1 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
5 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
8 * Update my email address.
9 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
10 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
11 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
12 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
13 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
14 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
17 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
19 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
25 version tracking removed that requirement.
28 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
29 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
30 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
31 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
32 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
33 needed. Closes: #619990
34 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
35 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
38 * Initial German translation.
41 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
42 * Update French translation.
43 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
44 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
45 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
48 * Update Japanese translation.
50 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
52 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
56 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
59 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
60 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
61 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
62 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
63 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
64 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
65 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
66 patch. Closes: #540231
67 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
68 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
69 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
70 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
71 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
72 for the patch. Closes: #548823
73 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
74 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
75 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
76 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
77 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
78 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
79 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
80 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
81 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
82 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
83 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
84 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
85 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
86 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
88 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
89 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
90 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
92 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
93 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
94 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
95 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
96 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
98 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
100 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
101 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
102 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
103 patch. Closes: #573110
104 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
106 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
107 multi-lines substitution variables.
110 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
111 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
112 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
113 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
114 * Activate Japanese package.
115 * Handle addendum if it exists.
117 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
119 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
122 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
124 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
126 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
128 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
129 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
131 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
133 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
136 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
137 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
138 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
139 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
140 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
141 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
142 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
143 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
144 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
145 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
146 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
147 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
148 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
149 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
150 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
151 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
152 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
153 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
154 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
155 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
156 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
158 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
160 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
167 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
168 The most important changes are:
169 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
170 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
173 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
174 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
175 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
176 distinction. Closes: #464230.
177 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
178 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
179 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
180 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
181 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
182 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
184 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
185 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
187 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
188 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
190 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
191 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
193 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
195 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
196 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
198 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
199 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
200 Closes: #512620, #510783.
202 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
204 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
208 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
209 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
210 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
211 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
212 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
213 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
214 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
216 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
218 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
221 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
222 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
223 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
224 release codenames in <literal>
225 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
226 doesn't exist anymore.
227 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
228 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
229 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
230 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
231 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
232 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
233 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
234 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
235 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
236 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
237 team before upload. Closes: #459343
238 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
239 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
240 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
241 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
242 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
243 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
244 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
246 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
247 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
249 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
250 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
251 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
252 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
253 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
254 Thomas. Closes: #485837
256 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
257 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
259 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
261 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
265 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
266 - fix debian/copyright
267 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
268 - add pdf for French version.
269 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
270 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
271 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
272 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
273 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
274 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
275 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
276 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
277 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
279 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
280 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
282 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
284 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
285 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
286 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
287 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
288 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
289 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
291 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
294 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
295 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
296 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
297 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
298 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
299 * Update information concerning Alioth.
300 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
301 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
303 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
304 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
306 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
309 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
311 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
313 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
315 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
316 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
318 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
319 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
320 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
322 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
323 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
324 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
326 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
327 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
328 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
329 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
330 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
331 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
332 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
333 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
334 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
335 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
336 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
337 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
339 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
340 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
341 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
342 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
343 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
344 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
345 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
346 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
347 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
348 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
352 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
354 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
356 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
359 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
360 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
361 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
362 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
363 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
364 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
366 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
368 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
370 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
372 - non-us discontinued.
373 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
375 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
376 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
377 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
378 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
379 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
380 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
381 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
382 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
383 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
384 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
385 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
386 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
387 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
388 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
389 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
390 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
391 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
392 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
394 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
395 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
397 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
400 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
402 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
404 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
407 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
408 - madison is on merkel.
409 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
410 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
411 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
412 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
413 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
414 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
416 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
417 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
418 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
419 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
420 - sync NM rules with reality.
422 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
424 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
426 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
429 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
430 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
431 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
432 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
433 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
434 - spelling, grammer fixes.
435 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
436 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
437 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
438 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
439 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
440 - add myself to uploaders.
441 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
442 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
443 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
444 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
445 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
446 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
447 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
448 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
449 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
450 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
451 - rewrote the NMU section, and
452 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
453 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
454 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
455 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
456 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
457 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
458 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
459 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
461 - Security uploads get urgency=high
462 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
464 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
466 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
468 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
471 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
472 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
473 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
474 - documented Alioth, somewhat
476 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
477 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
479 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
480 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
481 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
482 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
486 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
488 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
489 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
490 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
491 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
496 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
499 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
501 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
502 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
503 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
505 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
506 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
507 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
508 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
511 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
513 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
514 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
515 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
516 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
517 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
519 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
520 it clear these are special cases
521 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
523 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
527 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
530 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
531 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
533 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
537 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
540 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
542 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
543 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
544 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
546 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
547 - the synopsis formula changed to either
548 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
550 <package-name> is <synopsis>
552 <package-name> are <synopsis>
554 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
555 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
556 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
557 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
558 package; closes: #187143
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
562 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
565 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
566 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
568 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
570 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
571 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
572 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
573 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
574 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
575 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
576 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
577 right places in the document, closes: #172897
578 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
582 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
584 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
585 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
586 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
587 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
588 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
589 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
590 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
592 - editorial changes on material added in this version
593 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
594 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
595 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
596 closes: #139957, #108416
597 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
598 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
602 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
605 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
607 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
608 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
609 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
610 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
612 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
613 for best practices for documentation
614 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
615 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
616 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
617 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
619 - spell-checking pass
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
623 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
626 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
627 descriptions" moved under there
628 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
629 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
630 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
631 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
632 the document where these tools are discussed
633 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
634 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
635 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
636 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
637 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
638 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
640 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
641 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
642 that can be fixed by DDP folks
643 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
644 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
645 - simply PS and PDF building rules
647 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
649 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
652 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
653 section and adjusted links
654 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
656 - ChangeLog attribution updates
657 - fix typos, closes: #171781
658 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
659 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
660 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
661 for debian/rules", and write an intro
662 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
663 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
664 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
665 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
666 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
667 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
668 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
669 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
670 "Internationalization"
671 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
672 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
673 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
674 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
675 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
676 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
677 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
678 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
679 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
681 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
682 rather useless and broken
683 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
684 names and the first word
685 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
686 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
687 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
689 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
690 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
691 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
695 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
698 - DDP publishing update
700 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
701 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
702 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
703 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
707 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
710 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
711 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
712 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
714 - added myself as co-author
715 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
717 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
718 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
720 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
721 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
725 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
728 - Corrected several errors with —
729 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
730 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
731 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
732 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
733 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
734 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
735 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
737 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
738 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
739 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
740 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
741 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
742 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
743 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
744 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
745 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
747 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
748 descriptions". closes: #158609
749 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
750 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
751 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
752 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
753 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
755 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
756 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
757 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
758 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
759 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
760 - updated the mailing lists section
762 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
763 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
768 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
771 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
772 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
774 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
776 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
777 Ch "The Debian Archive"
779 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
781 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
782 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
783 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
784 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
785 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
787 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
788 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
789 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
790 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
791 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
792 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
793 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
795 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
796 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
799 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
800 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
801 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
802 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
803 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
804 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
805 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
806 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
807 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
808 work-around with <...>
809 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
810 - update copyright date
811 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
812 - spell check and grammar corrections
816 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
818 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
819 recompile"; closes: #102626
820 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
821 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
822 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
823 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
824 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
826 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
827 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
828 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
830 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
832 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
833 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
834 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
835 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
836 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
837 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
838 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
839 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
840 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
842 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
844 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
846 - updated the list of available architectures.
847 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
848 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
849 of the package and nothing more.
850 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
851 any pain to the ftpmasters.
852 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
853 the use of the delayed queue.
854 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
855 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
857 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
858 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
859 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
860 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
861 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
862 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
863 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
865 - new Sec "Documentation"
866 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
867 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
868 "Being kind to porter" too
869 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
870 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
871 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
872 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
873 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
875 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
876 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
879 - update French translation
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
886 - some grammar corrections
887 - update French translation
889 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
890 anymore; closes: #135559
891 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
893 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
895 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
896 that would be welcome)
897 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
898 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
899 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
900 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
901 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
902 - other minor wording changes
903 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
904 - Ch "Package uploads":
905 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
906 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
907 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
908 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
909 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
910 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
911 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
915 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
917 * from Martin Michlmayr
918 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
919 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
920 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
922 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
924 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
926 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
928 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
929 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
930 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
933 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
935 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
940 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
945 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
946 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
947 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
948 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
949 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
950 talking about uploading to distributions
951 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
952 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
953 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
955 - French translation updated
957 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
958 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
959 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
963 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
966 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
967 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
975 * fix a typo in a link
976 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
977 update documentation accordingly
979 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
980 forwarding bugs upstream
982 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
983 entities which should be used
984 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
985 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
991 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
992 * French version: completely up-to-date now
993 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
994 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
996 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1001 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1005 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1006 this translation needs updating
1007 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1008 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1009 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1011 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1012 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1013 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1015 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1016 included yet, however
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1020 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1024 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1025 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1027 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1031 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1034 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1035 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1037 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1041 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1044 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1045 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1046 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1047 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1048 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1049 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1050 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1051 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1052 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1053 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1054 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1055 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1057 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1058 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1059 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1060 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1061 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1063 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1065 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1066 * update copyright notice for 2001
1067 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1068 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1069 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1077 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1079 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1083 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1086 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1088 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1089 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1090 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1091 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1092 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1093 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1094 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1095 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1096 could be used if necessary
1097 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1098 mention the rsync dupload method
1099 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1101 * other small corrections
1102 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1103 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1104 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1105 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1107 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1109 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1110 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1114 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1116 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1117 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1118 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1119 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1121 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1122 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1123 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1124 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1125 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1127 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1129 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1130 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1131 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1132 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1133 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1134 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1135 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1137 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1138 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1139 - added a section about the LDAP database
1140 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1141 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1143 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1144 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1148 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1151 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1152 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1154 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1155 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1156 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1157 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1158 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1159 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1160 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1161 description from developers-reference.sgml
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1168 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1170 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1172 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1173 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1174 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1175 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1176 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1177 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1178 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1179 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1180 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1181 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1183 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1184 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1185 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1186 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1188 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1189 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1190 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1191 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1192 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1193 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1194 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1195 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1196 suggestion from James Troup
1197 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1198 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1199 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1200 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1208 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1212 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1215 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1216 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1217 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1218 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1219 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1220 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1224 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1227 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1228 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1229 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1230 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1231 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1233 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1234 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1236 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1240 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1244 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1245 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1246 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1247 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1248 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1250 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1251 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1252 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1253 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1255 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1256 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1257 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1258 a normal developer may have access.
1260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1262 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1265 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1266 step all over each other
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1273 address for PGP key updates
1275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1277 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1279 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1280 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1281 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1282 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1283 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1290 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1291 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1292 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1293 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1294 <keyring-maint> instead)
1295 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1296 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1298 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1300 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1301 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1302 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1306 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1308 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1309 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1310 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1311 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1312 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1313 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1315 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1316 tighten up the language a bit
1317 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1318 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1319 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1320 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1322 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1323 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1324 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1325 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1326 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1327 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1329 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1330 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1331 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1332 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1333 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1334 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1335 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1336 number of available packages
1337 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1338 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1342 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1349 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * not officially released
1352 * more spelling corrections
1353 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1357 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * not officially released
1360 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1361 * some PGP-centricity removed
1362 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1363 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1364 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1365 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1366 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1367 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1371 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1373 * not officially released
1374 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1375 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1376 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1377 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1378 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1379 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1380 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1381 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1382 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1383 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1384 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1385 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1386 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1387 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1389 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1390 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1392 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1394 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1395 take a couple of weeks
1396 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1397 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1398 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1399 excited about it and can't wait
1400 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1401 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1403 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1404 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1406 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1407 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1408 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1412 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1414 * move to 3-level version number:
1415 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1416 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1417 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1418 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1419 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1422 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1423 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1424 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1426 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1428 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1429 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1430 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1431 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1432 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1433 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1435 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1437 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1438 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1439 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1440 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1441 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1442 - "The CVS server": new section added
1443 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1445 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1446 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1447 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1448 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1449 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1450 with respect to GPG.
1451 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1452 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1453 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1454 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1455 a canonical location?)
1456 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1457 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1458 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1459 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1461 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1463 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1464 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1465 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1466 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1468 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1470 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1472 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1473 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1474 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1475 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1476 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1477 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1478 and should not be included in this Reference.
1479 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1480 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1481 maintainer tools only!
1482 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1483 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1484 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1485 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1486 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1487 * Little corrections here and there.
1488 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1489 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1492 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1494 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1497 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1498 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1500 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1501 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1502 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1503 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1504 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1505 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1506 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1507 do prior to uploading
1508 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1509 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1511 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1512 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1513 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1514 duties with respect to bugs
1515 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1516 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1517 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1519 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1520 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1521 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1522 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1523 explicit what is used to build this package
1525 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1527 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1531 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1532 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1533 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1534 * utilize the new URL tag
1535 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1538 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1540 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1542 * non-maintainer release
1543 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1544 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1545 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1546 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1547 text, it can't hurt you.)
1548 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1549 reflect this packages version number
1550 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1552 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1554 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1558 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1560 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1562 * New version numbering scheme:
1564 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1565 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1566 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1569 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1570 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1571 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1572 differ between the manuals.
1574 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1575 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1576 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1577 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1579 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1580 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1582 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1584 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1586 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1590 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1591 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1593 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1594 (as requested by James Troup)
1596 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1598 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1602 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1604 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1606 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1608 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1610 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1611 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1612 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1613 the non-maintainer release
1615 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1616 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1617 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1620 - Lots of typos fixed
1622 * Compressed SGML source code
1624 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1625 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1627 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1629 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1631 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1633 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1634 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1635 - Announcing package uploads
1636 * New section about Debian Mentors
1637 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1638 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1639 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1640 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1642 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1644 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1647 of our FTP server and the development process
1648 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1649 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1650 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1652 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1653 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1654 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1655 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1656 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1657 contacting the maintainer
1658 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1659 a new manual released soon)
1660 * Some minor changes
1661 * Include SGML source in package
1662 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1663 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1665 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1667 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1671 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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