1 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
5 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
7 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
8 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
9 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
11 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
12 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
13 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
14 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
17 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 02:11:27 -0400
19 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
22 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
23 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
25 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
27 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
29 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
32 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
34 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
35 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
36 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
38 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
39 - the synopsis formula changed to either
40 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
42 <package-name> is <synopsis>
44 <package-name> are <synopsis>
46 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
47 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
48 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
49 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
50 package; closes: #187143
52 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
54 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
57 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
58 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
60 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
62 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
63 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
64 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
65 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
66 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
67 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
68 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
69 right places in the document, closes: #172897
70 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
74 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
76 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
77 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
78 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
79 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
80 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
81 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
82 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
84 - editorial changes on material added in this version
85 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
86 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
87 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
88 closes: #139957, #108416
89 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
90 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
92 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
94 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
97 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
99 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
100 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
101 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
102 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
104 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
105 for best practices for documentation
106 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
107 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
108 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
109 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
111 - spell-checking pass
113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
115 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
118 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
119 descriptions" moved under there
120 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
121 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
122 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
123 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
124 the document where these tools are discussed
125 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
126 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
127 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
128 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
129 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
130 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
132 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
133 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
134 that can be fixed by DDP folks
135 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
136 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
137 - simply PS and PDF building rules
139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
141 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
144 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
145 section and adjusted links
146 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
148 - ChangeLog attribution updates
149 - fix typos, closes: #171781
150 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
151 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
152 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
153 for debian/rules", and write an intro
154 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
155 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
156 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
157 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
158 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
159 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
160 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
161 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
162 "Internationalization"
163 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
164 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
165 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
166 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
167 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
168 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
169 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
170 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
171 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
173 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
174 rather useless and broken
175 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
176 names and the first word
177 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
178 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
179 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
181 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
182 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
183 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
187 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
190 - DDP publishing update
192 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
193 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
194 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
195 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
199 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
202 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
203 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
204 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
206 - added myself as co-author
207 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
209 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
210 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
212 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
213 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
217 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
220 - Corrected several errors with —
221 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
222 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
223 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
224 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
225 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
226 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
227 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
229 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
230 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
231 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
232 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
233 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
234 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
235 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
236 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
237 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
239 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
240 descriptions". closes: #158609
241 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
242 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
243 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
244 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
245 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
247 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
248 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
249 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
250 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
251 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
252 - updated the mailing lists section
254 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
255 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
260 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
263 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
264 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
266 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
268 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
269 Ch "The Debian Archive"
271 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
273 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
274 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
275 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
276 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
277 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
279 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
280 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
281 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
282 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
283 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
284 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
285 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
287 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
288 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
291 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
292 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
293 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
294 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
295 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
296 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
297 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
298 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
299 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
300 work-around with <...>
301 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
302 - update copyright date
303 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
304 - spell check and grammar corrections
308 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
310 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
311 recompile"; closes: #102626
312 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
313 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
314 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
315 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
316 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
318 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
319 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
320 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
322 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
324 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
325 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
326 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
327 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
328 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
329 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
330 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
331 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
332 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
334 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
336 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
338 - updated the list of available architectures.
339 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
340 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
341 of the package and nothing more.
342 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
343 any pain to the ftpmasters.
344 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
345 the use of the delayed queue.
346 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
347 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
349 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
350 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
351 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
352 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
353 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
354 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
355 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
357 - new Sec "Documentation"
358 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
359 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
360 "Being kind to porter" too
361 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
362 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
363 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
364 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
365 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
367 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
368 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
371 - update French translation
373 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
375 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
378 - some grammar corrections
379 - update French translation
381 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
382 anymore; closes: #135559
383 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
385 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
387 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
388 that would be welcome)
389 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
390 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
391 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
392 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
393 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
394 - other minor wording changes
395 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
396 - Ch "Package uploads":
397 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
398 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
399 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
400 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
401 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
402 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
403 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
407 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
409 * from Martin Michlmayr
410 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
411 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
412 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
414 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
416 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
418 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
420 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
421 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
422 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
425 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
427 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
432 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
435 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
437 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
438 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
439 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
440 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
441 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
442 talking about uploading to distributions
443 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
444 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
445 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
447 - French translation updated
449 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
450 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
451 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
455 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
458 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
459 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
464 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
467 * fix a typo in a link
468 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
469 update documentation accordingly
471 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
472 forwarding bugs upstream
474 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
475 entities which should be used
476 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
477 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
481 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
483 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
484 * French version: completely up-to-date now
485 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
486 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
488 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
493 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
495 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
497 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
498 this translation needs updating
499 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
500 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
501 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
503 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
504 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
505 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
507 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
508 included yet, however
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
512 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
514 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
516 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
517 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
519 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
523 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
525 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
526 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
527 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
529 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
533 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
536 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
537 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
538 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
539 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
540 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
541 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
542 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
543 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
544 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
545 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
546 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
547 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
549 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
550 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
551 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
552 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
553 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
555 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
557 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
558 * update copyright notice for 2001
559 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
560 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
561 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
565 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
567 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
569 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
571 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
575 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
578 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
580 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
581 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
582 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
583 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
584 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
585 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
586 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
587 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
588 could be used if necessary
589 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
590 mention the rsync dupload method
591 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
593 * other small corrections
594 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
595 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
596 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
597 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
599 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
601 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
602 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
606 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
608 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
609 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
610 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
611 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
613 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
614 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
615 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
616 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
617 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
619 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
621 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
622 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
623 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
624 team (closes: Bug#52906)
625 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
626 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
627 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
629 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
630 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
631 - added a section about the LDAP database
632 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
633 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
635 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
636 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
640 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
643 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
644 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
646 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
647 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
648 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
649 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
650 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
651 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
652 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
653 description from developers-reference.sgml
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
657 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
659 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
660 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
662 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
664 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
665 releases are available at archive.debian.org
666 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
667 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
668 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
669 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
670 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
671 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
672 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
673 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
675 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
676 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
677 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
678 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
680 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
681 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
682 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
683 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
684 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
685 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
686 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
687 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
688 suggestion from James Troup
689 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
690 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
691 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
692 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
697 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
699 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
700 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
704 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
706 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
707 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
708 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
709 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
710 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
711 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
712 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
719 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
720 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
721 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
722 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
723 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
725 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
726 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
728 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
732 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
736 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
737 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
738 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
739 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
740 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
742 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
743 with intro; demoted server sections under that
744 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
745 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
747 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
748 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
749 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
750 a normal developer may have access.
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
754 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
756 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
757 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
758 step all over each other
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
762 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
764 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
765 address for PGP key updates
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
771 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
772 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
773 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
774 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
775 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
781 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
782 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
783 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
784 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
785 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
786 <keyring-maint> instead)
787 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
788 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
790 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
792 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
793 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
794 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
798 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
800 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
801 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
802 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
803 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
804 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
805 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
807 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
808 tighten up the language a bit
809 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
810 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
811 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
812 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
814 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
815 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
816 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
817 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
818 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
819 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
821 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
822 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
823 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
824 about how to depart Debian gracefully
825 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
826 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
827 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
828 number of available packages
829 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
830 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
834 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
836 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
841 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
843 * not officially released
844 * more spelling corrections
845 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
849 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
851 * not officially released
852 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
853 * some PGP-centricity removed
854 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
855 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
856 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
857 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
858 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
859 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
861 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
863 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
865 * not officially released
866 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
867 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
868 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
869 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
870 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
871 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
872 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
873 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
874 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
875 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
876 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
877 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
878 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
879 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
881 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
882 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
884 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
886 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
887 take a couple of weeks
888 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
889 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
890 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
891 excited about it and can't wait
892 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
893 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
895 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
896 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
898 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
899 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
900 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
904 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
906 * move to 3-level version number:
907 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
908 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
909 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
910 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
911 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
914 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
915 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
916 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
918 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
920 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
921 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
922 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
923 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
924 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
925 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
927 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
929 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
930 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
931 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
932 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
933 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
934 - "The CVS server": new section added
935 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
937 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
938 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
939 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
940 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
941 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
943 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
944 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
945 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
946 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
947 a canonical location?)
948 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
949 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
950 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
951 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
953 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
955 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
956 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
957 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
958 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
960 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
962 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
965 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
966 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
967 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
968 them. (closes Bug#26948)
969 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
970 and should not be included in this Reference.
971 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
972 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
973 maintainer tools only!
974 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
975 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
976 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
977 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
978 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
979 * Little corrections here and there.
980 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
981 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
984 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
988 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
989 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
990 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
992 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
993 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
994 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
995 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
996 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
997 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
998 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
999 do prior to uploading
1000 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1001 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1003 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1004 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1005 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1006 duties with respect to bugs
1007 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1008 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1009 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1011 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1012 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1013 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1014 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1015 explicit what is used to build this package
1017 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1019 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1023 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1024 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1025 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1026 * utilize the new URL tag
1027 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1030 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1032 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1034 * non-maintainer release
1035 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1036 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1037 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1038 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1039 text, it can't hurt you.)
1040 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1041 reflect this packages version number
1042 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1044 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1046 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1050 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1052 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1054 * New version numbering scheme:
1056 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1057 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1058 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1061 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1062 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1063 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1064 differ between the manuals.
1066 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1067 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1068 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1069 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1071 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1072 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1074 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1076 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1078 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1082 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1083 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1085 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1086 (as requested by James Troup)
1088 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1090 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1092 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1094 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1098 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1100 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1102 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1103 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1104 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1105 the non-maintainer release
1107 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1108 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1109 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1112 - Lots of typos fixed
1114 * Compressed SGML source code
1116 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1117 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1119 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1121 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1123 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1126 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1127 - Announcing package uploads
1128 * New section about Debian Mentors
1129 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1130 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1131 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1132 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1134 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1136 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1139 of our FTP server and the development process
1140 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1141 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1142 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1144 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1145 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1146 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1147 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1148 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1149 contacting the maintainer
1150 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1151 a new manual released soon)
1152 * Some minor changes
1153 * Include SGML source in package
1154 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1155 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1157 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1159 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1163 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200