1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
22 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
24 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
27 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
28 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
29 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
30 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
31 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
32 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
34 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
36 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
38 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
40 - non-us discontinued.
41 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
43 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
44 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
45 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
46 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
47 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
48 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
49 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
50 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
51 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
52 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
53 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
54 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
55 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
56 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
57 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
58 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
59 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
60 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
62 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
63 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
65 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
68 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
70 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
72 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
75 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
76 - madison is on merkel.
77 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
78 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
79 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
80 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
81 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
82 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
84 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
85 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
86 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
87 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
88 - sync NM rules with reality.
90 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
92 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
94 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
97 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
98 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
99 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
100 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
101 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
102 - spelling, grammer fixes.
103 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
104 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
105 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
106 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
107 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
108 - add myself to uploaders.
109 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
110 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
111 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
112 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
113 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
114 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
115 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
116 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
117 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
118 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
119 - rewrote the NMU section, and
120 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
121 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
122 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
123 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
124 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
125 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
126 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
127 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
129 - Security uploads get urgency=high
130 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
132 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
134 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
136 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
139 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
140 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
141 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
142 - documented Alioth, somewhat
144 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
145 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
147 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
148 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
149 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
150 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
154 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
156 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
157 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
158 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
159 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
164 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
167 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
169 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
170 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
171 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
173 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
174 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
175 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
176 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
179 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
181 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
182 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
183 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
184 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
185 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
187 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
188 it clear these are special cases
189 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
191 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
195 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
198 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
199 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
201 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
205 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
208 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
210 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
211 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
212 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
214 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
215 - the synopsis formula changed to either
216 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
218 <package-name> is <synopsis>
220 <package-name> are <synopsis>
222 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
223 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
224 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
225 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
226 package; closes: #187143
228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
230 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
233 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
234 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
236 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
238 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
239 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
240 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
241 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
242 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
243 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
244 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
245 right places in the document, closes: #172897
246 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
250 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
252 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
253 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
254 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
255 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
256 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
257 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
258 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
260 - editorial changes on material added in this version
261 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
262 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
263 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
264 closes: #139957, #108416
265 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
266 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
270 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
273 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
275 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
276 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
277 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
278 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
280 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
281 for best practices for documentation
282 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
283 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
284 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
285 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
287 - spell-checking pass
289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
291 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
294 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
295 descriptions" moved under there
296 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
297 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
298 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
299 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
300 the document where these tools are discussed
301 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
302 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
303 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
304 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
305 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
306 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
308 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
309 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
310 that can be fixed by DDP folks
311 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
312 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
313 - simply PS and PDF building rules
315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
317 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
320 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
321 section and adjusted links
322 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
324 - ChangeLog attribution updates
325 - fix typos, closes: #171781
326 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
327 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
328 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
329 for debian/rules", and write an intro
330 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
331 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
332 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
333 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
334 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
335 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
336 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
337 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
338 "Internationalization"
339 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
340 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
341 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
342 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
343 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
344 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
345 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
346 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
347 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
349 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
350 rather useless and broken
351 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
352 names and the first word
353 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
354 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
355 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
357 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
358 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
359 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
363 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
366 - DDP publishing update
368 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
369 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
370 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
371 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
373 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
375 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
378 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
379 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
380 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
382 - added myself as co-author
383 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
385 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
386 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
388 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
389 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
393 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
396 - Corrected several errors with —
397 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
398 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
399 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
400 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
401 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
402 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
403 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
405 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
406 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
407 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
408 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
409 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
410 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
411 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
412 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
413 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
415 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
416 descriptions". closes: #158609
417 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
418 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
419 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
420 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
421 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
423 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
424 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
425 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
426 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
427 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
428 - updated the mailing lists section
430 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
431 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
436 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
439 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
440 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
442 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
444 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
445 Ch "The Debian Archive"
447 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
449 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
450 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
451 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
452 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
453 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
455 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
456 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
457 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
458 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
459 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
460 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
461 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
463 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
464 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
467 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
468 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
469 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
470 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
471 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
472 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
473 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
474 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
475 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
476 work-around with <...>
477 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
478 - update copyright date
479 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
480 - spell check and grammar corrections
484 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
486 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
487 recompile"; closes: #102626
488 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
489 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
490 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
491 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
492 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
494 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
495 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
496 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
498 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
500 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
501 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
502 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
503 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
504 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
505 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
506 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
507 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
508 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
510 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
512 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
514 - updated the list of available architectures.
515 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
516 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
517 of the package and nothing more.
518 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
519 any pain to the ftpmasters.
520 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
521 the use of the delayed queue.
522 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
523 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
525 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
526 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
527 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
528 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
529 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
530 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
531 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
533 - new Sec "Documentation"
534 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
535 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
536 "Being kind to porter" too
537 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
538 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
539 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
540 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
541 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
543 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
544 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
547 - update French translation
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
551 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
554 - some grammar corrections
555 - update French translation
557 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
558 anymore; closes: #135559
559 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
561 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
563 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
564 that would be welcome)
565 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
566 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
567 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
568 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
569 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
570 - other minor wording changes
571 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
572 - Ch "Package uploads":
573 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
574 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
575 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
576 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
577 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
578 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
579 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
583 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
585 * from Martin Michlmayr
586 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
587 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
588 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
590 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
592 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
594 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
596 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
597 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
598 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
601 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
603 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
606 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
608 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
613 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
614 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
615 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
616 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
617 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
618 talking about uploading to distributions
619 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
620 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
621 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
623 - French translation updated
625 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
626 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
627 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
631 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
634 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
635 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
640 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
643 * fix a typo in a link
644 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
645 update documentation accordingly
647 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
648 forwarding bugs upstream
650 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
651 entities which should be used
652 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
653 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
657 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
659 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
660 * French version: completely up-to-date now
661 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
662 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
664 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
669 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
671 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
673 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
674 this translation needs updating
675 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
676 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
677 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
679 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
680 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
681 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
683 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
684 included yet, however
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
690 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
692 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
693 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
695 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
699 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
701 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
702 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
703 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
705 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
709 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
712 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
713 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
714 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
715 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
716 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
717 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
718 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
719 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
720 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
721 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
722 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
723 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
725 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
726 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
727 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
728 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
729 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
731 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
733 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
734 * update copyright notice for 2001
735 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
736 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
737 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
741 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
743 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
745 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
747 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
751 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
753 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
754 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
756 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
757 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
758 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
759 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
760 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
761 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
762 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
763 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
764 could be used if necessary
765 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
766 mention the rsync dupload method
767 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
769 * other small corrections
770 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
771 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
772 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
773 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
775 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
777 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
778 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
782 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
784 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
785 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
786 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
787 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
789 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
790 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
791 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
792 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
793 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
795 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
797 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
798 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
799 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
800 team (closes: Bug#52906)
801 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
802 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
803 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
805 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
806 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
807 - added a section about the LDAP database
808 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
809 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
811 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
812 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
816 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
819 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
820 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
822 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
823 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
824 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
825 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
826 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
827 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
828 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
829 description from developers-reference.sgml
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
835 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
836 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
838 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
840 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
841 releases are available at archive.debian.org
842 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
843 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
844 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
845 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
846 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
847 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
848 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
849 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
851 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
852 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
853 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
854 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
856 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
857 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
858 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
859 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
860 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
861 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
862 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
863 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
864 suggestion from James Troup
865 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
866 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
867 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
868 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
873 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
875 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
876 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
880 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
882 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
883 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
884 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
885 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
886 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
887 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
888 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
894 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
895 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
896 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
897 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
898 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
899 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
901 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
902 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
904 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
912 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
913 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
914 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
915 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
916 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
918 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
919 with intro; demoted server sections under that
920 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
921 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
923 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
924 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
925 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
926 a normal developer may have access.
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
930 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
932 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
933 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
934 step all over each other
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
940 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
941 address for PGP key updates
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
947 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
948 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
949 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
950 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
951 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
955 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
957 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
958 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
959 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
960 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
961 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
962 <keyring-maint> instead)
963 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
964 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
966 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
968 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
969 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
970 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
974 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
976 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
977 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
978 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
979 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
980 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
981 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
983 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
984 tighten up the language a bit
985 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
986 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
987 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
988 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
990 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
991 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
992 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
993 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
994 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
995 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
997 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
998 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
999 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1000 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1001 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1002 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1003 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1004 number of available packages
1005 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1006 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1010 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1017 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * not officially released
1020 * more spelling corrections
1021 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1023 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1025 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * not officially released
1028 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1029 * some PGP-centricity removed
1030 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1031 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1032 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1033 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1034 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1035 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1041 * not officially released
1042 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1043 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1044 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1045 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1046 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1047 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1048 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1049 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1050 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1051 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1052 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1053 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1054 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1055 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1057 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1058 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1060 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1062 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1063 take a couple of weeks
1064 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1065 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1066 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1067 excited about it and can't wait
1068 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1069 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1071 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1072 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1074 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1075 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1076 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1080 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1082 * move to 3-level version number:
1083 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1084 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1085 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1086 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1087 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1090 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1091 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1092 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1094 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1096 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1097 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1098 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1099 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1100 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1101 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1103 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1105 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1106 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1107 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1108 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1109 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1110 - "The CVS server": new section added
1111 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1113 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1114 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1115 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1116 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1117 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1118 with respect to GPG.
1119 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1120 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1121 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1122 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1123 a canonical location?)
1124 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1125 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1126 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1127 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1129 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1131 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1132 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1133 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1134 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1136 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1138 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1141 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1142 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1143 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1144 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1145 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1146 and should not be included in this Reference.
1147 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1148 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1149 maintainer tools only!
1150 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1151 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1152 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1153 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1154 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1155 * Little corrections here and there.
1156 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1157 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1160 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1162 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1165 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1166 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1168 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1169 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1170 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1171 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1172 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1173 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1174 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1175 do prior to uploading
1176 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1177 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1179 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1180 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1181 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1182 duties with respect to bugs
1183 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1184 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1185 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1187 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1188 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1189 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1190 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1191 explicit what is used to build this package
1193 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1195 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1199 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1200 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1201 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1202 * utilize the new URL tag
1203 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1206 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1208 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1210 * non-maintainer release
1211 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1212 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1213 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1214 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1215 text, it can't hurt you.)
1216 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1217 reflect this packages version number
1218 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1220 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1222 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1226 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1228 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1230 * New version numbering scheme:
1232 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1233 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1234 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1237 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1238 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1239 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1240 differ between the manuals.
1242 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1243 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1244 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1245 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1247 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1248 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1250 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1252 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1254 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1258 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1259 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1261 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1262 (as requested by James Troup)
1264 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1266 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1268 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1270 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1274 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1276 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1278 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1279 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1280 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1281 the non-maintainer release
1283 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1284 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1285 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1288 - Lots of typos fixed
1290 * Compressed SGML source code
1292 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1293 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1295 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1297 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1299 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1302 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1303 - Announcing package uploads
1304 * New section about Debian Mentors
1305 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1306 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1307 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1308 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1310 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1312 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1315 of our FTP server and the development process
1316 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1317 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1318 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1320 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1321 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1322 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1323 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1324 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1325 contacting the maintainer
1326 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1327 a new manual released soon)
1328 * Some minor changes
1329 * Include SGML source in package
1330 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1331 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1335 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1339 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200