1 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403.
5 - Fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
6 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature.
8 - Added myself as co-author.
9 - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance". Closes: #161488
11 - Updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
12 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
14 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> UNRELEASED
16 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
19 - Corrected several errors with —
20 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
21 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
22 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
23 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
24 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
25 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
26 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
28 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
29 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
30 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
31 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
32 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
33 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
34 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
35 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
36 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
38 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
39 descriptions". closes: #158609
40 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
41 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
42 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
43 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
44 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
46 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
47 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
48 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
49 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
50 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
51 - updated the mailing lists section
53 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
54 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
59 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
62 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
63 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
65 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
67 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
68 Ch "The Debian Archive"
70 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
72 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
73 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
74 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
75 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
76 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
78 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
79 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
80 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
81 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
82 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
83 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
84 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
86 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
87 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
90 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
91 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
92 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
93 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
94 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
95 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
96 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
97 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
98 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
99 work-around with <...>
100 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
101 - update copyright date
102 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
103 - spell check and grammar corrections
107 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
109 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
110 recompile"; closes: #102626
111 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
112 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
113 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
114 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
115 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
117 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
118 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
119 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
121 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
123 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
124 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
125 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
126 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
127 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
128 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
129 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
130 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
131 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
133 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
135 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
137 - updated the list of available architectures.
138 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
139 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
140 of the package and nothing more.
141 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
142 any pain to the ftpmasters.
143 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
144 the use of the delayed queue.
145 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
146 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
148 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
149 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
150 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
151 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
152 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
153 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
154 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
156 - new Sec "Documentation"
157 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
158 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
159 "Being kind to porter" too
160 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
161 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
162 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
163 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
164 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
166 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
167 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
170 - update French translation
172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
174 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
177 - some grammar corrections
178 - update French translation
180 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
181 anymore; closes: #135559
182 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
184 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
186 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
187 that would be welcome)
188 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
189 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
190 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
191 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
192 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
193 - other minor wording changes
194 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
195 - Ch "Package uploads":
196 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
197 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
198 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
199 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
200 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
201 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
202 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
206 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
208 * from Martin Michlmayr
209 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
210 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
211 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
213 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
215 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
217 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
219 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
220 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
221 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
224 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
226 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
231 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
234 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
236 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
237 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
238 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
239 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
240 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
241 talking about uploading to distributions
242 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
243 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
244 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
246 - French translation updated
248 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
249 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
250 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
254 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
257 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
258 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
263 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
266 * fix a typo in a link
267 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
268 update documentation accordingly
270 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
271 forwarding bugs upstream
273 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
274 entities which should be used
275 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
276 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
280 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
282 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
283 * French version: completely up-to-date now
284 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
285 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
287 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
292 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
294 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
296 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
297 this translation needs updating
298 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
299 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
300 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
302 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
303 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
304 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
306 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
307 included yet, however
309 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
311 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
313 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
315 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
316 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
318 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
322 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
324 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
325 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
326 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
328 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
332 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
335 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
336 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
337 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
338 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
339 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
340 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
341 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
342 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
343 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
344 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
345 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
346 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
348 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
349 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
350 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
351 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
352 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
354 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
356 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
357 * update copyright notice for 2001
358 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
359 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
360 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
364 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
366 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
368 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
370 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
374 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
377 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
379 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
380 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
381 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
382 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
383 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
384 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
385 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
386 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
387 could be used if necessary
388 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
389 mention the rsync dupload method
390 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
392 * other small corrections
393 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
394 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
395 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
396 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
398 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
400 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
401 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
405 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
407 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
408 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
409 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
410 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
412 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
413 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
414 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
415 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
416 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
418 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
420 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
421 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
422 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
423 team (closes: Bug#52906)
424 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
425 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
426 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
428 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
429 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
430 - added a section about the LDAP database
431 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
432 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
434 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
435 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
439 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
441 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
442 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
443 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
445 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
446 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
447 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
448 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
449 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
450 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
451 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
452 description from developers-reference.sgml
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
456 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
458 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
459 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
461 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
463 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
464 releases are available at archive.debian.org
465 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
466 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
467 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
468 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
469 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
470 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
471 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
472 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
474 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
475 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
476 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
477 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
479 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
480 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
481 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
482 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
483 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
484 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
485 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
486 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
487 suggestion from James Troup
488 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
489 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
490 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
491 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
496 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
498 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
499 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
503 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
505 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
506 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
507 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
508 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
509 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
510 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
511 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
515 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
517 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
518 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
519 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
520 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
521 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
522 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
524 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
525 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
527 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
531 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
533 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
535 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
536 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
537 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
538 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
539 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
541 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
542 with intro; demoted server sections under that
543 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
544 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
546 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
547 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
548 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
549 a normal developer may have access.
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
555 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
556 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
557 step all over each other
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
561 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
563 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
564 address for PGP key updates
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
568 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
570 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
571 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
572 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
573 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
574 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
578 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
580 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
581 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
582 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
583 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
584 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
585 <keyring-maint> instead)
586 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
587 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
589 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
591 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
592 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
593 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
597 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
599 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
600 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
601 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
602 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
603 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
604 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
606 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
607 tighten up the language a bit
608 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
609 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
610 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
611 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
613 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
614 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
615 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
616 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
617 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
618 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
620 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
621 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
622 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
623 about how to depart Debian gracefully
624 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
625 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
626 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
627 number of available packages
628 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
629 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
633 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
635 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
640 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
642 * not officially released
643 * more spelling corrections
644 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
648 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
650 * not officially released
651 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
652 * some PGP-centricity removed
653 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
654 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
655 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
656 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
657 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
658 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
662 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
664 * not officially released
665 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
666 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
667 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
668 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
669 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
670 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
671 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
672 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
673 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
674 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
675 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
676 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
677 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
678 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
680 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
681 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
683 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
685 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
686 take a couple of weeks
687 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
688 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
689 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
690 excited about it and can't wait
691 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
692 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
694 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
695 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
697 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
698 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
699 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
703 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
705 * move to 3-level version number:
706 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
707 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
708 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
709 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
710 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
713 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
714 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
715 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
717 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
719 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
720 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
721 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
722 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
723 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
724 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
726 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
728 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
729 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
730 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
731 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
732 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
733 - "The CVS server": new section added
734 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
736 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
737 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
738 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
739 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
740 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
742 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
743 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
744 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
745 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
746 a canonical location?)
747 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
748 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
749 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
750 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
752 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
754 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
755 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
756 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
757 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
759 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
761 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
763 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
764 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
765 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
766 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
767 them. (closes Bug#26948)
768 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
769 and should not be included in this Reference.
770 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
771 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
772 maintainer tools only!
773 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
774 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
775 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
776 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
777 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
778 * Little corrections here and there.
779 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
780 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
783 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
787 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
788 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
789 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
791 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
792 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
793 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
794 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
795 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
796 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
797 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
798 do prior to uploading
799 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
800 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
802 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
803 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
804 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
805 duties with respect to bugs
806 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
807 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
808 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
810 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
811 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
812 * grammar and markup changes throughout
813 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
814 explicit what is used to build this package
816 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
818 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
821 * version number and date are automatically populated now
822 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
823 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
824 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
825 * utilize the new URL tag
826 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
829 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
831 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
833 * non-maintainer release
834 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
835 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
836 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
837 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
838 text, it can't hurt you.)
839 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
840 reflect this packages version number
841 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
843 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
849 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
851 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
853 * New version numbering scheme:
855 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
856 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
857 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
860 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
861 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
862 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
863 differ between the manuals.
865 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
866 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
867 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
868 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
870 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
871 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
873 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
875 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
877 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
879 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
881 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
882 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
884 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
885 (as requested by James Troup)
887 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
889 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
891 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
893 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
897 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
899 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
901 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
902 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
903 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
904 the non-maintainer release
906 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
907 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
908 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
911 - Lots of typos fixed
913 * Compressed SGML source code
915 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
916 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
918 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
920 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
922 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
925 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
926 - Announcing package uploads
927 * New section about Debian Mentors
928 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
929 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
930 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
931 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
933 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
935 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
937 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
938 of our FTP server and the development process
939 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
940 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
941 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
943 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
944 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
945 debian-devel before they are uploaded
946 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
947 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
948 contacting the maintainer
949 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
950 a new manual released soon)
952 * Include SGML source in package
953 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
954 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
956 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
958 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
962 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200