1 developers-reference (3.4.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
4 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
5 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
6 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
7 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
8 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
9 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
10 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
11 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
12 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
13 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
14 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
15 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
16 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
17 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
19 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:19:21 +0200
21 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
25 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
28 * Update my email address.
29 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
30 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
31 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
32 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
33 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
34 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
37 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
45 version tracking removed that requirement.
48 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
49 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
50 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
51 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
52 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
53 needed. Closes: #619990
54 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
55 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
58 * Initial German translation.
61 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
62 * Update French translation.
63 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
64 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
65 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
68 * Update Japanese translation.
70 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
72 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
76 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
79 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
80 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
81 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
82 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
83 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
84 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
85 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
86 patch. Closes: #540231
87 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
88 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
89 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
90 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
91 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
92 for the patch. Closes: #548823
93 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
94 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
95 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
96 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
97 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
98 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
99 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
100 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
101 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
102 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
103 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
104 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
105 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
106 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
108 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
109 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
110 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
112 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
113 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
114 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
115 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
116 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
118 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
120 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
121 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
122 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
123 patch. Closes: #573110
124 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
126 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
127 multi-lines substitution variables.
130 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
131 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
132 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
133 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
134 * Activate Japanese package.
135 * Handle addendum if it exists.
137 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
139 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
142 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
144 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
146 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
148 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
149 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
151 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
153 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
155 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
156 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
157 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
158 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
159 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
160 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
161 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
162 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
163 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
164 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
165 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
166 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
167 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
168 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
169 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
170 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
171 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
172 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
173 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
174 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
175 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
176 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
178 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
180 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
187 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
188 The most important changes are:
189 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
190 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
193 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
194 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
195 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
196 distinction. Closes: #464230.
197 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
198 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
199 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
200 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
201 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
202 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
204 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
205 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
207 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
208 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
210 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
211 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
213 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
215 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
216 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
218 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
219 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
220 Closes: #512620, #510783.
222 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
224 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
228 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
229 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
230 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
231 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
232 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
233 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
234 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
236 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
238 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
241 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
242 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
243 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
244 release codenames in <literal>
245 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
246 doesn't exist anymore.
247 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
248 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
249 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
250 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
251 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
252 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
253 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
254 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
255 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
256 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
257 team before upload. Closes: #459343
258 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
259 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
260 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
261 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
262 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
263 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
264 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
266 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
267 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
269 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
270 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
271 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
272 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
273 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
274 Thomas. Closes: #485837
276 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
277 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
279 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
281 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
285 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
286 - fix debian/copyright
287 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
288 - add pdf for French version.
289 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
290 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
291 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
292 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
293 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
294 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
295 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
296 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
297 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
299 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
300 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
302 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
304 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
305 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
306 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
307 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
308 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
309 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
311 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
314 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
315 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
316 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
317 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
318 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
319 * Update information concerning Alioth.
320 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
321 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
323 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
324 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
326 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
329 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
331 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
333 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
335 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
336 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
338 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
339 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
340 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
342 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
343 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
344 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
346 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
347 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
348 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
349 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
350 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
351 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
352 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
353 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
354 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
355 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
356 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
357 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
359 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
360 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
361 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
362 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
363 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
364 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
365 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
366 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
367 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
368 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
372 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
374 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
376 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
379 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
380 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
381 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
382 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
383 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
384 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
386 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
388 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
390 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
392 - non-us discontinued.
393 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
395 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
396 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
397 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
398 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
399 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
400 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
401 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
402 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
403 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
404 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
405 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
406 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
407 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
408 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
409 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
410 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
411 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
412 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
414 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
415 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
417 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
420 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
422 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
424 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
427 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
428 - madison is on merkel.
429 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
430 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
431 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
432 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
433 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
434 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
436 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
437 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
438 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
439 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
440 - sync NM rules with reality.
442 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
444 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
446 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
449 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
450 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
451 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
452 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
453 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
454 - spelling, grammer fixes.
455 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
456 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
457 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
458 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
459 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
460 - add myself to uploaders.
461 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
462 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
463 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
464 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
465 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
466 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
467 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
468 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
469 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
470 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
471 - rewrote the NMU section, and
472 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
473 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
474 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
475 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
476 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
477 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
478 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
479 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
481 - Security uploads get urgency=high
482 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
484 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
486 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
488 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
491 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
492 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
493 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
494 - documented Alioth, somewhat
496 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
497 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
499 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
500 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
501 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
502 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
506 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
508 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
509 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
510 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
511 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
516 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
519 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
521 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
522 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
523 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
525 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
526 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
527 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
528 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
531 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
533 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
534 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
535 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
536 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
537 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
539 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
540 it clear these are special cases
541 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
543 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
547 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
550 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
551 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
553 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
557 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
560 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
562 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
563 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
564 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
566 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
567 - the synopsis formula changed to either
568 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
570 <package-name> is <synopsis>
572 <package-name> are <synopsis>
574 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
575 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
576 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
577 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
578 package; closes: #187143
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
582 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
585 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
586 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
588 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
590 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
591 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
592 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
593 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
594 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
595 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
596 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
597 right places in the document, closes: #172897
598 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
602 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
604 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
605 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
606 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
607 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
608 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
609 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
610 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
612 - editorial changes on material added in this version
613 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
614 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
615 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
616 closes: #139957, #108416
617 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
618 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
620 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
622 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
625 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
627 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
628 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
629 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
630 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
632 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
633 for best practices for documentation
634 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
635 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
636 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
637 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
639 - spell-checking pass
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
643 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
646 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
647 descriptions" moved under there
648 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
649 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
650 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
651 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
652 the document where these tools are discussed
653 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
654 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
655 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
656 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
657 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
658 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
660 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
661 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
662 that can be fixed by DDP folks
663 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
664 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
665 - simply PS and PDF building rules
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
669 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
672 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
673 section and adjusted links
674 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
676 - ChangeLog attribution updates
677 - fix typos, closes: #171781
678 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
679 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
680 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
681 for debian/rules", and write an intro
682 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
683 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
684 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
685 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
686 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
687 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
688 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
689 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
690 "Internationalization"
691 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
692 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
693 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
694 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
695 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
696 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
697 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
698 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
699 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
701 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
702 rather useless and broken
703 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
704 names and the first word
705 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
706 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
707 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
709 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
710 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
711 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
715 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
718 - DDP publishing update
720 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
721 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
722 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
723 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
727 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
731 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
732 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
734 - added myself as co-author
735 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
737 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
738 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
740 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
741 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
745 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
748 - Corrected several errors with —
749 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
750 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
751 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
752 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
753 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
754 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
755 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
757 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
758 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
759 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
760 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
761 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
762 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
763 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
764 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
765 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
767 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
768 descriptions". closes: #158609
769 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
770 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
771 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
772 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
773 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
775 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
776 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
777 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
778 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
779 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
780 - updated the mailing lists section
782 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
783 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
788 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
791 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
792 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
794 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
796 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
797 Ch "The Debian Archive"
799 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
801 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
802 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
803 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
804 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
805 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
807 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
808 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
809 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
810 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
811 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
812 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
813 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
815 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
816 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
819 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
820 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
821 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
822 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
823 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
824 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
825 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
826 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
827 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
828 work-around with <...>
829 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
830 - update copyright date
831 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
832 - spell check and grammar corrections
836 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
838 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
839 recompile"; closes: #102626
840 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
841 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
842 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
843 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
844 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
846 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
847 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
848 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
850 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
852 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
853 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
854 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
855 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
856 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
857 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
858 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
859 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
860 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
862 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
864 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
866 - updated the list of available architectures.
867 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
868 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
869 of the package and nothing more.
870 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
871 any pain to the ftpmasters.
872 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
873 the use of the delayed queue.
874 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
875 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
877 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
878 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
879 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
880 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
881 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
882 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
883 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
885 - new Sec "Documentation"
886 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
887 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
888 "Being kind to porter" too
889 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
890 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
891 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
892 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
893 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
895 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
896 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
899 - update French translation
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
903 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
906 - some grammar corrections
907 - update French translation
909 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
910 anymore; closes: #135559
911 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
913 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
915 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
916 that would be welcome)
917 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
918 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
919 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
920 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
921 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
922 - other minor wording changes
923 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
924 - Ch "Package uploads":
925 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
926 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
927 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
928 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
929 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
930 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
931 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
935 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
937 * from Martin Michlmayr
938 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
939 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
940 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
942 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
944 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
946 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
948 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
949 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
950 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
953 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
955 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
960 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
963 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
965 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
966 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
967 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
968 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
969 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
970 talking about uploading to distributions
971 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
972 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
973 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
975 - French translation updated
977 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
978 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
979 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
986 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
987 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
992 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
995 * fix a typo in a link
996 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
997 update documentation accordingly
999 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1000 forwarding bugs upstream
1002 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1003 entities which should be used
1004 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1005 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1012 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1013 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1014 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1016 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1019 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1021 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1025 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1026 this translation needs updating
1027 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1028 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1029 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1031 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1032 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1033 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1035 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1036 included yet, however
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1040 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1044 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1045 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1047 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1051 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1054 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1055 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1057 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1061 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1064 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1065 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1066 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1067 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1068 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1069 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1070 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1071 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1072 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1073 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1074 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1075 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1077 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1078 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1079 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1080 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1081 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1083 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1085 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1086 * update copyright notice for 2001
1087 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1088 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1089 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1093 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1097 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1099 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1103 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1106 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1108 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1109 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1110 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1111 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1112 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1113 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1114 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1115 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1116 could be used if necessary
1117 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1118 mention the rsync dupload method
1119 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1121 * other small corrections
1122 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1123 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1124 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1125 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1127 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1129 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1130 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1136 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1137 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1138 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1139 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1141 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1142 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1143 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1144 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1145 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1147 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1149 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1150 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1151 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1152 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1153 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1154 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1155 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1157 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1158 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1159 - added a section about the LDAP database
1160 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1161 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1163 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1164 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1171 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1172 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1174 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1175 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1176 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1177 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1178 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1179 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1180 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1181 description from developers-reference.sgml
1183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1185 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1188 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1190 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1192 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1193 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1194 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1195 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1196 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1197 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1198 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1199 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1200 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1201 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1203 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1204 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1205 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1206 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1208 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1209 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1210 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1211 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1212 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1213 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1214 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1215 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1216 suggestion from James Troup
1217 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1218 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1219 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1220 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1225 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1228 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1235 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1236 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1237 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1238 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1239 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1240 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1247 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1248 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1249 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1250 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1251 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1253 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1254 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1256 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1260 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1264 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1265 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1266 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1267 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1268 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1270 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1271 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1272 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1273 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1275 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1276 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1277 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1278 a normal developer may have access.
1280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1282 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1285 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1286 step all over each other
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1290 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1293 address for PGP key updates
1295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1297 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1300 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1301 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1302 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1303 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1307 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1310 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1311 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1312 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1313 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1314 <keyring-maint> instead)
1315 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1316 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1318 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1320 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1321 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1322 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1326 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1328 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1329 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1330 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1331 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1332 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1333 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1335 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1336 tighten up the language a bit
1337 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1338 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1339 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1340 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1342 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1343 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1344 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1345 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1346 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1347 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1349 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1350 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1351 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1352 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1353 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1354 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1355 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1356 number of available packages
1357 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1358 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1362 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1369 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1371 * not officially released
1372 * more spelling corrections
1373 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1377 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * not officially released
1380 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1381 * some PGP-centricity removed
1382 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1383 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1384 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1385 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1386 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1387 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1389 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1391 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1393 * not officially released
1394 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1395 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1396 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1397 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1398 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1399 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1400 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1401 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1402 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1403 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1404 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1405 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1406 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1407 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1409 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1410 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1412 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1414 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1415 take a couple of weeks
1416 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1417 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1418 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1419 excited about it and can't wait
1420 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1421 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1423 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1424 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1426 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1427 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1428 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1432 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1434 * move to 3-level version number:
1435 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1436 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1437 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1438 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1439 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1442 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1443 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1444 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1446 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1448 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1449 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1450 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1451 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1452 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1453 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1455 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1457 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1458 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1459 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1460 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1461 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1462 - "The CVS server": new section added
1463 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1465 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1466 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1467 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1468 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1469 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1470 with respect to GPG.
1471 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1472 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1473 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1474 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1475 a canonical location?)
1476 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1477 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1478 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1479 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1481 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1483 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1484 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1485 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1486 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1488 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1490 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1493 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1494 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1495 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1496 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1497 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1498 and should not be included in this Reference.
1499 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1500 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1501 maintainer tools only!
1502 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1503 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1504 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1505 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1506 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1507 * Little corrections here and there.
1508 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1509 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1512 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1514 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1516 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1517 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1518 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1520 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1521 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1522 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1523 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1524 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1525 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1526 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1527 do prior to uploading
1528 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1529 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1531 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1532 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1533 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1534 duties with respect to bugs
1535 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1536 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1537 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1539 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1540 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1541 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1542 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1543 explicit what is used to build this package
1545 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1547 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1551 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1552 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1553 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1554 * utilize the new URL tag
1555 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1558 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1560 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1562 * non-maintainer release
1563 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1564 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1565 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1566 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1567 text, it can't hurt you.)
1568 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1569 reflect this packages version number
1570 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1572 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1574 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1578 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1580 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1582 * New version numbering scheme:
1584 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1585 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1586 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1589 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1590 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1591 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1592 differ between the manuals.
1594 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1595 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1596 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1597 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1599 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1600 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1602 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1606 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1608 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1610 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1611 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1613 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1614 (as requested by James Troup)
1616 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1618 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1620 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1622 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1624 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1626 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1628 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1630 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1631 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1632 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1633 the non-maintainer release
1635 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1636 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1637 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1640 - Lots of typos fixed
1642 * Compressed SGML source code
1644 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1645 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1647 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1649 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1651 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1653 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1654 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1655 - Announcing package uploads
1656 * New section about Debian Mentors
1657 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1658 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1659 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1660 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1664 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1667 of our FTP server and the development process
1668 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1669 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1670 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1672 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1673 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1674 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1675 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1676 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1677 contacting the maintainer
1678 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1679 a new manual released soon)
1680 * Some minor changes
1681 * Include SGML source in package
1682 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1683 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1685 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1687 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1691 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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