1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
19 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:25:19 +0200
21 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
25 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
26 - fix debian/copyright
27 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
28 - add pdf for French version.
29 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
30 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
31 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
32 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
33 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
34 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
35 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
36 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
37 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
39 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
40 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
42 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
44 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
45 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
46 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
47 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
48 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
49 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
51 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
54 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
55 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
56 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
57 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
58 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
59 * Update information concerning Alioth.
60 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
61 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
63 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
64 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
66 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
69 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
71 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
73 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
75 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
76 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
78 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
79 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
80 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
82 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
83 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
84 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
86 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
87 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
88 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
89 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
90 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
91 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
92 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
93 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
94 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
95 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
96 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
97 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
99 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
100 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
101 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
102 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
103 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
104 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
105 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
106 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
107 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
108 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
112 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
114 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
116 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
119 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
120 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
121 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
122 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
123 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
124 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
126 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
128 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
130 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
132 - non-us discontinued.
133 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
135 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
136 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
137 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
138 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
139 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
140 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
141 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
142 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
143 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
144 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
145 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
146 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
147 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
148 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
149 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
150 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
151 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
152 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
154 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
155 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
157 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
160 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
162 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
164 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
167 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
168 - madison is on merkel.
169 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
170 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
171 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
172 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
173 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
174 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
176 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
177 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
178 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
179 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
180 - sync NM rules with reality.
182 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
184 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
186 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
189 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
190 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
191 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
192 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
193 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
194 - spelling, grammer fixes.
195 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
196 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
197 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
198 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
199 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
200 - add myself to uploaders.
201 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
202 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
203 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
204 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
205 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
206 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
207 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
208 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
209 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
210 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
211 - rewrote the NMU section, and
212 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
213 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
214 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
215 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
216 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
217 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
218 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
219 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
221 - Security uploads get urgency=high
222 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
224 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
226 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
228 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
231 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
232 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
233 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
234 - documented Alioth, somewhat
236 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
237 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
239 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
240 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
241 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
242 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
246 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
248 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
249 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
250 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
251 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
256 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
259 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
261 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
262 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
263 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
265 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
266 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
267 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
268 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
271 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
273 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
274 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
275 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
276 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
277 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
279 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
280 it clear these are special cases
281 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
283 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
287 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
290 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
291 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
293 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
297 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
300 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
302 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
303 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
304 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
306 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
307 - the synopsis formula changed to either
308 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
310 <package-name> is <synopsis>
312 <package-name> are <synopsis>
314 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
315 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
316 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
317 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
318 package; closes: #187143
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
322 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
325 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
326 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
328 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
330 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
331 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
332 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
333 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
334 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
335 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
336 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
337 right places in the document, closes: #172897
338 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
342 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
344 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
345 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
346 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
347 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
348 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
349 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
350 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
352 - editorial changes on material added in this version
353 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
354 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
355 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
356 closes: #139957, #108416
357 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
358 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
362 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
365 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
367 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
368 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
369 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
370 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
372 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
373 for best practices for documentation
374 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
375 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
376 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
377 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
379 - spell-checking pass
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
383 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
386 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
387 descriptions" moved under there
388 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
389 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
390 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
391 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
392 the document where these tools are discussed
393 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
394 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
395 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
396 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
397 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
398 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
400 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
401 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
402 that can be fixed by DDP folks
403 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
404 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
405 - simply PS and PDF building rules
407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
409 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
412 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
413 section and adjusted links
414 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
416 - ChangeLog attribution updates
417 - fix typos, closes: #171781
418 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
419 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
420 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
421 for debian/rules", and write an intro
422 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
423 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
424 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
425 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
426 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
427 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
428 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
429 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
430 "Internationalization"
431 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
432 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
433 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
434 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
435 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
436 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
437 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
438 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
439 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
441 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
442 rather useless and broken
443 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
444 names and the first word
445 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
446 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
447 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
449 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
450 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
451 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
455 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
458 - DDP publishing update
460 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
461 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
462 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
463 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
465 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
467 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
470 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
471 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
472 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
474 - added myself as co-author
475 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
477 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
478 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
480 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
481 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
485 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
488 - Corrected several errors with —
489 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
490 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
491 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
492 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
493 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
494 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
495 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
497 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
498 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
499 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
500 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
501 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
502 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
503 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
504 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
505 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
507 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
508 descriptions". closes: #158609
509 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
510 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
511 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
512 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
513 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
515 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
516 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
517 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
518 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
519 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
520 - updated the mailing lists section
522 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
523 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
528 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
531 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
532 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
534 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
536 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
537 Ch "The Debian Archive"
539 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
541 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
542 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
543 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
544 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
545 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
547 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
548 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
549 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
550 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
551 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
552 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
553 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
555 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
556 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
559 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
560 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
561 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
562 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
563 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
564 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
565 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
566 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
567 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
568 work-around with <...>
569 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
570 - update copyright date
571 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
572 - spell check and grammar corrections
576 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
578 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
579 recompile"; closes: #102626
580 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
581 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
582 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
583 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
584 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
586 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
587 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
588 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
590 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
592 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
593 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
594 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
595 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
596 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
597 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
598 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
599 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
600 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
602 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
604 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
606 - updated the list of available architectures.
607 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
608 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
609 of the package and nothing more.
610 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
611 any pain to the ftpmasters.
612 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
613 the use of the delayed queue.
614 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
615 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
617 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
618 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
619 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
620 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
621 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
622 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
623 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
625 - new Sec "Documentation"
626 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
627 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
628 "Being kind to porter" too
629 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
630 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
631 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
632 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
633 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
635 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
636 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
639 - update French translation
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
643 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
646 - some grammar corrections
647 - update French translation
649 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
650 anymore; closes: #135559
651 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
653 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
655 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
656 that would be welcome)
657 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
658 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
659 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
660 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
661 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
662 - other minor wording changes
663 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
664 - Ch "Package uploads":
665 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
666 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
667 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
668 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
669 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
670 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
671 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
675 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 * from Martin Michlmayr
678 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
679 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
680 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
682 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
684 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
686 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
688 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
689 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
690 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
693 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
695 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
700 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
703 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
705 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
706 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
707 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
708 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
709 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
710 talking about uploading to distributions
711 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
712 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
713 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
715 - French translation updated
717 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
718 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
719 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
723 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
726 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
727 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
732 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
735 * fix a typo in a link
736 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
737 update documentation accordingly
739 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
740 forwarding bugs upstream
742 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
743 entities which should be used
744 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
745 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
749 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
751 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
752 * French version: completely up-to-date now
753 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
754 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
756 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
761 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
763 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
765 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
766 this translation needs updating
767 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
768 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
769 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
771 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
772 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
773 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
775 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
776 included yet, however
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
780 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
782 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
784 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
785 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
787 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
791 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
793 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
794 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
795 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
797 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
801 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
804 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
805 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
806 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
807 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
808 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
809 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
810 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
811 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
812 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
813 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
814 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
815 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
817 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
818 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
819 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
820 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
821 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
823 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
825 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
826 * update copyright notice for 2001
827 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
828 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
829 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
833 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
835 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
837 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
839 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
843 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
846 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
848 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
849 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
850 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
851 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
852 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
853 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
854 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
855 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
856 could be used if necessary
857 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
858 mention the rsync dupload method
859 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
861 * other small corrections
862 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
863 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
864 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
865 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
867 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
869 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
870 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
874 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
876 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
877 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
878 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
879 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
881 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
882 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
883 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
884 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
885 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
887 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
889 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
890 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
891 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
892 team (closes: Bug#52906)
893 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
894 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
895 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
897 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
898 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
899 - added a section about the LDAP database
900 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
901 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
903 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
904 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
911 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
912 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
914 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
915 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
916 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
917 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
918 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
919 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
920 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
921 description from developers-reference.sgml
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
925 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
927 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
928 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
930 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
932 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
933 releases are available at archive.debian.org
934 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
935 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
936 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
937 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
938 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
939 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
940 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
941 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
943 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
944 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
945 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
946 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
948 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
949 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
950 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
951 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
952 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
953 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
954 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
955 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
956 suggestion from James Troup
957 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
958 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
959 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
960 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
965 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
967 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
968 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
974 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
975 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
976 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
977 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
978 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
979 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
980 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
982 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
984 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
987 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
988 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
989 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
990 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
991 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
993 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
994 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
996 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1004 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1005 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1006 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1007 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1008 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1010 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1011 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1012 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1013 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1015 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1016 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1017 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1018 a normal developer may have access.
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1022 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1025 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1026 step all over each other
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1033 address for PGP key updates
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1037 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1040 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1041 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1042 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1043 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1050 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1051 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1052 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1053 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1054 <keyring-maint> instead)
1055 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1056 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1058 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1060 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1061 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1062 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1066 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1068 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1069 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1070 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1071 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1072 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1073 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1075 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1076 tighten up the language a bit
1077 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1078 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1079 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1080 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1082 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1083 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1084 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1085 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1086 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1087 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1089 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1090 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1091 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1092 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1093 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1094 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1095 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1096 number of available packages
1097 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1098 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1102 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1109 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * not officially released
1112 * more spelling corrections
1113 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1117 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * not officially released
1120 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1121 * some PGP-centricity removed
1122 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1123 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1124 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1125 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1126 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1127 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1131 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1133 * not officially released
1134 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1135 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1136 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1137 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1138 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1139 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1140 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1141 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1142 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1143 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1144 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1145 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1146 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1147 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1149 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1150 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1152 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1154 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1155 take a couple of weeks
1156 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1157 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1158 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1159 excited about it and can't wait
1160 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1161 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1163 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1164 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1166 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1167 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1168 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1172 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1174 * move to 3-level version number:
1175 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1176 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1177 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1178 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1179 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1182 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1183 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1184 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1186 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1188 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1189 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1190 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1191 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1192 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1193 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1195 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1197 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1198 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1199 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1200 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1201 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1202 - "The CVS server": new section added
1203 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1205 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1206 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1207 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1208 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1209 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1210 with respect to GPG.
1211 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1212 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1213 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1214 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1215 a canonical location?)
1216 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1217 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1218 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1219 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1221 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1223 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1224 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1225 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1226 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1228 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1230 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1233 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1234 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1235 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1236 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1237 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1238 and should not be included in this Reference.
1239 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1240 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1241 maintainer tools only!
1242 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1243 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1244 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1245 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1246 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1247 * Little corrections here and there.
1248 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1249 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1252 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1254 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1257 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1258 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1260 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1261 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1262 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1263 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1264 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1265 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1266 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1267 do prior to uploading
1268 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1269 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1271 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1272 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1273 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1274 duties with respect to bugs
1275 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1276 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1277 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1279 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1280 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1281 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1282 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1283 explicit what is used to build this package
1285 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1291 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1292 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1293 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1294 * utilize the new URL tag
1295 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1298 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1300 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1302 * non-maintainer release
1303 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1304 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1305 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1306 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1307 text, it can't hurt you.)
1308 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1309 reflect this packages version number
1310 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1312 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1314 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1318 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1320 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1322 * New version numbering scheme:
1324 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1325 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1326 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1329 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1330 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1331 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1332 differ between the manuals.
1334 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1335 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1336 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1337 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1339 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1340 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1342 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1344 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1346 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1350 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1351 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1353 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1354 (as requested by James Troup)
1356 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1358 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1362 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1366 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1368 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1370 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1371 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1372 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1373 the non-maintainer release
1375 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1376 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1377 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1380 - Lots of typos fixed
1382 * Compressed SGML source code
1384 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1385 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1387 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1391 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1394 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1395 - Announcing package uploads
1396 * New section about Debian Mentors
1397 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1398 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1399 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1400 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1402 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1404 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1407 of our FTP server and the development process
1408 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1409 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1410 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1412 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1413 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1414 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1415 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1416 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1417 contacting the maintainer
1418 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1419 a new manual released soon)
1420 * Some minor changes
1421 * Include SGML source in package
1422 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1423 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1425 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1427 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200