1 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
6 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
8 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
11 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
12 descriptions" moved under there
13 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
14 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
15 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
16 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
17 the document where these tools are discussed
18 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
19 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
20 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
21 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
22 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
23 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
25 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
26 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
27 that can be fixed by DDP folks
28 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
29 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
30 - simply PS and PDF building rules
32 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
34 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
37 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
38 section and adjusted links
39 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
41 - ChangeLog attribution updates
42 - fix typos, closes: #171781
43 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
44 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
45 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
46 for debian/rules", and write an intro
47 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
48 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
49 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
50 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
51 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
52 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
53 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
54 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
55 "Internationalization"
56 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
57 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
58 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
59 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
60 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
61 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
62 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
63 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
64 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
66 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
67 rather useless and broken
68 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
69 names and the first word
70 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
71 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
72 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
74 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
75 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
76 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
78 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
80 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
83 - DDP publishing update
85 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
86 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
87 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
88 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
90 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
92 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
95 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
96 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
97 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
99 - added myself as co-author
100 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
102 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
103 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
105 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
106 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
110 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
113 - Corrected several errors with —
114 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
115 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
116 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
117 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
118 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
119 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
120 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
122 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
123 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
124 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
125 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
126 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
127 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
128 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
129 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
130 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
132 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
133 descriptions". closes: #158609
134 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
135 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
136 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
137 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
138 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
140 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
141 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
142 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
143 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
144 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
145 - updated the mailing lists section
147 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
148 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
153 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
156 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
157 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
159 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
161 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
162 Ch "The Debian Archive"
164 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
166 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
167 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
168 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
169 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
170 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
172 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
173 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
174 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
175 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
176 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
177 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
178 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
180 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
181 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
184 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
185 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
186 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
187 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
188 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
189 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
190 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
191 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
192 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
193 work-around with <...>
194 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
195 - update copyright date
196 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
197 - spell check and grammar corrections
201 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
203 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
204 recompile"; closes: #102626
205 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
206 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
207 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
208 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
209 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
211 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
212 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
213 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
215 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
217 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
218 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
219 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
220 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
221 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
222 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
223 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
224 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
225 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
227 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
229 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
231 - updated the list of available architectures.
232 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
233 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
234 of the package and nothing more.
235 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
236 any pain to the ftpmasters.
237 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
238 the use of the delayed queue.
239 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
240 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
242 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
243 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
244 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
245 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
246 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
247 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
248 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
250 - new Sec "Documentation"
251 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
252 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
253 "Being kind to porter" too
254 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
255 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
256 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
257 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
258 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
260 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
261 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
264 - update French translation
266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
268 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
271 - some grammar corrections
272 - update French translation
274 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
275 anymore; closes: #135559
276 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
278 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
280 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
281 that would be welcome)
282 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
283 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
284 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
285 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
286 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
287 - other minor wording changes
288 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
289 - Ch "Package uploads":
290 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
291 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
292 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
293 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
294 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
295 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
296 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
300 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
302 * from Martin Michlmayr
303 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
304 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
305 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
307 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
309 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
311 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
313 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
314 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
315 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
318 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
320 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
325 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
328 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
330 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
331 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
332 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
333 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
334 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
335 talking about uploading to distributions
336 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
337 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
338 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
340 - French translation updated
342 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
343 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
344 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
348 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
351 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
352 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
357 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
360 * fix a typo in a link
361 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
362 update documentation accordingly
364 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
365 forwarding bugs upstream
367 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
368 entities which should be used
369 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
370 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
374 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
376 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
377 * French version: completely up-to-date now
378 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
379 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
381 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
386 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
388 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
390 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
391 this translation needs updating
392 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
393 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
394 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
396 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
397 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
398 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
400 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
401 included yet, however
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
405 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
407 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
409 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
410 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
412 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
416 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
418 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
419 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
420 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
422 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
426 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
429 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
430 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
431 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
432 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
433 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
434 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
435 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
436 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
437 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
438 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
439 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
440 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
442 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
443 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
444 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
445 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
446 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
448 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
450 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
451 * update copyright notice for 2001
452 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
453 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
454 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
458 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
460 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
462 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
464 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
468 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
471 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
473 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
474 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
475 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
476 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
477 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
478 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
479 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
480 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
481 could be used if necessary
482 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
483 mention the rsync dupload method
484 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
486 * other small corrections
487 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
488 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
489 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
490 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
492 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
494 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
495 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
499 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
501 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
502 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
503 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
504 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
506 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
507 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
508 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
509 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
510 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
512 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
514 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
515 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
516 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
517 team (closes: Bug#52906)
518 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
519 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
520 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
522 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
523 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
524 - added a section about the LDAP database
525 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
526 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
528 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
529 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
533 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
536 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
537 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
539 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
540 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
541 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
542 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
543 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
544 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
545 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
546 description from developers-reference.sgml
548 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
550 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
552 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
553 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
555 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
557 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
558 releases are available at archive.debian.org
559 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
560 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
561 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
562 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
563 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
564 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
565 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
566 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
568 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
569 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
570 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
571 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
573 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
574 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
575 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
576 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
577 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
578 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
579 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
580 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
581 suggestion from James Troup
582 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
583 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
584 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
585 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
590 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
592 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
593 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
597 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
599 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
600 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
601 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
602 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
603 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
604 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
605 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
607 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
609 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
612 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
613 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
614 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
615 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
616 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
618 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
619 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
621 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
625 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
627 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
629 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
630 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
631 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
632 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
633 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
635 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
636 with intro; demoted server sections under that
637 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
638 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
640 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
641 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
642 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
643 a normal developer may have access.
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
647 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
649 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
650 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
651 step all over each other
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
655 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
657 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
658 address for PGP key updates
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
665 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
666 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
667 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
668 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
672 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
674 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
675 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
676 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
677 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
678 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
679 <keyring-maint> instead)
680 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
681 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
683 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
685 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
686 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
687 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
691 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
693 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
694 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
695 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
696 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
697 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
698 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
700 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
701 tighten up the language a bit
702 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
703 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
704 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
705 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
707 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
708 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
709 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
710 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
711 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
712 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
714 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
715 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
716 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
717 about how to depart Debian gracefully
718 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
719 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
720 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
721 number of available packages
722 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
723 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
727 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
729 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
734 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
736 * not officially released
737 * more spelling corrections
738 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
740 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
742 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
744 * not officially released
745 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
746 * some PGP-centricity removed
747 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
748 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
749 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
750 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
751 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
752 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
756 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
758 * not officially released
759 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
760 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
761 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
762 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
763 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
764 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
765 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
766 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
767 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
768 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
769 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
770 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
771 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
772 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
774 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
775 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
777 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
779 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
780 take a couple of weeks
781 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
782 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
783 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
784 excited about it and can't wait
785 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
786 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
788 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
789 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
791 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
792 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
793 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
797 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
799 * move to 3-level version number:
800 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
801 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
802 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
803 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
804 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
807 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
808 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
809 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
811 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
813 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
814 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
815 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
816 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
817 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
818 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
820 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
822 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
823 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
824 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
825 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
826 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
827 - "The CVS server": new section added
828 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
830 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
831 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
832 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
833 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
834 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
836 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
837 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
838 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
839 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
840 a canonical location?)
841 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
842 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
843 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
844 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
846 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
848 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
849 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
850 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
851 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
853 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
855 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
858 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
859 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
860 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
861 them. (closes Bug#26948)
862 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
863 and should not be included in this Reference.
864 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
865 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
866 maintainer tools only!
867 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
868 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
869 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
870 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
871 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
872 * Little corrections here and there.
873 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
874 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
877 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
881 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
882 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
883 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
885 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
886 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
887 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
888 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
889 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
890 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
891 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
892 do prior to uploading
893 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
894 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
896 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
897 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
898 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
899 duties with respect to bugs
900 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
901 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
902 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
904 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
905 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
906 * grammar and markup changes throughout
907 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
908 explicit what is used to build this package
910 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
912 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
915 * version number and date are automatically populated now
916 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
917 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
918 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
919 * utilize the new URL tag
920 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
923 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
925 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
927 * non-maintainer release
928 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
929 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
930 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
931 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
932 text, it can't hurt you.)
933 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
934 reflect this packages version number
935 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
937 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
939 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
943 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
945 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
947 * New version numbering scheme:
949 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
950 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
951 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
954 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
955 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
956 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
957 differ between the manuals.
959 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
960 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
961 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
962 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
964 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
965 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
967 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
969 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
971 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
975 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
976 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
978 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
979 (as requested by James Troup)
981 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
983 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
985 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
987 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
989 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
991 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
993 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
995 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
996 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
997 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
998 the non-maintainer release
1000 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1001 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1002 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1005 - Lots of typos fixed
1007 * Compressed SGML source code
1009 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1010 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1012 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1014 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1016 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1019 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1020 - Announcing package uploads
1021 * New section about Debian Mentors
1022 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1023 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1024 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1025 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1027 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1029 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1032 of our FTP server and the development process
1033 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1034 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1035 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1037 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1038 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1039 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1040 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1041 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1042 contacting the maintainer
1043 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1044 a new manual released soon)
1045 * Some minor changes
1046 * Include SGML source in package
1047 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1048 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1050 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1052 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1056 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200