1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
17 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:39:35 +0200
19 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
22 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
26 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
27 The most important changes are:
28 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
29 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
32 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
33 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
34 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
35 distinction. Closes: #464230.
36 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
37 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
38 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
39 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
40 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
41 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
43 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
44 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
46 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
47 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
49 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
50 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
52 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
54 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
55 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
57 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
58 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
59 Closes: #512620, #510783.
61 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
63 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
67 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
68 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
69 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
70 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
71 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
72 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
73 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
75 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
77 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
80 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
81 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
82 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
83 release codenames in <literal>
84 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
85 doesn't exist anymore.
86 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
87 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
88 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
89 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
90 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
91 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
92 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
93 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
94 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
95 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
96 team before upload. Closes: #459343
97 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
98 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
99 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
100 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
101 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
102 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
103 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
105 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
106 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
108 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
109 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
110 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
111 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
112 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
113 Thomas. Closes: #485837
115 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
116 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
118 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
120 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
124 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
125 - fix debian/copyright
126 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
127 - add pdf for French version.
128 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
129 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
130 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
131 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
132 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
133 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
134 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
135 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
136 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
138 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
139 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
141 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
143 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
144 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
145 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
146 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
147 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
148 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
150 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
153 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
154 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
155 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
156 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
157 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
158 * Update information concerning Alioth.
159 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
160 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
162 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
163 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
165 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
168 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
170 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
172 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
174 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
175 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
177 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
178 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
179 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
181 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
182 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
183 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
185 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
186 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
187 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
188 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
189 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
190 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
191 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
192 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
193 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
194 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
195 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
196 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
198 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
199 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
200 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
201 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
202 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
203 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
204 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
205 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
206 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
207 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
211 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
213 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
215 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
218 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
219 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
220 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
221 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
222 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
223 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
225 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
227 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
229 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
231 - non-us discontinued.
232 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
234 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
235 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
236 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
237 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
238 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
239 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
240 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
241 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
242 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
243 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
244 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
245 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
246 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
247 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
248 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
249 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
250 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
251 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
253 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
254 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
256 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
259 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
261 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
263 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
266 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
267 - madison is on merkel.
268 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
269 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
270 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
271 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
272 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
273 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
275 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
276 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
277 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
278 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
279 - sync NM rules with reality.
281 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
283 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
285 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
288 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
289 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
290 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
291 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
292 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
293 - spelling, grammer fixes.
294 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
295 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
296 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
297 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
298 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
299 - add myself to uploaders.
300 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
301 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
302 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
303 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
304 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
305 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
306 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
307 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
308 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
309 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
310 - rewrote the NMU section, and
311 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
312 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
313 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
314 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
315 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
316 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
317 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
318 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
320 - Security uploads get urgency=high
321 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
323 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
325 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
327 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
330 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
331 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
332 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
333 - documented Alioth, somewhat
335 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
336 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
338 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
339 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
340 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
341 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
345 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
347 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
348 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
349 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
350 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
355 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
358 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
360 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
361 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
362 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
364 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
365 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
366 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
367 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
370 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
372 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
373 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
374 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
375 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
376 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
378 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
379 it clear these are special cases
380 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
382 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
386 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
389 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
390 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
392 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
396 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
399 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
401 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
402 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
403 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
405 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
406 - the synopsis formula changed to either
407 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
409 <package-name> is <synopsis>
411 <package-name> are <synopsis>
413 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
414 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
415 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
416 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
417 package; closes: #187143
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
421 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
424 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
425 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
427 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
429 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
430 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
431 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
432 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
433 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
434 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
435 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
436 right places in the document, closes: #172897
437 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
441 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
443 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
444 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
445 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
446 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
447 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
448 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
449 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
451 - editorial changes on material added in this version
452 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
453 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
454 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
455 closes: #139957, #108416
456 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
457 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
461 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
464 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
466 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
467 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
468 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
469 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
471 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
472 for best practices for documentation
473 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
474 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
475 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
476 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
478 - spell-checking pass
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
482 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
485 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
486 descriptions" moved under there
487 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
488 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
489 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
490 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
491 the document where these tools are discussed
492 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
493 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
494 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
495 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
496 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
497 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
499 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
500 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
501 that can be fixed by DDP folks
502 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
503 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
504 - simply PS and PDF building rules
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
508 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
511 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
512 section and adjusted links
513 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
515 - ChangeLog attribution updates
516 - fix typos, closes: #171781
517 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
518 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
519 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
520 for debian/rules", and write an intro
521 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
522 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
523 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
524 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
525 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
526 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
527 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
528 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
529 "Internationalization"
530 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
531 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
532 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
533 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
534 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
535 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
536 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
537 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
538 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
540 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
541 rather useless and broken
542 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
543 names and the first word
544 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
545 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
546 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
548 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
549 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
550 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
554 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
557 - DDP publishing update
559 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
560 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
561 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
562 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
564 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
566 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
569 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
570 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
571 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
573 - added myself as co-author
574 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
576 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
577 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
579 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
580 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
584 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
587 - Corrected several errors with —
588 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
589 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
590 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
591 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
592 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
593 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
594 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
596 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
597 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
598 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
599 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
600 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
601 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
602 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
603 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
604 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
606 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
607 descriptions". closes: #158609
608 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
609 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
610 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
611 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
612 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
614 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
615 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
616 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
617 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
618 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
619 - updated the mailing lists section
621 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
622 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
627 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
631 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
633 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
635 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
636 Ch "The Debian Archive"
638 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
640 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
641 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
642 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
643 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
644 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
646 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
647 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
648 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
649 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
650 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
651 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
652 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
654 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
655 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
658 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
659 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
660 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
661 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
662 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
663 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
664 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
665 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
666 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
667 work-around with <...>
668 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
669 - update copyright date
670 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
671 - spell check and grammar corrections
675 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
677 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
678 recompile"; closes: #102626
679 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
680 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
681 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
682 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
683 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
685 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
686 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
687 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
689 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
691 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
692 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
693 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
694 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
695 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
696 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
697 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
698 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
699 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
701 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
703 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
705 - updated the list of available architectures.
706 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
707 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
708 of the package and nothing more.
709 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
710 any pain to the ftpmasters.
711 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
712 the use of the delayed queue.
713 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
714 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
716 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
717 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
718 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
719 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
720 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
721 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
722 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
724 - new Sec "Documentation"
725 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
726 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
727 "Being kind to porter" too
728 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
729 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
730 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
731 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
732 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
734 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
735 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
738 - update French translation
740 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
742 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
745 - some grammar corrections
746 - update French translation
748 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
749 anymore; closes: #135559
750 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
752 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
754 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
755 that would be welcome)
756 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
757 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
758 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
759 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
760 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
761 - other minor wording changes
762 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
763 - Ch "Package uploads":
764 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
765 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
766 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
767 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
768 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
769 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
770 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
772 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
774 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * from Martin Michlmayr
777 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
778 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
779 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
781 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
783 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
785 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
787 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
788 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
789 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
792 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
794 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
799 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
802 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
804 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
805 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
806 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
807 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
808 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
809 talking about uploading to distributions
810 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
811 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
812 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
814 - French translation updated
816 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
817 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
818 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
825 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
826 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
831 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
834 * fix a typo in a link
835 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
836 update documentation accordingly
838 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
839 forwarding bugs upstream
841 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
842 entities which should be used
843 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
844 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
848 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
850 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
851 * French version: completely up-to-date now
852 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
853 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
855 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
862 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
864 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
865 this translation needs updating
866 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
867 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
868 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
870 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
871 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
872 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
874 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
875 included yet, however
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
881 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
883 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
884 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
886 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
890 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
892 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
893 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
894 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
896 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
900 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
903 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
904 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
905 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
906 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
907 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
908 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
909 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
910 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
911 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
912 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
913 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
914 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
916 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
917 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
918 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
919 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
920 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
922 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
924 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
925 * update copyright notice for 2001
926 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
927 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
928 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
932 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
934 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
936 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
938 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
942 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
944 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
945 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
947 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
948 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
949 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
950 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
951 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
952 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
953 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
954 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
955 could be used if necessary
956 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
957 mention the rsync dupload method
958 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
960 * other small corrections
961 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
962 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
963 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
964 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
966 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
968 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
969 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
973 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
975 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
976 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
977 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
978 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
980 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
981 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
982 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
983 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
984 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
986 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
988 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
989 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
990 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
991 team (closes: Bug#52906)
992 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
993 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
994 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
996 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
997 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
998 - added a section about the LDAP database
999 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1000 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1002 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1003 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1007 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1010 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1011 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1013 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1014 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1015 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1016 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1017 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1018 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1019 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1020 description from developers-reference.sgml
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1027 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1029 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1031 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1032 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1033 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1034 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1035 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1036 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1037 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1038 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1039 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1040 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1042 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1043 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1044 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1045 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1047 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1048 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1049 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1050 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1051 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1052 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1053 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1054 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1055 suggestion from James Troup
1056 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1057 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1058 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1059 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1062 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1064 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1067 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1069 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1071 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1074 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1075 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1076 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1077 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1078 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1079 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1083 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1086 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1087 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1088 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1089 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1090 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1092 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1093 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1095 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1099 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1103 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1104 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1105 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1106 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1107 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1109 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1110 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1111 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1112 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1114 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1115 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1116 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1117 a normal developer may have access.
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1121 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1124 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1125 step all over each other
1127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1129 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1132 address for PGP key updates
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1139 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1140 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1141 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1142 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1149 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1150 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1151 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1152 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1153 <keyring-maint> instead)
1154 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1155 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1157 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1159 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1160 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1161 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1165 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1167 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1168 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1169 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1170 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1171 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1172 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1174 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1175 tighten up the language a bit
1176 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1177 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1178 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1179 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1181 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1182 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1183 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1184 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1185 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1186 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1188 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1189 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1190 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1191 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1192 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1193 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1194 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1195 number of available packages
1196 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1197 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1201 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1203 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1208 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * not officially released
1211 * more spelling corrections
1212 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1216 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * not officially released
1219 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1220 * some PGP-centricity removed
1221 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1222 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1223 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1224 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1225 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1226 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1230 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1232 * not officially released
1233 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1234 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1235 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1236 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1237 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1238 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1239 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1240 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1241 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1242 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1243 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1244 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1245 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1246 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1248 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1249 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1251 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1253 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1254 take a couple of weeks
1255 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1256 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1257 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1258 excited about it and can't wait
1259 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1260 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1262 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1263 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1265 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1266 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1267 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1271 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1273 * move to 3-level version number:
1274 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1275 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1276 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1277 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1278 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1281 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1282 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1283 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1285 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1287 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1288 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1289 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1290 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1291 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1292 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1294 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1296 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1297 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1298 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1299 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1300 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1301 - "The CVS server": new section added
1302 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1304 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1305 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1306 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1307 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1308 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1309 with respect to GPG.
1310 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1311 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1312 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1313 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1314 a canonical location?)
1315 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1316 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1317 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1318 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1320 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1322 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1323 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1324 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1325 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1327 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1329 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1332 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1333 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1334 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1335 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1336 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1337 and should not be included in this Reference.
1338 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1339 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1340 maintainer tools only!
1341 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1342 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1343 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1344 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1345 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1346 * Little corrections here and there.
1347 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1348 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1351 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1353 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1356 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1357 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1359 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1360 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1361 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1362 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1363 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1364 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1365 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1366 do prior to uploading
1367 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1368 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1370 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1371 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1372 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1373 duties with respect to bugs
1374 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1375 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1376 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1378 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1379 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1380 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1381 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1382 explicit what is used to build this package
1384 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1386 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1390 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1391 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1392 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1393 * utilize the new URL tag
1394 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1397 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1399 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1401 * non-maintainer release
1402 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1403 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1404 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1405 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1406 text, it can't hurt you.)
1407 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1408 reflect this packages version number
1409 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1411 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1413 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1419 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1421 * New version numbering scheme:
1423 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1424 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1425 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1428 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1429 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1430 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1431 differ between the manuals.
1433 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1434 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1435 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1436 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1438 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1439 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1441 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1445 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1449 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1450 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1452 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1453 (as requested by James Troup)
1455 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1457 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1459 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1461 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1465 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1467 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1469 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1470 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1471 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1472 the non-maintainer release
1474 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1475 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1476 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1479 - Lots of typos fixed
1481 * Compressed SGML source code
1483 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1484 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1486 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1488 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1490 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1493 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1494 - Announcing package uploads
1495 * New section about Debian Mentors
1496 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1497 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1498 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1499 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1503 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1505 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1506 of our FTP server and the development process
1507 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1508 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1509 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1511 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1512 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1513 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1514 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1515 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1516 contacting the maintainer
1517 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1518 a new manual released soon)
1519 * Some minor changes
1520 * Include SGML source in package
1521 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1522 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1526 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200