1 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
7 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
8 - the synopsis formula changed to either
9 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
11 <package-name> is <synopsis>
13 <package-name> are <synopsis>
15 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
16 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand into
18 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
20 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
23 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
24 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
26 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
28 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
29 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
30 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
31 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
32 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
33 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
34 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
35 right places in the document, closes: #172897
36 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
40 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
42 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
43 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
44 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
45 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
46 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
47 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
48 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
50 - editorial changes on material added in this version
51 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
52 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
53 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
54 closes: #139957, #108416
55 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
56 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
60 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
63 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
65 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
66 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
67 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
68 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
70 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
71 for best practices for documentation
72 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
73 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
74 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
75 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
79 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
81 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
84 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
85 descriptions" moved under there
86 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
87 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
88 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
89 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
90 the document where these tools are discussed
91 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
92 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
93 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
94 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
95 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
96 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
98 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
99 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
100 that can be fixed by DDP folks
101 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
102 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
103 - simply PS and PDF building rules
105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
107 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
110 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
111 section and adjusted links
112 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
114 - ChangeLog attribution updates
115 - fix typos, closes: #171781
116 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
117 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
118 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
119 for debian/rules", and write an intro
120 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
121 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
122 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
123 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
124 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
125 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
126 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
127 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
128 "Internationalization"
129 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
130 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
131 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
132 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
133 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
134 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
135 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
136 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
137 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
139 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
140 rather useless and broken
141 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
142 names and the first word
143 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
144 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
145 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
147 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
148 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
149 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
153 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
156 - DDP publishing update
158 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
159 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
160 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
161 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
165 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
168 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
169 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
170 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
172 - added myself as co-author
173 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
175 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
176 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
178 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
179 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
183 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
186 - Corrected several errors with —
187 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
188 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
189 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
190 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
191 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
192 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
193 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
195 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
196 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
197 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
198 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
199 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
200 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
201 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
202 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
203 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
205 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
206 descriptions". closes: #158609
207 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
208 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
209 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
210 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
211 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
213 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
214 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
215 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
216 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
217 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
218 - updated the mailing lists section
220 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
221 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
226 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
229 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
230 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
232 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
234 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
235 Ch "The Debian Archive"
237 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
239 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
240 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
241 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
242 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
243 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
245 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
246 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
247 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
248 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
249 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
250 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
251 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
253 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
254 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
257 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
258 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
259 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
260 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
261 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
262 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
263 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
264 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
265 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
266 work-around with <...>
267 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
268 - update copyright date
269 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
270 - spell check and grammar corrections
274 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
276 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
277 recompile"; closes: #102626
278 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
279 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
280 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
281 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
282 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
284 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
285 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
286 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
288 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
290 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
291 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
292 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
293 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
294 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
295 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
296 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
297 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
298 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
300 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
302 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
304 - updated the list of available architectures.
305 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
306 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
307 of the package and nothing more.
308 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
309 any pain to the ftpmasters.
310 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
311 the use of the delayed queue.
312 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
313 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
315 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
316 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
317 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
318 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
319 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
320 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
321 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
323 - new Sec "Documentation"
324 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
325 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
326 "Being kind to porter" too
327 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
328 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
329 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
330 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
331 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
333 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
334 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
337 - update French translation
339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
341 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
344 - some grammar corrections
345 - update French translation
347 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
348 anymore; closes: #135559
349 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
351 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
353 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
354 that would be welcome)
355 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
356 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
357 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
358 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
359 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
360 - other minor wording changes
361 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
362 - Ch "Package uploads":
363 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
364 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
365 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
366 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
367 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
368 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
369 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
373 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
375 * from Martin Michlmayr
376 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
377 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
378 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
380 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
382 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
384 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
386 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
387 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
388 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
391 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
393 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
398 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
401 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
403 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
404 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
405 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
406 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
407 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
408 talking about uploading to distributions
409 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
410 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
411 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
413 - French translation updated
415 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
416 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
417 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
421 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
424 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
425 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
430 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
433 * fix a typo in a link
434 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
435 update documentation accordingly
437 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
438 forwarding bugs upstream
440 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
441 entities which should be used
442 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
443 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
447 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
449 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
450 * French version: completely up-to-date now
451 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
452 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
454 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
459 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
461 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
463 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
464 this translation needs updating
465 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
466 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
467 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
469 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
470 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
471 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
473 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
474 included yet, however
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
478 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
480 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
482 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
483 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
485 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
489 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
491 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
492 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
493 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
495 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
499 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
502 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
503 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
504 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
505 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
506 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
507 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
508 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
509 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
510 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
511 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
512 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
513 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
515 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
516 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
517 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
518 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
519 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
521 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
523 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
524 * update copyright notice for 2001
525 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
526 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
527 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
531 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
533 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
535 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
537 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
539 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
541 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
544 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
546 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
547 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
548 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
549 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
550 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
551 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
552 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
553 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
554 could be used if necessary
555 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
556 mention the rsync dupload method
557 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
559 * other small corrections
560 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
561 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
562 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
563 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
565 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
567 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
568 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
572 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
574 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
575 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
576 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
577 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
579 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
580 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
581 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
582 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
583 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
585 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
587 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
588 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
589 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
590 team (closes: Bug#52906)
591 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
592 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
593 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
595 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
596 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
597 - added a section about the LDAP database
598 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
599 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
601 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
602 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
606 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
609 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
610 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
612 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
613 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
614 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
615 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
616 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
617 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
618 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
619 description from developers-reference.sgml
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
623 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
626 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
628 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
630 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
631 releases are available at archive.debian.org
632 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
633 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
634 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
635 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
636 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
637 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
638 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
639 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
641 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
642 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
643 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
644 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
646 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
647 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
648 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
649 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
650 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
651 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
652 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
653 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
654 suggestion from James Troup
655 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
656 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
657 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
658 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
663 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
665 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
666 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
670 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
672 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
673 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
674 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
675 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
676 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
677 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
678 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
682 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
685 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
686 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
687 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
688 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
689 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
691 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
692 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
694 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
698 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
700 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
702 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
703 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
704 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
705 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
706 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
708 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
709 with intro; demoted server sections under that
710 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
711 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
713 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
714 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
715 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
716 a normal developer may have access.
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
720 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
722 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
723 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
724 step all over each other
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
728 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
730 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
731 address for PGP key updates
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
735 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
738 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
739 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
740 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
741 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
747 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
748 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
749 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
750 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
751 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
752 <keyring-maint> instead)
753 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
754 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
756 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
758 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
759 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
760 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
764 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
766 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
767 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
768 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
769 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
770 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
771 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
773 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
774 tighten up the language a bit
775 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
776 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
777 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
778 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
780 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
781 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
782 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
783 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
784 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
785 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
787 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
788 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
789 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
790 about how to depart Debian gracefully
791 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
792 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
793 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
794 number of available packages
795 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
796 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
800 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
802 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
807 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
809 * not officially released
810 * more spelling corrections
811 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
815 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
817 * not officially released
818 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
819 * some PGP-centricity removed
820 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
821 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
822 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
823 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
824 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
825 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
829 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
831 * not officially released
832 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
833 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
834 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
835 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
836 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
837 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
838 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
839 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
840 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
841 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
842 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
843 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
844 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
845 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
847 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
848 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
850 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
852 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
853 take a couple of weeks
854 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
855 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
856 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
857 excited about it and can't wait
858 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
859 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
861 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
862 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
864 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
865 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
866 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
870 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
872 * move to 3-level version number:
873 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
874 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
875 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
876 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
877 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
880 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
881 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
882 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
884 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
886 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
887 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
888 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
889 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
890 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
891 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
893 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
895 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
896 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
897 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
898 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
899 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
900 - "The CVS server": new section added
901 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
903 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
904 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
905 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
906 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
907 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
909 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
910 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
911 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
912 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
913 a canonical location?)
914 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
915 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
916 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
917 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
919 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
921 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
922 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
923 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
924 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
926 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
928 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
930 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
931 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
932 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
933 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
934 them. (closes Bug#26948)
935 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
936 and should not be included in this Reference.
937 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
938 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
939 maintainer tools only!
940 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
941 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
942 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
943 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
944 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
945 * Little corrections here and there.
946 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
947 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
950 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
954 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
955 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
956 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
958 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
959 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
960 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
961 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
962 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
963 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
964 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
965 do prior to uploading
966 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
967 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
969 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
970 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
971 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
972 duties with respect to bugs
973 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
974 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
975 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
977 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
978 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
979 * grammar and markup changes throughout
980 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
981 explicit what is used to build this package
983 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
985 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
988 * version number and date are automatically populated now
989 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
990 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
991 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
992 * utilize the new URL tag
993 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
996 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
998 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1000 * non-maintainer release
1001 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1002 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1003 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1004 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1005 text, it can't hurt you.)
1006 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1007 reflect this packages version number
1008 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1010 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1012 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1016 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1018 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1020 * New version numbering scheme:
1022 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1023 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1024 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1027 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1028 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1029 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1030 differ between the manuals.
1032 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1033 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1034 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1035 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1037 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1038 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1040 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1042 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1044 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1048 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1049 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1051 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1052 (as requested by James Troup)
1054 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1056 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1058 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1060 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1064 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1066 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1068 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1069 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1070 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1071 the non-maintainer release
1073 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1074 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1075 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1078 - Lots of typos fixed
1080 * Compressed SGML source code
1082 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1083 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1085 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1087 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1089 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1092 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1093 - Announcing package uploads
1094 * New section about Debian Mentors
1095 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1096 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1097 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1098 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1102 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1105 of our FTP server and the development process
1106 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1107 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1108 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1110 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1111 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1112 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1113 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1114 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1115 contacting the maintainer
1116 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1117 a new manual released soon)
1118 * Some minor changes
1119 * Include SGML source in package
1120 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1121 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1123 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1125 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1129 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200