1 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
49 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
50 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
51 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
52 patch. Closes: #573110
55 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
56 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
57 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
58 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
59 * Activate Japanese package.
61 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:52:06 -0400
63 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
66 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
68 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
70 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
72 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
73 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
75 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
77 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
80 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
81 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
82 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
83 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
84 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
85 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
86 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
87 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
88 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
89 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
90 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
91 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
92 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
93 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
94 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
95 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
96 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
97 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
98 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
99 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
100 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
102 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
104 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
111 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
112 The most important changes are:
113 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
114 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
117 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
118 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
119 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
120 distinction. Closes: #464230.
121 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
122 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
123 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
124 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
125 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
126 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
128 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
129 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
131 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
132 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
134 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
135 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
137 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
139 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
140 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
142 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
143 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
144 Closes: #512620, #510783.
146 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
148 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
152 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
153 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
154 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
155 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
156 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
157 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
158 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
160 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
162 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
165 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
166 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
167 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
168 release codenames in <literal>
169 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
170 doesn't exist anymore.
171 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
172 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
173 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
174 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
175 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
176 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
177 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
178 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
179 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
180 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
181 team before upload. Closes: #459343
182 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
183 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
184 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
185 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
186 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
187 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
188 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
190 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
191 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
193 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
194 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
195 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
196 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
197 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
198 Thomas. Closes: #485837
200 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
201 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
203 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
205 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
209 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
210 - fix debian/copyright
211 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
212 - add pdf for French version.
213 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
214 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
215 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
216 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
217 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
218 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
219 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
220 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
221 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
223 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
224 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
226 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
228 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
229 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
230 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
231 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
232 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
233 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
235 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
238 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
239 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
240 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
241 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
242 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
243 * Update information concerning Alioth.
244 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
245 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
247 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
248 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
250 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
253 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
255 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
257 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
259 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
260 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
262 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
263 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
264 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
266 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
267 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
268 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
270 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
271 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
272 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
273 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
274 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
275 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
276 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
277 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
278 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
279 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
280 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
281 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
283 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
284 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
285 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
286 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
287 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
288 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
289 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
290 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
291 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
292 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
296 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
298 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
300 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
303 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
304 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
305 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
306 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
307 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
308 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
310 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
312 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
314 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
316 - non-us discontinued.
317 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
319 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
320 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
321 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
322 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
323 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
324 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
325 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
326 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
327 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
328 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
329 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
330 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
331 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
332 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
333 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
334 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
335 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
336 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
338 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
339 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
341 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
344 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
346 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
348 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
351 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
352 - madison is on merkel.
353 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
354 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
355 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
356 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
357 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
358 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
360 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
361 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
362 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
363 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
364 - sync NM rules with reality.
366 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
368 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
370 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
373 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
374 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
375 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
376 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
377 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
378 - spelling, grammer fixes.
379 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
380 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
381 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
382 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
383 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
384 - add myself to uploaders.
385 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
386 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
387 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
388 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
389 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
390 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
391 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
392 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
393 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
394 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
395 - rewrote the NMU section, and
396 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
397 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
398 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
399 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
400 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
401 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
402 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
403 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
405 - Security uploads get urgency=high
406 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
408 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
410 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
412 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
415 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
416 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
417 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
418 - documented Alioth, somewhat
420 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
421 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
423 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
424 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
425 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
426 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
430 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
432 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
433 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
434 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
435 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
440 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
443 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
445 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
446 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
447 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
449 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
450 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
451 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
452 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
455 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
457 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
458 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
459 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
460 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
461 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
463 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
464 it clear these are special cases
465 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
467 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
471 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
474 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
475 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
477 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
481 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
484 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
486 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
487 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
488 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
490 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
491 - the synopsis formula changed to either
492 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
494 <package-name> is <synopsis>
496 <package-name> are <synopsis>
498 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
499 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
500 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
501 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
502 package; closes: #187143
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
506 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
509 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
510 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
512 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
514 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
515 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
516 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
517 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
518 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
519 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
520 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
521 right places in the document, closes: #172897
522 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
526 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
528 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
529 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
530 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
531 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
532 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
533 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
534 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
536 - editorial changes on material added in this version
537 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
538 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
539 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
540 closes: #139957, #108416
541 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
542 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
546 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
549 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
551 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
552 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
553 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
554 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
556 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
557 for best practices for documentation
558 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
559 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
560 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
561 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
563 - spell-checking pass
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
567 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
570 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
571 descriptions" moved under there
572 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
573 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
574 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
575 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
576 the document where these tools are discussed
577 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
578 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
579 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
580 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
581 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
582 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
584 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
585 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
586 that can be fixed by DDP folks
587 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
588 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
589 - simply PS and PDF building rules
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
593 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
596 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
597 section and adjusted links
598 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
600 - ChangeLog attribution updates
601 - fix typos, closes: #171781
602 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
603 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
604 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
605 for debian/rules", and write an intro
606 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
607 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
608 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
609 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
610 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
611 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
612 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
613 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
614 "Internationalization"
615 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
616 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
617 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
618 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
619 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
620 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
621 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
622 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
623 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
625 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
626 rather useless and broken
627 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
628 names and the first word
629 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
630 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
631 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
633 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
634 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
635 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
639 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
642 - DDP publishing update
644 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
645 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
646 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
647 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
651 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
655 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
656 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
658 - added myself as co-author
659 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
661 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
662 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
664 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
665 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
669 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
672 - Corrected several errors with —
673 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
674 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
675 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
676 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
677 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
678 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
679 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
681 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
682 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
683 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
684 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
685 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
686 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
687 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
688 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
689 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
691 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
692 descriptions". closes: #158609
693 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
694 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
695 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
696 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
697 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
699 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
700 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
701 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
702 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
703 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
704 - updated the mailing lists section
706 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
707 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
712 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
716 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
718 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
720 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
721 Ch "The Debian Archive"
723 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
725 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
726 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
727 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
728 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
729 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
731 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
732 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
733 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
734 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
735 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
736 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
737 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
739 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
740 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
743 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
744 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
745 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
746 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
747 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
748 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
749 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
750 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
751 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
752 work-around with <...>
753 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
754 - update copyright date
755 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
756 - spell check and grammar corrections
760 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
762 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
763 recompile"; closes: #102626
764 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
765 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
766 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
767 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
768 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
770 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
771 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
772 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
774 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
776 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
777 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
778 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
779 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
780 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
781 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
782 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
783 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
784 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
786 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
788 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
790 - updated the list of available architectures.
791 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
792 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
793 of the package and nothing more.
794 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
795 any pain to the ftpmasters.
796 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
797 the use of the delayed queue.
798 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
799 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
801 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
802 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
803 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
804 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
805 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
806 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
807 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
809 - new Sec "Documentation"
810 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
811 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
812 "Being kind to porter" too
813 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
814 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
815 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
816 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
817 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
819 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
820 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
823 - update French translation
825 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
827 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
830 - some grammar corrections
831 - update French translation
833 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
834 anymore; closes: #135559
835 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
837 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
839 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
840 that would be welcome)
841 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
842 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
843 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
844 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
845 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
846 - other minor wording changes
847 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
848 - Ch "Package uploads":
849 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
850 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
851 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
852 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
853 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
854 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
855 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
859 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 * from Martin Michlmayr
862 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
863 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
864 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
866 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
868 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
870 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
872 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
873 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
874 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
877 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
879 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
884 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
889 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
890 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
891 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
892 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
893 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
894 talking about uploading to distributions
895 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
896 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
897 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
899 - French translation updated
901 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
902 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
903 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
907 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
910 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
911 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
916 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
919 * fix a typo in a link
920 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
921 update documentation accordingly
923 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
924 forwarding bugs upstream
926 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
927 entities which should be used
928 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
929 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
935 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
936 * French version: completely up-to-date now
937 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
938 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
940 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
947 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
949 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
950 this translation needs updating
951 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
952 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
953 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
955 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
956 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
957 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
959 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
960 included yet, however
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
964 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
966 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
968 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
969 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
971 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
975 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
977 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
978 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
979 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
981 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
983 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
985 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
988 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
989 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
990 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
991 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
992 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
993 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
994 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
995 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
996 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
997 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
998 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
999 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1001 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1002 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1003 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1004 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1005 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1007 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1009 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1010 * update copyright notice for 2001
1011 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1012 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1013 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1017 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1021 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1023 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1027 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1030 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1032 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1033 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1034 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1035 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1036 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1037 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1038 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1039 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1040 could be used if necessary
1041 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1042 mention the rsync dupload method
1043 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1045 * other small corrections
1046 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1047 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1048 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1049 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1051 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1053 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1054 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1058 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1060 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1061 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1062 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1063 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1065 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1066 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1067 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1068 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1069 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1071 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1073 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1074 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1075 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1076 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1077 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1078 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1079 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1081 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1082 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1083 - added a section about the LDAP database
1084 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1085 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1087 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1088 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1092 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1095 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1096 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1098 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1099 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1100 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1101 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1102 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1103 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1104 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1105 description from developers-reference.sgml
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1109 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1112 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1114 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1116 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1117 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1118 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1119 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1120 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1121 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1122 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1123 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1124 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1125 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1127 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1128 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1129 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1130 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1132 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1133 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1134 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1135 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1136 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1137 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1138 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1139 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1140 suggestion from James Troup
1141 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1142 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1143 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1144 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1149 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1152 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1159 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1160 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1161 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1162 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1163 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1164 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1171 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1172 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1173 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1174 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1175 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1177 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1178 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1180 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1188 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1189 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1190 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1191 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1192 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1194 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1195 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1196 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1197 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1199 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1200 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1201 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1202 a normal developer may have access.
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1209 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1210 step all over each other
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1217 address for PGP key updates
1219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1221 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1224 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1225 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1226 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1227 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1231 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1234 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1235 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1236 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1237 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1238 <keyring-maint> instead)
1239 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1240 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1242 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1244 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1245 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1246 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1250 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1252 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1253 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1254 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1255 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1256 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1257 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1259 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1260 tighten up the language a bit
1261 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1262 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1263 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1264 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1266 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1267 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1268 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1269 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1270 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1271 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1273 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1274 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1275 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1276 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1277 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1278 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1279 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1280 number of available packages
1281 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1282 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1286 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1293 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * not officially released
1296 * more spelling corrections
1297 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1301 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * not officially released
1304 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1305 * some PGP-centricity removed
1306 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1307 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1308 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1309 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1310 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1311 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1315 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1317 * not officially released
1318 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1319 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1320 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1321 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1322 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1323 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1324 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1325 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1326 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1327 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1328 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1329 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1330 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1331 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1333 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1334 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1336 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1338 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1339 take a couple of weeks
1340 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1341 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1342 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1343 excited about it and can't wait
1344 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1345 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1347 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1348 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1350 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1351 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1352 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1356 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1358 * move to 3-level version number:
1359 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1360 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1361 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1362 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1363 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1366 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1367 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1368 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1370 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1372 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1373 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1374 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1375 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1376 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1377 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1379 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1381 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1382 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1383 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1384 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1385 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1386 - "The CVS server": new section added
1387 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1389 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1390 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1391 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1392 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1393 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1394 with respect to GPG.
1395 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1396 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1397 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1398 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1399 a canonical location?)
1400 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1401 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1402 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1403 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1405 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1407 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1408 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1409 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1410 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1412 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1414 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1417 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1418 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1419 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1420 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1421 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1422 and should not be included in this Reference.
1423 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1424 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1425 maintainer tools only!
1426 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1427 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1428 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1429 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1430 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1431 * Little corrections here and there.
1432 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1433 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1436 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1438 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1441 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1442 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1444 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1445 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1446 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1447 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1448 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1449 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1450 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1451 do prior to uploading
1452 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1453 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1455 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1456 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1457 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1458 duties with respect to bugs
1459 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1460 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1461 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1463 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1464 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1465 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1466 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1467 explicit what is used to build this package
1469 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1471 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1475 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1476 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1477 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1478 * utilize the new URL tag
1479 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1482 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1484 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1486 * non-maintainer release
1487 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1488 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1489 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1490 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1491 text, it can't hurt you.)
1492 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1493 reflect this packages version number
1494 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1496 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1498 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1504 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1506 * New version numbering scheme:
1508 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1509 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1510 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1513 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1514 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1515 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1516 differ between the manuals.
1518 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1519 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1520 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1521 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1523 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1524 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1526 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1528 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1530 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1534 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1535 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1537 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1538 (as requested by James Troup)
1540 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1542 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1544 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1546 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1550 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1552 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1554 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1555 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1556 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1557 the non-maintainer release
1559 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1560 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1561 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1564 - Lots of typos fixed
1566 * Compressed SGML source code
1568 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1569 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1571 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1575 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1578 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1579 - Announcing package uploads
1580 * New section about Debian Mentors
1581 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1582 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1583 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1584 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1586 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1588 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1591 of our FTP server and the development process
1592 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1593 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1594 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1596 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1597 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1598 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1599 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1600 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1601 contacting the maintainer
1602 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1603 a new manual released soon)
1604 * Some minor changes
1605 * Include SGML source in package
1606 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1607 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1609 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1611 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200