1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
11 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:18:19 +0200
13 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
20 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
21 The most important changes are:
22 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
23 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
26 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
27 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
28 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
29 distinction. Closes: #464230.
30 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
31 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
32 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
33 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
34 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
35 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
37 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
38 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
40 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
41 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
43 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
44 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
46 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
48 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
49 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
51 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
52 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
53 Closes: #512620, #510783.
55 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
57 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
61 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
62 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
63 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
64 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
65 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
66 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
67 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
69 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
71 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
74 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
75 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
76 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
77 release codenames in <literal>
78 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
79 doesn't exist anymore.
80 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
81 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
82 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
83 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
84 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
85 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
86 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
87 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
88 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
89 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
90 team before upload. Closes: #459343
91 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
92 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
93 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
94 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
95 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
96 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
97 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
99 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
100 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
102 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
103 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
104 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
105 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
106 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
107 Thomas. Closes: #485837
109 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
110 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
112 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
114 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
118 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
119 - fix debian/copyright
120 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
121 - add pdf for French version.
122 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
123 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
124 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
125 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
126 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
127 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
128 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
129 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
130 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
132 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
133 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
135 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
137 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
138 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
139 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
140 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
141 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
142 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
144 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
147 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
148 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
149 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
150 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
151 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
152 * Update information concerning Alioth.
153 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
154 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
156 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
157 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
159 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
162 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
164 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
166 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
168 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
169 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
171 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
172 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
173 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
175 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
176 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
177 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
179 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
180 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
181 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
182 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
183 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
184 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
185 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
186 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
187 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
188 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
189 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
190 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
192 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
193 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
194 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
195 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
196 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
197 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
198 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
199 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
200 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
201 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
205 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
207 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
209 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
212 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
213 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
214 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
215 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
216 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
217 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
219 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
221 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
223 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
225 - non-us discontinued.
226 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
228 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
229 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
230 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
231 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
232 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
233 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
234 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
235 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
236 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
237 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
238 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
239 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
240 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
241 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
242 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
243 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
244 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
245 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
247 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
248 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
250 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
253 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
255 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
257 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
260 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
261 - madison is on merkel.
262 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
263 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
264 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
265 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
266 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
267 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
269 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
270 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
271 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
272 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
273 - sync NM rules with reality.
275 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
277 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
279 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
282 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
283 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
284 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
285 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
286 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
287 - spelling, grammer fixes.
288 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
289 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
290 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
291 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
292 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
293 - add myself to uploaders.
294 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
295 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
296 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
297 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
298 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
299 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
300 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
301 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
302 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
303 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
304 - rewrote the NMU section, and
305 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
306 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
307 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
308 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
309 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
310 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
311 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
312 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
314 - Security uploads get urgency=high
315 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
317 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
319 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
321 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
324 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
325 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
326 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
327 - documented Alioth, somewhat
329 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
330 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
332 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
333 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
334 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
335 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
339 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
341 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
342 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
343 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
344 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
349 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
352 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
354 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
355 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
356 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
358 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
359 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
360 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
361 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
364 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
366 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
367 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
368 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
369 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
370 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
372 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
373 it clear these are special cases
374 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
376 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
380 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
383 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
384 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
386 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
390 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
393 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
395 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
396 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
397 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
399 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
400 - the synopsis formula changed to either
401 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
403 <package-name> is <synopsis>
405 <package-name> are <synopsis>
407 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
408 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
409 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
410 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
411 package; closes: #187143
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
415 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
418 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
419 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
421 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
423 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
424 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
425 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
426 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
427 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
428 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
429 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
430 right places in the document, closes: #172897
431 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
435 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
437 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
438 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
439 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
440 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
441 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
442 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
443 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
445 - editorial changes on material added in this version
446 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
447 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
448 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
449 closes: #139957, #108416
450 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
451 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
455 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
458 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
460 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
461 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
462 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
463 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
465 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
466 for best practices for documentation
467 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
468 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
469 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
470 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
472 - spell-checking pass
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
476 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
479 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
480 descriptions" moved under there
481 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
482 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
483 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
484 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
485 the document where these tools are discussed
486 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
487 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
488 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
489 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
490 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
491 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
493 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
494 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
495 that can be fixed by DDP folks
496 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
497 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
498 - simply PS and PDF building rules
500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
502 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
505 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
506 section and adjusted links
507 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
509 - ChangeLog attribution updates
510 - fix typos, closes: #171781
511 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
512 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
513 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
514 for debian/rules", and write an intro
515 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
516 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
517 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
518 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
519 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
520 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
521 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
522 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
523 "Internationalization"
524 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
525 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
526 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
527 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
528 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
529 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
530 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
531 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
532 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
534 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
535 rather useless and broken
536 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
537 names and the first word
538 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
539 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
540 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
542 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
543 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
544 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
548 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
551 - DDP publishing update
553 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
554 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
555 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
556 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
560 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
564 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
565 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
567 - added myself as co-author
568 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
570 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
571 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
573 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
574 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
578 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
581 - Corrected several errors with —
582 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
583 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
584 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
585 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
586 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
587 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
588 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
590 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
591 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
592 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
593 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
594 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
595 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
596 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
597 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
598 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
600 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
601 descriptions". closes: #158609
602 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
603 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
604 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
605 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
606 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
608 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
609 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
610 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
611 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
612 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
613 - updated the mailing lists section
615 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
616 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
621 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
624 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
625 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
627 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
629 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
630 Ch "The Debian Archive"
632 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
634 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
635 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
636 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
637 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
638 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
640 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
641 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
642 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
643 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
644 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
645 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
646 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
648 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
649 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
652 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
653 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
654 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
655 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
656 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
657 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
658 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
659 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
660 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
661 work-around with <...>
662 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
663 - update copyright date
664 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
665 - spell check and grammar corrections
669 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
671 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
672 recompile"; closes: #102626
673 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
674 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
675 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
676 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
677 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
679 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
680 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
681 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
683 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
685 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
686 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
687 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
688 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
689 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
690 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
691 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
692 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
693 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
695 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
697 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
699 - updated the list of available architectures.
700 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
701 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
702 of the package and nothing more.
703 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
704 any pain to the ftpmasters.
705 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
706 the use of the delayed queue.
707 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
708 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
710 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
711 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
712 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
713 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
714 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
715 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
716 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
718 - new Sec "Documentation"
719 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
720 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
721 "Being kind to porter" too
722 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
723 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
724 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
725 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
726 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
728 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
729 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
732 - update French translation
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
739 - some grammar corrections
740 - update French translation
742 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
743 anymore; closes: #135559
744 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
746 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
748 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
749 that would be welcome)
750 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
751 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
752 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
753 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
754 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
755 - other minor wording changes
756 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
757 - Ch "Package uploads":
758 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
759 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
760 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
761 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
762 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
763 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
764 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
768 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
770 * from Martin Michlmayr
771 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
772 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
773 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
775 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
777 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
779 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
781 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
782 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
783 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
786 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
788 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
793 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
796 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
798 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
799 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
800 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
801 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
802 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
803 talking about uploading to distributions
804 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
805 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
806 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
808 - French translation updated
810 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
811 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
812 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
816 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
819 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
820 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
825 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
828 * fix a typo in a link
829 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
830 update documentation accordingly
832 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
833 forwarding bugs upstream
835 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
836 entities which should be used
837 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
838 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
842 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
844 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
845 * French version: completely up-to-date now
846 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
847 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
849 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
856 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
858 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
859 this translation needs updating
860 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
861 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
862 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
864 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
865 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
866 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
868 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
869 included yet, however
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
873 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
875 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
877 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
878 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
880 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
884 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
886 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
887 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
888 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
890 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
894 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
897 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
898 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
899 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
900 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
901 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
902 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
903 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
904 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
905 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
906 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
907 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
908 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
910 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
911 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
912 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
913 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
914 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
916 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
918 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
919 * update copyright notice for 2001
920 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
921 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
922 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
926 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
928 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
930 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
932 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
936 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
939 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
941 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
942 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
943 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
944 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
945 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
946 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
947 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
948 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
949 could be used if necessary
950 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
951 mention the rsync dupload method
952 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
954 * other small corrections
955 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
956 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
957 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
958 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
960 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
962 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
963 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
969 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
970 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
971 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
972 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
974 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
975 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
976 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
977 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
978 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
980 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
982 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
983 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
984 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
985 team (closes: Bug#52906)
986 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
987 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
988 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
990 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
991 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
992 - added a section about the LDAP database
993 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
994 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
996 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
997 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1001 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1004 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1005 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1007 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1008 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1009 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1010 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1011 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1012 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1013 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1014 description from developers-reference.sgml
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1018 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1021 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1023 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1025 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1026 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1027 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1028 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1029 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1030 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1031 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1032 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1033 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1034 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1036 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1037 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1038 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1039 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1041 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1042 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1043 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1044 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1045 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1046 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1047 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1048 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1049 suggestion from James Troup
1050 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1051 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1052 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1053 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1058 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1061 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1068 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1069 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1070 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1071 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1072 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1073 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1077 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1080 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1081 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1082 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1083 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1084 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1086 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1087 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1089 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1093 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1097 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1098 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1099 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1100 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1101 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1103 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1104 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1105 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1106 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1108 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1109 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1110 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1111 a normal developer may have access.
1113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1115 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1118 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1119 step all over each other
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1123 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1126 address for PGP key updates
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1133 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1134 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1135 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1136 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1143 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1144 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1145 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1146 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1147 <keyring-maint> instead)
1148 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1149 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1151 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1153 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1154 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1155 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1159 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1161 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1162 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1163 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1164 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1165 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1166 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1168 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1169 tighten up the language a bit
1170 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1171 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1172 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1173 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1175 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1176 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1177 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1178 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1179 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1180 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1182 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1183 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1184 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1185 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1186 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1187 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1188 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1189 number of available packages
1190 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1191 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1195 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1202 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * not officially released
1205 * more spelling corrections
1206 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1210 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * not officially released
1213 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1214 * some PGP-centricity removed
1215 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1216 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1217 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1218 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1219 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1220 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1224 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1226 * not officially released
1227 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1228 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1229 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1230 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1231 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1232 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1233 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1234 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1235 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1236 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1237 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1238 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1239 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1240 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1242 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1243 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1245 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1247 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1248 take a couple of weeks
1249 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1250 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1251 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1252 excited about it and can't wait
1253 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1254 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1256 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1257 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1259 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1260 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1261 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1265 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1267 * move to 3-level version number:
1268 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1269 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1270 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1271 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1272 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1275 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1276 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1277 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1279 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1281 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1282 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1283 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1284 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1285 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1286 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1288 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1290 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1291 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1292 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1293 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1294 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1295 - "The CVS server": new section added
1296 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1298 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1299 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1300 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1301 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1302 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1303 with respect to GPG.
1304 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1305 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1306 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1307 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1308 a canonical location?)
1309 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1310 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1311 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1312 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1314 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1316 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1317 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1318 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1319 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1321 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1323 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1326 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1327 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1328 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1329 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1330 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1331 and should not be included in this Reference.
1332 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1333 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1334 maintainer tools only!
1335 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1336 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1337 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1338 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1339 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1340 * Little corrections here and there.
1341 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1342 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1345 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1347 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1350 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1351 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1353 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1354 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1355 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1356 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1357 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1358 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1359 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1360 do prior to uploading
1361 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1362 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1364 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1365 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1366 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1367 duties with respect to bugs
1368 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1369 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1370 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1372 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1373 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1374 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1375 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1376 explicit what is used to build this package
1378 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1380 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1384 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1385 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1386 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1387 * utilize the new URL tag
1388 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1391 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1393 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1395 * non-maintainer release
1396 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1397 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1398 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1399 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1400 text, it can't hurt you.)
1401 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1402 reflect this packages version number
1403 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1405 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1407 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1411 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1413 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1415 * New version numbering scheme:
1417 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1418 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1419 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1422 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1423 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1424 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1425 differ between the manuals.
1427 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1428 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1429 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1430 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1432 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1433 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1435 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1439 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1443 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1444 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1446 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1447 (as requested by James Troup)
1449 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1451 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1455 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1459 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1461 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1463 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1464 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1465 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1466 the non-maintainer release
1468 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1469 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1470 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1473 - Lots of typos fixed
1475 * Compressed SGML source code
1477 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1478 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1480 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1484 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1487 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1488 - Announcing package uploads
1489 * New section about Debian Mentors
1490 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1491 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1492 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1493 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1497 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1500 of our FTP server and the development process
1501 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1502 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1503 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1505 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1506 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1507 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1508 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1509 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1510 contacting the maintainer
1511 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1512 a new manual released soon)
1513 * Some minor changes
1514 * Include SGML source in package
1515 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1516 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1520 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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