1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
49 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
50 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
51 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
52 patch. Closes: #573110
55 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
56 * French translation update in progress (index, scope and ressources).
58 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
60 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
63 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
65 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
67 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
69 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
70 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
72 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
74 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
77 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
78 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
79 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
80 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
81 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
82 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
83 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
84 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
85 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
86 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
87 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
88 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
89 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
90 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
91 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
92 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
93 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
94 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
95 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
96 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
97 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
99 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
101 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
108 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
109 The most important changes are:
110 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
111 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
114 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
115 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
116 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
117 distinction. Closes: #464230.
118 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
119 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
120 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
121 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
122 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
123 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
125 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
126 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
128 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
129 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
131 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
132 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
134 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
136 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
137 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
139 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
140 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
141 Closes: #512620, #510783.
143 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
145 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
149 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
150 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
151 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
152 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
153 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
154 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
155 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
157 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
159 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
162 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
163 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
164 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
165 release codenames in <literal>
166 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
167 doesn't exist anymore.
168 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
169 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
170 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
171 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
172 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
173 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
174 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
175 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
176 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
177 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
178 team before upload. Closes: #459343
179 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
180 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
181 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
182 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
183 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
184 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
185 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
187 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
188 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
190 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
191 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
192 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
193 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
194 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
195 Thomas. Closes: #485837
197 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
198 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
200 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
202 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
206 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
207 - fix debian/copyright
208 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
209 - add pdf for French version.
210 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
211 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
212 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
213 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
214 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
215 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
216 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
217 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
218 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
220 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
221 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
223 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
225 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
226 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
227 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
228 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
229 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
230 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
232 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
235 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
236 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
237 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
238 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
239 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
240 * Update information concerning Alioth.
241 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
242 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
244 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
245 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
247 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
250 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
252 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
254 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
256 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
257 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
259 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
260 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
261 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
263 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
264 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
265 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
267 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
268 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
269 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
270 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
271 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
272 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
273 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
274 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
275 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
276 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
277 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
278 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
280 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
281 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
282 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
283 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
284 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
285 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
286 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
287 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
288 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
289 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
293 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
295 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
297 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
300 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
301 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
302 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
303 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
304 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
305 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
307 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
309 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
311 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
313 - non-us discontinued.
314 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
316 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
317 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
318 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
319 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
320 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
321 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
322 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
323 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
324 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
325 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
326 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
327 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
328 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
329 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
330 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
331 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
332 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
333 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
335 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
336 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
338 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
341 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
343 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
345 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
348 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
349 - madison is on merkel.
350 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
351 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
352 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
353 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
354 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
355 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
357 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
358 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
359 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
360 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
361 - sync NM rules with reality.
363 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
365 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
367 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
370 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
371 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
372 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
373 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
374 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
375 - spelling, grammer fixes.
376 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
377 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
378 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
379 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
380 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
381 - add myself to uploaders.
382 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
383 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
384 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
385 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
386 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
387 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
388 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
389 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
390 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
391 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
392 - rewrote the NMU section, and
393 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
394 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
395 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
396 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
397 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
398 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
399 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
400 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
402 - Security uploads get urgency=high
403 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
405 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
407 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
409 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
412 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
413 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
414 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
415 - documented Alioth, somewhat
417 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
418 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
420 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
421 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
422 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
423 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
427 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
429 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
430 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
431 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
432 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
437 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
440 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
442 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
443 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
444 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
446 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
447 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
448 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
449 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
452 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
454 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
455 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
456 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
457 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
458 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
460 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
461 it clear these are special cases
462 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
464 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
468 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
471 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
472 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
474 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
478 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
481 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
483 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
484 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
485 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
487 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
488 - the synopsis formula changed to either
489 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
491 <package-name> is <synopsis>
493 <package-name> are <synopsis>
495 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
496 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
497 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
498 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
499 package; closes: #187143
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
503 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
506 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
507 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
509 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
511 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
512 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
513 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
514 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
515 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
516 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
517 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
518 right places in the document, closes: #172897
519 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
523 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
525 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
526 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
527 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
528 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
529 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
530 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
531 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
533 - editorial changes on material added in this version
534 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
535 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
536 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
537 closes: #139957, #108416
538 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
539 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
543 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
546 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
548 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
549 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
550 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
551 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
553 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
554 for best practices for documentation
555 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
556 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
557 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
558 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
560 - spell-checking pass
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
564 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
567 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
568 descriptions" moved under there
569 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
570 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
571 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
572 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
573 the document where these tools are discussed
574 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
575 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
576 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
577 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
578 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
579 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
581 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
582 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
583 that can be fixed by DDP folks
584 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
585 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
586 - simply PS and PDF building rules
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
590 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
593 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
594 section and adjusted links
595 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
597 - ChangeLog attribution updates
598 - fix typos, closes: #171781
599 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
600 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
601 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
602 for debian/rules", and write an intro
603 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
604 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
605 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
606 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
607 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
608 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
609 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
610 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
611 "Internationalization"
612 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
613 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
614 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
615 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
616 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
617 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
618 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
619 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
620 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
622 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
623 rather useless and broken
624 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
625 names and the first word
626 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
627 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
628 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
630 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
631 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
632 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
636 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
639 - DDP publishing update
641 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
642 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
643 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
644 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
648 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
651 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
652 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
653 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
655 - added myself as co-author
656 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
658 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
659 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
661 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
662 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
664 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
666 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
669 - Corrected several errors with —
670 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
671 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
672 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
673 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
674 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
675 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
676 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
678 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
679 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
680 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
681 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
682 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
683 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
684 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
685 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
686 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
688 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
689 descriptions". closes: #158609
690 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
691 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
692 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
693 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
694 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
696 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
697 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
698 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
699 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
700 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
701 - updated the mailing lists section
703 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
704 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
709 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
712 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
713 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
715 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
717 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
718 Ch "The Debian Archive"
720 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
722 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
723 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
724 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
725 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
726 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
728 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
729 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
730 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
731 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
732 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
733 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
734 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
736 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
737 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
740 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
741 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
742 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
743 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
744 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
745 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
746 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
747 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
748 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
749 work-around with <...>
750 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
751 - update copyright date
752 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
753 - spell check and grammar corrections
757 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
759 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
760 recompile"; closes: #102626
761 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
762 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
763 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
764 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
765 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
767 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
768 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
769 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
771 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
773 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
774 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
775 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
776 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
777 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
778 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
779 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
780 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
781 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
783 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
785 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
787 - updated the list of available architectures.
788 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
789 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
790 of the package and nothing more.
791 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
792 any pain to the ftpmasters.
793 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
794 the use of the delayed queue.
795 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
796 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
798 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
799 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
800 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
801 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
802 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
803 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
804 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
806 - new Sec "Documentation"
807 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
808 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
809 "Being kind to porter" too
810 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
811 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
812 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
813 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
814 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
816 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
817 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
820 - update French translation
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
827 - some grammar corrections
828 - update French translation
830 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
831 anymore; closes: #135559
832 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
834 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
836 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
837 that would be welcome)
838 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
839 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
840 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
841 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
842 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
843 - other minor wording changes
844 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
845 - Ch "Package uploads":
846 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
847 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
848 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
849 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
850 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
851 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
852 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
856 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
858 * from Martin Michlmayr
859 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
860 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
861 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
863 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
865 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
867 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
869 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
870 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
871 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
874 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
876 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
881 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
884 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
886 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
887 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
888 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
889 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
890 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
891 talking about uploading to distributions
892 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
893 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
894 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
896 - French translation updated
898 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
899 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
900 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
904 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
907 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
908 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
913 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
916 * fix a typo in a link
917 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
918 update documentation accordingly
920 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
921 forwarding bugs upstream
923 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
924 entities which should be used
925 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
926 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
930 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
932 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
933 * French version: completely up-to-date now
934 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
935 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
937 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
944 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
946 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
947 this translation needs updating
948 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
949 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
950 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
952 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
953 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
954 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
956 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
957 included yet, however
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
963 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
965 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
966 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
968 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
972 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
974 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
975 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
976 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
978 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
982 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
985 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
986 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
987 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
988 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
989 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
990 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
991 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
992 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
993 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
994 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
995 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
996 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
998 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
999 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1000 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1001 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1002 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1004 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1006 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1007 * update copyright notice for 2001
1008 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1009 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1010 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1018 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1020 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1024 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1027 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1029 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1030 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1031 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1032 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1033 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1034 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1035 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1036 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1037 could be used if necessary
1038 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1039 mention the rsync dupload method
1040 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1042 * other small corrections
1043 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1044 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1045 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1046 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1048 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1050 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1051 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1055 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1057 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1058 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1059 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1060 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1062 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1063 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1064 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1065 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1066 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1068 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1070 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1071 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1072 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1073 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1074 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1075 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1076 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1078 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1079 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1080 - added a section about the LDAP database
1081 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1082 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1084 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1085 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1089 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1092 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1093 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1095 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1096 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1097 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1098 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1099 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1100 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1101 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1102 description from developers-reference.sgml
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1106 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1109 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1111 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1113 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1114 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1115 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1116 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1117 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1118 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1119 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1120 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1121 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1122 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1124 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1125 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1126 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1127 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1129 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1130 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1131 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1132 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1133 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1134 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1135 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1136 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1137 suggestion from James Troup
1138 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1139 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1140 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1141 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1149 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1156 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1157 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1158 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1159 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1160 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1161 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1168 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1169 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1170 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1171 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1172 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1174 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1175 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1177 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1185 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1186 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1187 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1188 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1189 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1191 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1192 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1193 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1194 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1196 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1197 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1198 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1199 a normal developer may have access.
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1203 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1206 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1207 step all over each other
1209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1211 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1214 address for PGP key updates
1216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1218 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1221 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1222 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1223 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1224 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1228 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1231 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1232 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1233 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1234 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1235 <keyring-maint> instead)
1236 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1237 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1239 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1241 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1242 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1243 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1247 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1249 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1250 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1251 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1252 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1253 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1254 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1256 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1257 tighten up the language a bit
1258 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1259 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1260 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1261 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1263 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1264 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1265 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1266 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1267 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1268 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1270 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1271 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1272 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1273 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1274 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1275 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1276 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1277 number of available packages
1278 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1279 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1281 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1283 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1290 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * not officially released
1293 * more spelling corrections
1294 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1296 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1298 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * not officially released
1301 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1302 * some PGP-centricity removed
1303 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1304 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1305 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1306 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1307 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1308 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1312 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1314 * not officially released
1315 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1316 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1317 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1318 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1319 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1320 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1321 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1322 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1323 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1324 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1325 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1326 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1327 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1328 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1330 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1331 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1333 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1335 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1336 take a couple of weeks
1337 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1338 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1339 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1340 excited about it and can't wait
1341 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1342 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1344 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1345 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1347 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1348 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1349 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1353 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1355 * move to 3-level version number:
1356 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1357 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1358 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1359 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1360 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1363 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1364 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1365 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1367 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1369 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1370 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1371 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1372 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1373 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1374 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1376 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1378 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1379 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1380 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1381 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1382 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1383 - "The CVS server": new section added
1384 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1386 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1387 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1388 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1389 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1390 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1391 with respect to GPG.
1392 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1393 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1394 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1395 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1396 a canonical location?)
1397 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1398 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1399 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1400 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1402 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1404 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1405 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1406 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1407 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1409 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1411 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1414 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1415 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1416 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1417 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1418 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1419 and should not be included in this Reference.
1420 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1421 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1422 maintainer tools only!
1423 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1424 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1425 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1426 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1427 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1428 * Little corrections here and there.
1429 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1430 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1433 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1435 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1438 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1439 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1441 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1442 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1443 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1444 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1445 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1446 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1447 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1448 do prior to uploading
1449 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1450 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1452 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1453 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1454 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1455 duties with respect to bugs
1456 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1457 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1458 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1460 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1461 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1462 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1463 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1464 explicit what is used to build this package
1466 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1468 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1472 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1473 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1474 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1475 * utilize the new URL tag
1476 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1479 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1481 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1483 * non-maintainer release
1484 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1485 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1486 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1487 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1488 text, it can't hurt you.)
1489 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1490 reflect this packages version number
1491 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1493 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1495 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1499 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1501 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1503 * New version numbering scheme:
1505 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1506 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1507 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1510 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1511 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1512 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1513 differ between the manuals.
1515 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1516 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1517 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1518 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1520 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1521 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1523 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1525 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1527 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1531 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1532 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1534 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1535 (as requested by James Troup)
1537 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1539 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1541 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1543 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1545 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1547 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1549 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1551 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1552 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1553 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1554 the non-maintainer release
1556 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1557 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1558 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1561 - Lots of typos fixed
1563 * Compressed SGML source code
1565 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1566 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1568 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1570 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1572 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1574 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1575 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1576 - Announcing package uploads
1577 * New section about Debian Mentors
1578 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1579 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1580 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1581 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1583 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1585 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1587 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1588 of our FTP server and the development process
1589 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1590 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1591 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1593 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1594 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1595 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1596 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1597 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1598 contacting the maintainer
1599 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1600 a new manual released soon)
1601 * Some minor changes
1602 * Include SGML source in package
1603 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1604 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1606 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1608 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1612 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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