1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:45:20 +0200
7 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
11 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
12 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
13 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
14 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
15 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
16 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
17 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
19 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
21 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
24 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
25 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
26 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
27 release codenames in <literal>
28 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
29 doesn't exist anymore.
30 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
31 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
32 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
33 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
34 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
35 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
36 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
37 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
38 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
39 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
40 team before upload. Closes: #459343
41 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
42 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
43 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
44 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
45 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
46 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
47 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
49 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
50 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
52 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
53 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
54 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
55 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
56 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
57 Thomas. Closes: #485837
59 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
60 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
62 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
64 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
68 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
69 - fix debian/copyright
70 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
71 - add pdf for French version.
72 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
73 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
74 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
75 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
76 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
77 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
78 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
79 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
80 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
82 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
83 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
85 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
87 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
88 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
89 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
90 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
91 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
92 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
94 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
97 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
98 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
99 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
100 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
101 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
102 * Update information concerning Alioth.
103 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
104 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
106 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
107 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
109 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
112 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
114 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
116 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
118 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
119 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
121 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
122 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
123 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
125 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
126 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
127 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
129 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
130 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
131 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
132 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
133 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
134 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
135 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
136 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
137 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
138 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
139 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
140 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
142 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
143 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
144 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
145 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
146 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
147 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
148 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
149 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
150 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
151 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
155 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
157 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
159 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
162 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
163 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
164 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
165 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
166 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
167 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
169 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
171 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
173 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
175 - non-us discontinued.
176 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
178 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
179 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
180 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
181 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
182 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
183 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
184 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
185 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
186 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
187 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
188 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
189 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
190 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
191 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
192 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
193 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
194 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
195 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
197 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
198 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
200 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
203 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
205 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
207 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
210 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
211 - madison is on merkel.
212 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
213 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
214 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
215 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
216 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
217 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
219 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
220 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
221 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
222 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
223 - sync NM rules with reality.
225 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
227 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
229 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
232 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
233 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
234 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
235 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
236 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
237 - spelling, grammer fixes.
238 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
239 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
240 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
241 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
242 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
243 - add myself to uploaders.
244 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
245 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
246 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
247 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
248 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
249 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
250 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
251 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
252 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
253 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
254 - rewrote the NMU section, and
255 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
256 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
257 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
258 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
259 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
260 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
261 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
262 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
264 - Security uploads get urgency=high
265 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
267 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
269 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
271 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
274 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
275 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
276 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
277 - documented Alioth, somewhat
279 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
280 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
282 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
283 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
284 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
285 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
289 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
291 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
292 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
293 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
294 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
299 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
302 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
304 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
305 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
306 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
308 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
309 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
310 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
311 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
314 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
316 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
317 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
318 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
319 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
320 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
322 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
323 it clear these are special cases
324 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
326 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
330 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
333 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
334 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
336 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
340 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
343 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
345 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
346 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
347 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
349 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
350 - the synopsis formula changed to either
351 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
353 <package-name> is <synopsis>
355 <package-name> are <synopsis>
357 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
358 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
359 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
360 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
361 package; closes: #187143
363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
365 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
368 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
369 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
371 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
373 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
374 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
375 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
376 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
377 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
378 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
379 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
380 right places in the document, closes: #172897
381 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
385 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
387 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
388 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
389 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
390 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
391 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
392 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
393 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
395 - editorial changes on material added in this version
396 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
397 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
398 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
399 closes: #139957, #108416
400 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
401 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
405 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
408 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
410 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
411 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
412 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
413 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
415 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
416 for best practices for documentation
417 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
418 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
419 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
420 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
422 - spell-checking pass
424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
426 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
429 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
430 descriptions" moved under there
431 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
432 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
433 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
434 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
435 the document where these tools are discussed
436 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
437 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
438 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
439 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
440 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
441 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
443 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
444 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
445 that can be fixed by DDP folks
446 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
447 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
448 - simply PS and PDF building rules
450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
452 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
455 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
456 section and adjusted links
457 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
459 - ChangeLog attribution updates
460 - fix typos, closes: #171781
461 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
462 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
463 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
464 for debian/rules", and write an intro
465 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
466 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
467 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
468 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
469 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
470 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
471 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
472 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
473 "Internationalization"
474 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
475 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
476 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
477 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
478 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
479 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
480 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
481 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
482 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
484 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
485 rather useless and broken
486 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
487 names and the first word
488 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
489 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
490 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
492 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
493 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
494 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
498 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
501 - DDP publishing update
503 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
504 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
505 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
506 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
510 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
513 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
514 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
515 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
517 - added myself as co-author
518 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
520 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
521 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
523 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
524 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
528 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
531 - Corrected several errors with —
532 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
533 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
534 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
535 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
536 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
537 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
538 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
540 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
541 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
542 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
543 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
544 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
545 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
546 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
547 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
548 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
550 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
551 descriptions". closes: #158609
552 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
553 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
554 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
555 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
556 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
558 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
559 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
560 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
561 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
562 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
563 - updated the mailing lists section
565 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
566 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
571 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
575 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
577 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
579 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
580 Ch "The Debian Archive"
582 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
584 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
585 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
586 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
587 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
588 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
590 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
591 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
592 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
593 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
594 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
595 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
596 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
598 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
599 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
602 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
603 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
604 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
605 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
606 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
607 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
608 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
609 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
610 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
611 work-around with <...>
612 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
613 - update copyright date
614 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
615 - spell check and grammar corrections
619 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
621 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
622 recompile"; closes: #102626
623 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
624 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
625 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
626 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
627 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
629 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
630 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
631 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
633 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
635 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
636 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
637 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
638 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
639 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
640 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
641 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
642 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
643 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
645 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
647 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
649 - updated the list of available architectures.
650 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
651 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
652 of the package and nothing more.
653 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
654 any pain to the ftpmasters.
655 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
656 the use of the delayed queue.
657 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
658 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
660 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
661 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
662 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
663 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
664 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
665 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
666 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
668 - new Sec "Documentation"
669 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
670 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
671 "Being kind to porter" too
672 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
673 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
674 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
675 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
676 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
678 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
679 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
682 - update French translation
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
686 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
689 - some grammar corrections
690 - update French translation
692 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
693 anymore; closes: #135559
694 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
696 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
698 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
699 that would be welcome)
700 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
701 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
702 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
703 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
704 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
705 - other minor wording changes
706 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
707 - Ch "Package uploads":
708 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
709 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
710 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
711 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
712 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
713 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
714 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
718 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 * from Martin Michlmayr
721 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
722 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
723 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
725 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
727 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
729 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
731 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
732 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
733 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
736 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
738 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
741 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
743 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
746 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
748 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
749 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
750 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
751 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
752 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
753 talking about uploading to distributions
754 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
755 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
756 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
758 - French translation updated
760 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
761 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
762 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
769 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
770 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
773 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
775 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
778 * fix a typo in a link
779 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
780 update documentation accordingly
782 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
783 forwarding bugs upstream
785 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
786 entities which should be used
787 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
788 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
792 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
794 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
795 * French version: completely up-to-date now
796 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
797 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
799 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
804 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
806 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
808 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
809 this translation needs updating
810 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
811 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
812 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
814 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
815 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
816 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
818 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
819 included yet, however
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
823 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
825 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
827 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
828 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
830 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
834 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
836 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
837 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
838 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
840 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
842 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
844 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
847 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
848 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
849 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
850 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
851 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
852 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
853 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
854 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
855 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
856 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
857 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
858 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
860 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
861 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
862 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
863 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
864 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
866 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
868 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
869 * update copyright notice for 2001
870 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
871 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
872 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
876 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
878 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
880 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
882 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
886 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
888 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
889 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
891 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
892 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
893 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
894 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
895 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
896 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
897 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
898 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
899 could be used if necessary
900 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
901 mention the rsync dupload method
902 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
904 * other small corrections
905 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
906 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
907 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
908 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
910 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
912 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
913 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
919 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
920 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
921 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
922 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
924 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
925 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
926 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
927 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
928 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
930 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
932 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
933 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
934 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
935 team (closes: Bug#52906)
936 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
937 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
938 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
940 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
941 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
942 - added a section about the LDAP database
943 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
944 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
946 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
947 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
951 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
954 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
955 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
957 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
958 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
959 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
960 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
961 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
962 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
963 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
964 description from developers-reference.sgml
966 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
968 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
970 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
971 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
973 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
975 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
976 releases are available at archive.debian.org
977 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
978 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
979 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
980 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
981 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
982 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
983 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
984 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
986 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
987 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
988 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
989 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
991 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
992 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
993 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
994 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
995 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
996 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
997 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
998 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
999 suggestion from James Troup
1000 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1001 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1002 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1003 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1006 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1011 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1015 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1018 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1019 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1020 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1021 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1022 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1023 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1027 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1030 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1031 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1032 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1033 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1034 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1036 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1037 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1039 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1047 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1048 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1049 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1050 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1051 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1053 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1054 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1055 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1056 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1058 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1059 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1060 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1061 a normal developer may have access.
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1068 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1069 step all over each other
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1076 address for PGP key updates
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1080 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1083 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1084 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1085 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1086 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1090 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1093 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1094 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1095 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1096 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1097 <keyring-maint> instead)
1098 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1099 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1101 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1103 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1104 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1105 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1109 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1111 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1112 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1113 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1114 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1115 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1116 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1118 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1119 tighten up the language a bit
1120 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1121 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1122 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1123 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1125 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1126 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1127 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1128 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1129 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1130 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1132 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1133 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1134 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1135 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1136 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1137 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1138 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1139 number of available packages
1140 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1141 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1145 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1152 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * not officially released
1155 * more spelling corrections
1156 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1160 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * not officially released
1163 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1164 * some PGP-centricity removed
1165 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1166 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1167 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1168 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1169 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1170 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1174 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1176 * not officially released
1177 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1178 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1179 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1180 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1181 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1182 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1183 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1184 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1185 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1186 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1187 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1188 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1189 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1190 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1192 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1193 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1195 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1197 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1198 take a couple of weeks
1199 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1200 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1201 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1202 excited about it and can't wait
1203 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1204 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1206 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1207 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1209 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1210 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1211 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1215 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1217 * move to 3-level version number:
1218 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1219 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1220 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1221 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1222 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1225 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1226 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1227 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1229 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1231 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1232 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1233 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1234 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1235 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1236 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1238 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1240 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1241 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1242 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1243 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1244 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1245 - "The CVS server": new section added
1246 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1248 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1249 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1250 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1251 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1252 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1253 with respect to GPG.
1254 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1255 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1256 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1257 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1258 a canonical location?)
1259 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1260 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1261 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1262 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1264 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1266 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1267 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1268 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1269 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1271 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1273 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1276 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1277 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1278 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1279 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1280 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1281 and should not be included in this Reference.
1282 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1283 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1284 maintainer tools only!
1285 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1286 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1287 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1288 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1289 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1290 * Little corrections here and there.
1291 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1292 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1295 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1297 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1300 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1301 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1303 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1304 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1305 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1306 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1307 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1308 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1309 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1310 do prior to uploading
1311 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1312 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1314 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1315 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1316 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1317 duties with respect to bugs
1318 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1319 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1320 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1322 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1323 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1324 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1325 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1326 explicit what is used to build this package
1328 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1330 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1334 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1335 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1336 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1337 * utilize the new URL tag
1338 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1341 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1343 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1345 * non-maintainer release
1346 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1347 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1348 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1349 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1350 text, it can't hurt you.)
1351 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1352 reflect this packages version number
1353 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1355 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1357 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1363 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1365 * New version numbering scheme:
1367 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1368 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1369 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1372 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1373 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1374 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1375 differ between the manuals.
1377 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1378 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1379 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1380 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1382 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1383 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1385 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1387 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1389 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1393 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1394 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1396 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1397 (as requested by James Troup)
1399 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1401 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1403 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1405 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1409 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1411 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1413 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1414 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1415 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1416 the non-maintainer release
1418 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1419 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1420 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1423 - Lots of typos fixed
1425 * Compressed SGML source code
1427 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1428 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1430 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1434 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1437 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1438 - Announcing package uploads
1439 * New section about Debian Mentors
1440 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1441 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1442 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1443 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1447 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1450 of our FTP server and the development process
1451 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1452 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1453 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1455 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1456 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1457 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1458 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1459 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1460 contacting the maintainer
1461 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1462 a new manual released soon)
1463 * Some minor changes
1464 * Include SGML source in package
1465 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1466 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1470 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1474 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200