1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
4 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
5 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
6 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
7 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
8 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
9 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Wed, 28 May 2008 23:51:17 +0200
13 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
17 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
18 - fix debian/copyright
19 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
20 - add pdf for French version.
21 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
22 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
23 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
24 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
25 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
26 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
27 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
28 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
29 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
31 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
32 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
34 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
36 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
37 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
38 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
39 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
40 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
41 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
43 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
46 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
47 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
48 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
49 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
50 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
51 * Update information concerning Alioth.
52 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
53 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
55 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
56 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
58 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
61 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
63 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
65 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
67 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
68 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
70 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
71 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
72 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
74 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
75 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
76 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
78 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
79 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
80 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
81 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
82 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
83 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
84 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
85 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
86 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
87 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
88 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
89 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
91 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
92 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
93 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
94 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
95 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
96 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
97 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
98 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
99 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
100 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
104 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
106 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
108 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
111 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
112 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
113 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
114 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
115 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
116 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
118 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
120 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
122 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
124 - non-us discontinued.
125 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
127 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
128 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
129 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
130 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
131 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
132 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
133 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
134 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
135 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
136 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
137 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
138 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
139 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
140 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
141 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
142 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
143 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
144 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
146 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
147 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
149 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
152 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
154 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
156 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
159 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
160 - madison is on merkel.
161 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
162 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
163 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
164 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
165 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
166 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
168 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
169 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
170 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
171 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
172 - sync NM rules with reality.
174 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
176 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
178 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
181 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
182 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
183 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
184 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
185 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
186 - spelling, grammer fixes.
187 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
188 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
189 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
190 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
191 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
192 - add myself to uploaders.
193 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
194 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
195 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
196 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
197 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
198 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
199 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
200 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
201 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
202 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
203 - rewrote the NMU section, and
204 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
205 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
206 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
207 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
208 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
209 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
210 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
211 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
213 - Security uploads get urgency=high
214 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
216 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
218 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
220 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
223 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
224 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
225 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
226 - documented Alioth, somewhat
228 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
229 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
231 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
232 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
233 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
234 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
238 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
240 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
241 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
242 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
243 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
248 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
251 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
253 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
254 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
255 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
257 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
258 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
259 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
260 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
263 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
265 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
266 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
267 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
268 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
269 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
271 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
272 it clear these are special cases
273 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
275 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
279 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
282 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
283 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
285 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
289 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
292 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
294 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
295 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
296 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
298 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
299 - the synopsis formula changed to either
300 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
302 <package-name> is <synopsis>
304 <package-name> are <synopsis>
306 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
307 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
308 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
309 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
310 package; closes: #187143
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
314 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
317 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
318 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
320 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
322 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
323 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
324 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
325 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
326 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
327 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
328 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
329 right places in the document, closes: #172897
330 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
334 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
336 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
337 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
338 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
339 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
340 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
341 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
342 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
344 - editorial changes on material added in this version
345 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
346 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
347 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
348 closes: #139957, #108416
349 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
350 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
354 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
357 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
359 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
360 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
361 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
362 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
364 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
365 for best practices for documentation
366 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
367 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
368 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
369 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
371 - spell-checking pass
373 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
375 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
378 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
379 descriptions" moved under there
380 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
381 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
382 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
383 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
384 the document where these tools are discussed
385 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
386 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
387 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
388 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
389 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
390 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
392 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
393 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
394 that can be fixed by DDP folks
395 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
396 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
397 - simply PS and PDF building rules
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
401 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
404 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
405 section and adjusted links
406 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
408 - ChangeLog attribution updates
409 - fix typos, closes: #171781
410 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
411 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
412 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
413 for debian/rules", and write an intro
414 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
415 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
416 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
417 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
418 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
419 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
420 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
421 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
422 "Internationalization"
423 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
424 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
425 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
426 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
427 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
428 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
429 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
430 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
431 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
433 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
434 rather useless and broken
435 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
436 names and the first word
437 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
438 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
439 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
441 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
442 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
443 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
447 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
450 - DDP publishing update
452 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
453 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
454 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
455 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
459 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
462 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
463 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
464 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
466 - added myself as co-author
467 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
469 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
470 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
472 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
473 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
477 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
480 - Corrected several errors with —
481 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
482 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
483 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
484 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
485 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
486 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
487 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
489 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
490 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
491 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
492 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
493 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
494 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
495 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
496 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
497 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
499 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
500 descriptions". closes: #158609
501 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
502 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
503 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
504 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
505 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
507 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
508 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
509 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
510 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
511 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
512 - updated the mailing lists section
514 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
515 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
520 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
523 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
524 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
526 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
528 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
529 Ch "The Debian Archive"
531 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
533 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
534 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
535 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
536 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
537 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
539 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
540 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
541 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
542 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
543 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
544 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
545 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
547 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
548 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
551 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
552 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
553 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
554 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
555 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
556 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
557 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
558 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
559 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
560 work-around with <...>
561 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
562 - update copyright date
563 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
564 - spell check and grammar corrections
568 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
570 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
571 recompile"; closes: #102626
572 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
573 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
574 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
575 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
576 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
578 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
579 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
580 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
582 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
584 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
585 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
586 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
587 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
588 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
589 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
590 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
591 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
592 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
594 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
596 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
598 - updated the list of available architectures.
599 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
600 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
601 of the package and nothing more.
602 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
603 any pain to the ftpmasters.
604 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
605 the use of the delayed queue.
606 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
607 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
609 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
610 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
611 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
612 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
613 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
614 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
615 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
617 - new Sec "Documentation"
618 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
619 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
620 "Being kind to porter" too
621 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
622 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
623 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
624 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
625 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
627 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
628 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
631 - update French translation
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
635 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
638 - some grammar corrections
639 - update French translation
641 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
642 anymore; closes: #135559
643 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
645 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
647 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
648 that would be welcome)
649 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
650 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
651 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
652 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
653 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
654 - other minor wording changes
655 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
656 - Ch "Package uploads":
657 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
658 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
659 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
660 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
661 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
662 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
663 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
667 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
669 * from Martin Michlmayr
670 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
671 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
672 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
674 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
676 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
678 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
680 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
681 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
682 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
685 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
687 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
692 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
697 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
698 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
699 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
700 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
701 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
702 talking about uploading to distributions
703 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
704 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
705 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
707 - French translation updated
709 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
710 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
711 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
715 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
718 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
719 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
722 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
724 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
727 * fix a typo in a link
728 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
729 update documentation accordingly
731 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
732 forwarding bugs upstream
734 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
735 entities which should be used
736 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
737 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
741 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
743 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
744 * French version: completely up-to-date now
745 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
746 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
748 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
753 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
755 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
757 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
758 this translation needs updating
759 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
760 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
761 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
763 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
764 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
765 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
767 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
768 included yet, however
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
774 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
776 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
777 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
779 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
781 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
783 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
785 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
786 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
787 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
789 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
793 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
796 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
797 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
798 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
799 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
800 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
801 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
802 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
803 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
804 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
805 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
806 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
807 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
809 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
810 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
811 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
812 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
813 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
815 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
817 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
818 * update copyright notice for 2001
819 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
820 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
821 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
825 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
827 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
829 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
831 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
835 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
838 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
840 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
841 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
842 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
843 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
844 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
845 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
846 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
847 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
848 could be used if necessary
849 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
850 mention the rsync dupload method
851 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
853 * other small corrections
854 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
855 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
856 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
857 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
859 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
861 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
862 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
866 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
868 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
869 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
870 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
871 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
873 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
874 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
875 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
876 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
877 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
879 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
881 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
882 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
883 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
884 team (closes: Bug#52906)
885 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
886 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
887 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
889 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
890 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
891 - added a section about the LDAP database
892 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
893 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
895 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
896 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
903 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
904 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
906 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
907 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
908 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
909 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
910 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
911 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
912 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
913 description from developers-reference.sgml
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
919 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
920 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
922 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
924 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
925 releases are available at archive.debian.org
926 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
927 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
928 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
929 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
930 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
931 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
932 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
933 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
935 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
936 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
937 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
938 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
940 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
941 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
942 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
943 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
944 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
945 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
946 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
947 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
948 suggestion from James Troup
949 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
950 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
951 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
952 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
957 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
959 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
960 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
964 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
966 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
967 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
968 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
969 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
970 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
971 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
972 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
974 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
976 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
979 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
980 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
981 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
982 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
983 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
985 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
986 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
988 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
992 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
994 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
996 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
997 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
998 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
999 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1000 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1002 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1003 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1004 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1005 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1007 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1008 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1009 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1010 a normal developer may have access.
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1014 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1017 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1018 step all over each other
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1022 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1025 address for PGP key updates
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1029 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1032 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1033 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1034 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1035 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1039 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1042 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1043 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1044 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1045 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1046 <keyring-maint> instead)
1047 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1048 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1050 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1052 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1053 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1054 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1058 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1060 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1061 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1062 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1063 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1064 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1065 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1067 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1068 tighten up the language a bit
1069 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1070 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1071 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1072 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1074 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1075 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1076 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1077 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1078 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1079 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1081 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1082 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1083 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1084 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1085 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1086 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1087 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1088 number of available packages
1089 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1090 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1099 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1101 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * not officially released
1104 * more spelling corrections
1105 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1109 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * not officially released
1112 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1113 * some PGP-centricity removed
1114 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1115 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1116 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1117 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1118 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1119 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1123 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1125 * not officially released
1126 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1127 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1128 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1129 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1130 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1131 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1132 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1133 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1134 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1135 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1136 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1137 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1138 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1139 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1141 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1142 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1144 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1146 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1147 take a couple of weeks
1148 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1149 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1150 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1151 excited about it and can't wait
1152 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1153 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1155 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1156 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1158 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1159 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1160 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1164 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1166 * move to 3-level version number:
1167 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1168 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1169 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1170 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1171 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1174 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1175 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1176 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1178 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1180 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1181 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1182 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1183 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1184 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1185 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1187 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1189 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1190 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1191 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1192 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1193 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1194 - "The CVS server": new section added
1195 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1197 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1198 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1199 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1200 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1201 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1202 with respect to GPG.
1203 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1204 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1205 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1206 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1207 a canonical location?)
1208 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1209 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1210 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1211 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1213 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1215 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1216 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1217 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1218 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1220 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1222 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1225 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1226 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1227 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1228 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1229 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1230 and should not be included in this Reference.
1231 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1232 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1233 maintainer tools only!
1234 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1235 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1236 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1237 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1238 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1239 * Little corrections here and there.
1240 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1241 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1244 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1246 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1249 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1250 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1252 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1253 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1254 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1255 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1256 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1257 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1258 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1259 do prior to uploading
1260 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1261 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1263 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1264 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1265 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1266 duties with respect to bugs
1267 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1268 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1269 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1271 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1272 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1273 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1274 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1275 explicit what is used to build this package
1277 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1279 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1283 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1284 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1285 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1286 * utilize the new URL tag
1287 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1290 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1292 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1294 * non-maintainer release
1295 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1296 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1297 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1298 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1299 text, it can't hurt you.)
1300 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1301 reflect this packages version number
1302 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1304 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1306 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1310 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1312 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1314 * New version numbering scheme:
1316 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1317 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1318 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1321 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1322 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1323 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1324 differ between the manuals.
1326 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1327 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1328 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1329 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1331 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1332 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1334 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1336 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1338 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1342 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1343 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1345 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1346 (as requested by James Troup)
1348 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1350 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1352 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1354 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1358 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1360 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1362 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1363 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1364 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1365 the non-maintainer release
1367 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1368 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1369 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1372 - Lots of typos fixed
1374 * Compressed SGML source code
1376 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1377 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1379 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1381 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1383 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1386 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1387 - Announcing package uploads
1388 * New section about Debian Mentors
1389 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1390 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1391 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1392 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1394 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1396 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1399 of our FTP server and the development process
1400 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1401 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1402 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1404 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1405 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1406 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1407 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1408 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1409 contacting the maintainer
1410 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1411 a new manual released soon)
1412 * Some minor changes
1413 * Include SGML source in package
1414 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1415 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1419 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200