 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
779 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
780 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
782 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
784 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
785 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
786 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
787 team (closes: Bug#52906)
788 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
789 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
790 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
792 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
793 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
794 - added a section about the LDAP database
795 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
796 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
798 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
799 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
803 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
806 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
807 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
809 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
810 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
811 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
812 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
813 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
814 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
815 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
816 description from developers-reference.sgml
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
820 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
822 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
823 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
825 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
827 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
828 releases are available at archive.debian.org
829 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
830 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
831 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
832 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
833 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
834 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
835 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
836 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
838 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
839 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
840 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
841 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
843 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
844 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
845 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
846 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
847 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
848 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
849 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
850 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
851 suggestion from James Troup
852 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
853 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
854 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
855 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
862 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
863 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
869 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
870 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
871 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
872 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
873 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
874 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
875 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
882 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
883 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
884 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
885 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
886 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
888 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
889 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
891 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
899 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
900 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
901 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
902 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
903 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
905 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
906 with intro; demoted server sections under that
907 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
908 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
910 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
911 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
912 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
913 a normal developer may have access.
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
919 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
920 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
921 step all over each other
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
925 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
927 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
928 address for PGP key updates
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
935 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
936 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
937 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
938 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
944 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
945 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
946 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
947 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
948 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
949 <keyring-maint> instead)
950 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
951 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
953 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
955 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
956 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
957 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
961 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
963 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
964 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
965 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
966 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
967 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
968 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
970 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
971 tighten up the language a bit
972 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
973 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
974 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
975 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
977 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
978 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
979 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
980 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
981 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
982 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
984 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
985 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
986 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
987 about how to depart Debian gracefully
988 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
989 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
990 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
991 number of available packages
992 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
993 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
997 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
999 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1004 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * not officially released
1007 * more spelling corrections
1008 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1012 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * not officially released
1015 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1016 * some PGP-centricity removed
1017 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1018 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1019 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1020 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1021 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1022 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1026 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1028 * not officially released
1029 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1030 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1031 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1032 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1033 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1034 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1035 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1036 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1037 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1038 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1039 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1040 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1041 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1042 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1044 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1045 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1047 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1049 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1050 take a couple of weeks
1051 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1052 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1053 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1054 excited about it and can't wait
1055 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1056 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1058 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1059 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1061 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1062 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1063 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1067 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1069 * move to 3-level version number:
1070 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1071 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1072 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1073 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1074 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1077 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1078 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1079 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1081 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1083 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1084 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1085 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1086 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1087 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1088 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1090 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1092 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1093 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1094 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1095 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1096 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1097 - "The CVS server": new section added
1098 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1100 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1101 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1102 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1103 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1104 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1105 with respect to GPG.
1106 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1107 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1108 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1109 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1110 a canonical location?)
1111 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1112 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1113 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1114 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1116 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1118 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1119 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1120 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1121 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1123 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1125 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1128 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1129 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1130 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1131 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1132 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1133 and should not be included in this Reference.
1134 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1135 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1136 maintainer tools only!
1137 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1138 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1139 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1140 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1141 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1142 * Little corrections here and there.
1143 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1144 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1147 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1149 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1152 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1153 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1155 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1156 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1157 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1158 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1159 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1160 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1161 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1162 do prior to uploading
1163 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1164 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1166 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1167 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1168 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1169 duties with respect to bugs
1170 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1171 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1172 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1174 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1175 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1176 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1177 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1178 explicit what is used to build this package
1180 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1182 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1186 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1187 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1188 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1189 * utilize the new URL tag
1190 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1193 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1195 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1197 * non-maintainer release
1198 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1199 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1200 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1201 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1202 text, it can't hurt you.)
1203 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1204 reflect this packages version number
1205 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1207 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1209 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1213 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1215 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1217 * New version numbering scheme:
1219 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1220 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1221 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1224 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1225 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1226 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1227 differ between the manuals.
1229 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1230 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1231 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1232 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1234 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1235 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1237 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1239 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1241 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1245 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1246 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1248 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1249 (as requested by James Troup)
1251 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1253 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1255 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1257 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1261 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1263 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1265 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1266 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1267 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1268 the non-maintainer release
1270 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1271 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1272 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1275 - Lots of typos fixed
1277 * Compressed SGML source code
1279 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1280 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1282 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1284 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1286 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1289 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1290 - Announcing package uploads
1291 * New section about Debian Mentors
1292 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1293 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1294 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1295 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1297 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1299 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1302 of our FTP server and the development process
1303 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1304 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1305 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1307 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1308 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1309 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1310 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1311 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1312 contacting the maintainer
1313 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1314 a new manual released soon)
1315 * Some minor changes
1316 * Include SGML source in package
1317 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1318 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1320 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1322 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1326 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200