1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
29 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
31 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
34 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
35 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
36 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
37 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
38 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
39 * Update information concerning Alioth.
41 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
43 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
45 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
47 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
48 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
50 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
51 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
52 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
54 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
55 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
56 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
58 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
59 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
60 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
61 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
62 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
63 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
64 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
65 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
66 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
67 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
68 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
69 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
71 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
72 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
73 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
74 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
75 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
76 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
77 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
78 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
79 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
80 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
84 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
86 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
88 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
91 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
92 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
93 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
94 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
95 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
96 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
98 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
100 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
102 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
104 - non-us discontinued.
105 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
107 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
108 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
109 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
110 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
111 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
112 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
113 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
114 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
115 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
116 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
117 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
118 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
119 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
120 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
121 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
122 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
123 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
124 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
126 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
127 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
129 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
132 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
134 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
136 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
139 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
140 - madison is on merkel.
141 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
142 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
143 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
144 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
145 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
146 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
148 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
149 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
150 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
151 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
152 - sync NM rules with reality.
154 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
156 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
158 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
161 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
162 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
163 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
164 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
165 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
166 - spelling, grammer fixes.
167 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
168 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
169 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
170 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
171 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
172 - add myself to uploaders.
173 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
174 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
175 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
176 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
177 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
178 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
179 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
180 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
181 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
182 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
183 - rewrote the NMU section, and
184 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
185 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
186 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
187 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
188 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
189 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
190 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
191 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
193 - Security uploads get urgency=high
194 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
196 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
198 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
200 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
203 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
204 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
205 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
206 - documented Alioth, somewhat
208 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
209 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
211 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
212 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
213 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
214 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
218 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
220 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
221 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
222 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
223 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
228 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
231 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
233 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
234 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
235 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
237 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
238 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
239 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
240 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
243 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
245 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
246 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
247 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
248 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
249 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
251 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
252 it clear these are special cases
253 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
255 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
259 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
262 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
263 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
265 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
269 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
272 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
274 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
275 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
276 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
278 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
279 - the synopsis formula changed to either
280 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
282 <package-name> is <synopsis>
284 <package-name> are <synopsis>
286 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
287 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
288 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
289 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
290 package; closes: #187143
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
294 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
297 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
298 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
300 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
302 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
303 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
304 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
305 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
306 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
307 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
308 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
309 right places in the document, closes: #172897
310 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
314 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
316 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
317 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
318 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
319 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
320 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
321 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
322 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
324 - editorial changes on material added in this version
325 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
326 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
327 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
328 closes: #139957, #108416
329 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
330 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
334 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
337 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
339 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
340 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
341 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
342 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
344 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
345 for best practices for documentation
346 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
347 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
348 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
349 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
351 - spell-checking pass
353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
355 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
359 descriptions" moved under there
360 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
361 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
362 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
363 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
364 the document where these tools are discussed
365 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
366 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
367 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
368 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
369 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
370 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
372 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
373 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
374 that can be fixed by DDP folks
375 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
376 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
377 - simply PS and PDF building rules
379 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
381 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
384 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
385 section and adjusted links
386 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
388 - ChangeLog attribution updates
389 - fix typos, closes: #171781
390 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
391 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
392 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
393 for debian/rules", and write an intro
394 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
395 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
396 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
397 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
398 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
399 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
400 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
401 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
402 "Internationalization"
403 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
404 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
405 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
406 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
407 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
408 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
409 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
410 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
411 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
413 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
414 rather useless and broken
415 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
416 names and the first word
417 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
418 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
419 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
421 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
422 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
423 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
427 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
430 - DDP publishing update
432 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
433 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
434 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
435 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
439 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
442 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
443 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
444 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
446 - added myself as co-author
447 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
449 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
450 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
452 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
453 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
457 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
460 - Corrected several errors with —
461 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
462 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
463 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
464 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
465 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
466 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
467 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
469 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
470 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
471 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
472 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
473 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
474 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
475 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
476 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
477 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
479 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
480 descriptions". closes: #158609
481 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
482 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
483 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
484 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
485 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
487 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
488 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
489 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
490 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
491 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
492 - updated the mailing lists section
494 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
495 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
500 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
503 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
504 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
506 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
508 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
509 Ch "The Debian Archive"
511 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
513 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
514 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
515 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
516 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
517 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
519 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
520 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
521 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
522 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
523 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
524 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
525 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
527 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
528 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
531 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
532 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
533 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
534 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
535 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
536 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
537 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
538 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
539 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
540 work-around with <...>
541 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
542 - update copyright date
543 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
544 - spell check and grammar corrections
548 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
550 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
551 recompile"; closes: #102626
552 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
553 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
554 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
555 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
556 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
558 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
559 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
560 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
562 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
564 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
565 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
566 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
567 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
568 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
569 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
570 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
571 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
572 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
574 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
576 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
578 - updated the list of available architectures.
579 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
580 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
581 of the package and nothing more.
582 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
583 any pain to the ftpmasters.
584 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
585 the use of the delayed queue.
586 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
587 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
589 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
590 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
591 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
592 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
593 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
594 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
595 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
597 - new Sec "Documentation"
598 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
599 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
600 "Being kind to porter" too
601 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
602 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
603 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
604 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
605 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
607 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
608 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
611 - update French translation
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
615 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
618 - some grammar corrections
619 - update French translation
621 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
622 anymore; closes: #135559
623 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
625 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
627 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
628 that would be welcome)
629 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
630 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
631 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
632 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
633 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
634 - other minor wording changes
635 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
636 - Ch "Package uploads":
637 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
638 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
639 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
640 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
641 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
642 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
643 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
647 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * from Martin Michlmayr
650 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
651 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
652 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
654 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
656 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
658 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
660 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
661 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
662 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
665 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
667 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
672 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
675 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
677 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
678 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
679 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
680 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
681 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
682 talking about uploading to distributions
683 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
684 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
685 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
687 - French translation updated
689 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
690 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
691 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
695 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
698 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
699 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
704 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
707 * fix a typo in a link
708 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
709 update documentation accordingly
711 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
712 forwarding bugs upstream
714 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
715 entities which should be used
716 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
717 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
721 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
723 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
724 * French version: completely up-to-date now
725 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
726 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
728 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
731 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
733 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
735 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
737 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
738 this translation needs updating
739 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
740 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
741 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
743 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
744 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
745 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
747 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
748 included yet, however
750 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
752 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
754 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
756 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
757 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
759 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
763 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
765 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
766 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
767 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
769 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
773 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
776 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
777 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
778 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
779 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
780 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
781 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
782 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
783 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
784 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
785 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
786 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
787 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
789 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
790 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
791 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
792 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
793 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
795 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
797 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
798 * update copyright notice for 2001
799 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
800 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
801 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
805 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
807 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
809 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
811 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
815 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
818 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
820 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
821 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
822 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
823 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
824 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
825 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
826 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
827 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
828 could be used if necessary
829 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
830 mention the rsync dupload method
831 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
833 * other small corrections
834 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
835 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
836 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
837 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
839 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
841 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
842 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
846 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
848 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
849 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
850 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
851 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
853 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
854 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
855 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
856 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
857 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
859 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
861 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
862 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
863 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
864 team (closes: Bug#52906)
865 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
866 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
867 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
869 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
870 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
871 - added a section about the LDAP database
872 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
873 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
875 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
876 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
880 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
883 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
884 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
886 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
887 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
888 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
889 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
890 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
891 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
892 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
893 description from developers-reference.sgml
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
897 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
899 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
900 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
902 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
904 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
905 releases are available at archive.debian.org
906 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
907 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
908 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
909 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
910 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
911 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
912 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
913 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
915 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
916 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
917 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
918 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
920 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
921 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
922 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
923 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
924 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
925 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
926 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
927 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
928 suggestion from James Troup
929 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
930 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
931 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
932 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
937 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
939 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
940 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
946 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
947 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
948 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
949 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
950 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
951 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
952 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
954 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
956 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
958 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
959 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
960 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
961 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
962 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
963 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
965 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
966 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
968 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
976 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
977 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
978 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
979 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
980 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
982 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
983 with intro; demoted server sections under that
984 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
985 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
987 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
988 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
989 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
990 a normal developer may have access.
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
994 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
996 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
997 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
998 step all over each other
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1005 address for PGP key updates
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1012 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1013 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1014 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1015 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1017 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1019 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1022 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1023 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1024 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1025 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1026 <keyring-maint> instead)
1027 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1028 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1030 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1032 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1033 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1034 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1038 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1040 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1041 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1042 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1043 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1044 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1045 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1047 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1048 tighten up the language a bit
1049 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1050 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1051 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1052 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1054 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1055 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1056 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1057 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1058 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1059 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1061 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1062 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1063 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1064 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1065 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1066 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1067 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1068 number of available packages
1069 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1070 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1072 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1074 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1081 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * not officially released
1084 * more spelling corrections
1085 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1089 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * not officially released
1092 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1093 * some PGP-centricity removed
1094 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1095 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1096 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1097 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1098 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1099 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1103 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1105 * not officially released
1106 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1107 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1108 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1109 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1110 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1111 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1112 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1113 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1114 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1115 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1116 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1117 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1118 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1119 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1121 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1122 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1124 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1126 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1127 take a couple of weeks
1128 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1129 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1130 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1131 excited about it and can't wait
1132 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1133 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1135 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1136 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1138 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1139 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1140 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1144 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1146 * move to 3-level version number:
1147 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1148 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1149 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1150 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1151 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1154 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1155 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1156 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1158 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1160 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1161 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1162 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1163 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1164 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1165 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1167 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1169 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1170 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1171 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1172 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1173 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1174 - "The CVS server": new section added
1175 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1177 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1178 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1179 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1180 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1181 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1182 with respect to GPG.
1183 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1184 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1185 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1186 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1187 a canonical location?)
1188 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1189 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1190 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1191 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1193 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1195 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1196 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1197 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1198 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1200 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1202 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1205 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1206 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1207 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1208 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1209 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1210 and should not be included in this Reference.
1211 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1212 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1213 maintainer tools only!
1214 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1215 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1216 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1217 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1218 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1219 * Little corrections here and there.
1220 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1221 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1224 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1226 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1229 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1230 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1232 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1233 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1234 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1235 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1236 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1237 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1238 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1239 do prior to uploading
1240 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1241 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1243 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1244 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1245 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1246 duties with respect to bugs
1247 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1248 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1249 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1251 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1252 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1253 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1254 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1255 explicit what is used to build this package
1257 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1263 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1264 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1265 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1266 * utilize the new URL tag
1267 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1270 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1272 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1274 * non-maintainer release
1275 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1276 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1277 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1278 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1279 text, it can't hurt you.)
1280 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1281 reflect this packages version number
1282 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1284 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1286 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1290 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1292 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1294 * New version numbering scheme:
1296 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1297 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1298 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1301 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1302 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1303 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1304 differ between the manuals.
1306 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1307 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1308 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1309 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1311 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1312 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1314 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1316 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1318 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1322 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1323 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1325 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1326 (as requested by James Troup)
1328 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1330 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1332 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1334 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1336 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1338 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1340 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1342 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1343 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1344 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1345 the non-maintainer release
1347 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1348 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1349 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1352 - Lots of typos fixed
1354 * Compressed SGML source code
1356 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1357 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1359 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1363 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1366 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1367 - Announcing package uploads
1368 * New section about Debian Mentors
1369 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1370 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1371 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1372 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1374 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1376 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1379 of our FTP server and the development process
1380 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1381 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1382 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1384 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1385 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1386 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1387 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1388 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1389 contacting the maintainer
1390 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1391 a new manual released soon)
1392 * Some minor changes
1393 * Include SGML source in package
1394 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1395 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1397 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1399 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1403 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200