1 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
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
53 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
55 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
56 multi-lines substitution variables.
59 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
60 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
61 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
62 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
63 * Activate Japanese package.
64 * Handle addendum if it exists.
66 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
68 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
71 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
73 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
75 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
77 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
78 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
80 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
82 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
85 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
86 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
87 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
88 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
89 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
90 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
91 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
92 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
93 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
94 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
95 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
96 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
97 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
98 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
99 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
100 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
101 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
102 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
103 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
104 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
105 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
107 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
109 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
116 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
117 The most important changes are:
118 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
119 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
122 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
123 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
124 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
125 distinction. Closes: #464230.
126 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
127 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
128 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
129 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
130 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
131 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
133 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
134 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
136 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
137 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
139 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
140 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
142 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
144 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
145 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
147 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
148 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
149 Closes: #512620, #510783.
151 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
153 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
157 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
158 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
159 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
160 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
161 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
162 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
163 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
165 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
167 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
170 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
171 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
172 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
173 release codenames in <literal>
174 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
175 doesn't exist anymore.
176 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
177 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
178 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
179 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
180 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
181 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
182 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
183 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
184 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
185 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
186 team before upload. Closes: #459343
187 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
188 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
189 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
190 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
191 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
192 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
193 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
195 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
196 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
198 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
199 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
200 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
201 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
202 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
203 Thomas. Closes: #485837
205 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
206 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
208 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
210 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
214 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
215 - fix debian/copyright
216 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
217 - add pdf for French version.
218 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
219 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
220 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
221 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
222 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
223 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
224 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
225 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
226 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
228 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
229 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
231 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
233 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
234 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
235 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
236 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
237 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
238 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
240 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
243 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
244 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
245 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
246 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
247 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
248 * Update information concerning Alioth.
249 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
250 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
252 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
253 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
255 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
258 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
260 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
262 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
264 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
265 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
267 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
268 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
269 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
271 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
272 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
273 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
275 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
276 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
277 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
278 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
279 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
280 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
281 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
282 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
283 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
284 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
285 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
286 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
288 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
289 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
290 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
291 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
292 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
293 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
294 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
295 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
296 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
297 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
301 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
303 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
305 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
308 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
309 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
310 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
311 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
312 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
313 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
315 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
317 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
319 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
321 - non-us discontinued.
322 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
324 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
325 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
326 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
327 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
328 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
329 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
330 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
331 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
332 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
333 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
334 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
335 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
336 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
337 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
338 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
339 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
340 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
341 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
343 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
344 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
346 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
349 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
351 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
353 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
356 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
357 - madison is on merkel.
358 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
359 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
360 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
361 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
362 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
363 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
365 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
366 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
367 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
368 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
369 - sync NM rules with reality.
371 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
373 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
375 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
378 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
379 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
380 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
381 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
382 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
383 - spelling, grammer fixes.
384 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
385 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
386 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
387 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
388 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
389 - add myself to uploaders.
390 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
391 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
392 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
393 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
394 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
395 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
396 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
397 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
398 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
399 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
400 - rewrote the NMU section, and
401 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
402 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
403 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
404 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
405 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
406 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
407 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
408 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
410 - Security uploads get urgency=high
411 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
413 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
415 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
417 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
420 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
421 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
422 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
423 - documented Alioth, somewhat
425 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
426 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
428 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
429 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
430 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
431 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
435 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
437 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
438 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
439 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
440 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
445 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
448 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
450 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
451 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
452 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
454 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
455 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
456 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
457 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
460 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
462 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
463 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
464 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
465 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
466 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
468 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
469 it clear these are special cases
470 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
472 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
476 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
479 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
480 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
482 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
486 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
489 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
491 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
492 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
493 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
495 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
496 - the synopsis formula changed to either
497 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
499 <package-name> is <synopsis>
501 <package-name> are <synopsis>
503 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
504 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
505 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
506 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
507 package; closes: #187143
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
511 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
514 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
515 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
517 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
519 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
520 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
521 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
522 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
523 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
524 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
525 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
526 right places in the document, closes: #172897
527 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
531 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
533 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
534 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
535 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
536 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
537 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
538 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
539 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
541 - editorial changes on material added in this version
542 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
543 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
544 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
545 closes: #139957, #108416
546 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
547 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
551 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
554 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
556 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
557 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
558 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
559 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
561 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
562 for best practices for documentation
563 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
564 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
565 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
566 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
568 - spell-checking pass
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
572 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
575 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
576 descriptions" moved under there
577 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
578 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
579 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
580 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
581 the document where these tools are discussed
582 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
583 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
584 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
585 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
586 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
587 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
589 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
590 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
591 that can be fixed by DDP folks
592 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
593 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
594 - simply PS and PDF building rules
596 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
598 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
601 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
602 section and adjusted links
603 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
605 - ChangeLog attribution updates
606 - fix typos, closes: #171781
607 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
608 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
609 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
610 for debian/rules", and write an intro
611 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
612 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
613 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
614 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
615 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
616 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
617 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
618 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
619 "Internationalization"
620 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
621 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
622 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
623 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
624 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
625 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
626 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
627 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
628 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
630 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
631 rather useless and broken
632 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
633 names and the first word
634 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
635 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
636 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
638 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
639 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
640 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
644 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
647 - DDP publishing update
649 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
650 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
651 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
652 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
656 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
659 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
660 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
661 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
663 - added myself as co-author
664 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
666 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
667 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
669 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
670 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
674 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
677 - Corrected several errors with —
678 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
679 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
680 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
681 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
682 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
683 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
684 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
686 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
687 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
688 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
689 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
690 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
691 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
692 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
693 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
694 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
696 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
697 descriptions". closes: #158609
698 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
699 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
700 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
701 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
702 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
704 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
705 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
706 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
707 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
708 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
709 - updated the mailing lists section
711 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
712 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
717 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
721 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
723 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
725 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
726 Ch "The Debian Archive"
728 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
730 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
731 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
732 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
733 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
734 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
736 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
737 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
738 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
739 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
740 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
741 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
742 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
744 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
745 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
748 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
749 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
750 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
751 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
752 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
753 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
754 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
755 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
756 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
757 work-around with <...>
758 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
759 - update copyright date
760 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
761 - spell check and grammar corrections
765 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
767 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
768 recompile"; closes: #102626
769 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
770 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
771 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
772 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
773 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
775 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
776 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
777 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
779 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
781 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
782 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
783 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
784 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
785 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
786 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
787 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
788 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
789 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
791 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
793 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
795 - updated the list of available architectures.
796 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
797 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
798 of the package and nothing more.
799 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
800 any pain to the ftpmasters.
801 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
802 the use of the delayed queue.
803 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
804 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
806 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
807 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
808 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
809 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
810 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
811 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
812 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
814 - new Sec "Documentation"
815 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
816 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
817 "Being kind to porter" too
818 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
819 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
820 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
821 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
822 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
824 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
825 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
828 - update French translation
830 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
832 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
835 - some grammar corrections
836 - update French translation
838 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
839 anymore; closes: #135559
840 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
842 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
844 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
845 that would be welcome)
846 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
847 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
848 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
849 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
850 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
851 - other minor wording changes
852 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
853 - Ch "Package uploads":
854 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
855 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
856 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
857 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
858 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
859 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
860 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
864 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
866 * from Martin Michlmayr
867 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
868 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
869 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
871 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
873 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
875 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
877 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
878 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
879 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
882 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
884 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
889 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
894 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
895 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
896 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
897 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
898 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
899 talking about uploading to distributions
900 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
901 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
902 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
904 - French translation updated
906 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
907 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
908 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
912 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
915 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
916 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
919 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
921 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
924 * fix a typo in a link
925 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
926 update documentation accordingly
928 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
929 forwarding bugs upstream
931 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
932 entities which should be used
933 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
934 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
940 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
941 * French version: completely up-to-date now
942 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
943 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
945 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
952 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
954 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
955 this translation needs updating
956 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
957 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
958 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
960 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
961 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
962 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
964 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
965 included yet, however
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
969 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
971 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
973 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
974 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
976 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
980 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
982 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
983 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
984 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
986 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
990 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
993 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
994 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
995 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
996 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
997 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
998 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
999 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1000 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1001 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1002 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1003 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1004 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1006 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1007 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1008 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1009 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1010 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1012 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1014 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1015 * update copyright notice for 2001
1016 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1017 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1018 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1022 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1026 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1028 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1032 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1035 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1037 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1038 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1039 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1040 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1041 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1042 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1043 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1044 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1045 could be used if necessary
1046 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1047 mention the rsync dupload method
1048 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1050 * other small corrections
1051 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1052 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1053 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1054 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1056 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1058 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1059 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1061 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1065 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1066 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1067 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1068 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1070 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1071 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1072 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1073 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1074 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1076 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1078 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1079 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1080 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1081 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1082 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1083 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1084 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1086 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1087 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1088 - added a section about the LDAP database
1089 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1090 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1092 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1093 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1097 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1100 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1101 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1103 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1104 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1105 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1106 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1107 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1108 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1109 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1110 description from developers-reference.sgml
1112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1114 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1117 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1119 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1121 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1122 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1123 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1124 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1125 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1126 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1127 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1128 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1129 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1130 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1132 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1133 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1134 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1135 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1137 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1138 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1139 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1140 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1141 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1142 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1143 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1144 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1145 suggestion from James Troup
1146 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1147 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1148 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1149 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1154 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1157 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1161 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1164 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1165 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1166 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1167 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1168 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1169 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1173 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1176 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1177 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1178 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1179 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1180 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1182 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1183 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1185 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1189 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1193 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1194 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1195 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1196 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1197 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1199 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1200 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1201 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1202 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1204 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1205 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1206 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1207 a normal developer may have access.
1209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1211 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1214 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1215 step all over each other
1217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1219 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1222 address for PGP key updates
1224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1226 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1229 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1230 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1231 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1232 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1236 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1239 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1240 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1241 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1242 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1243 <keyring-maint> instead)
1244 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1245 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1247 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1249 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1250 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1251 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1255 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1257 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1258 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1259 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1260 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1261 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1262 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1264 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1265 tighten up the language a bit
1266 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1267 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1268 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1269 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1271 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1272 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1273 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1274 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1275 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1276 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1278 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1279 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1280 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1281 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1282 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1283 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1284 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1285 number of available packages
1286 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1287 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1291 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1293 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1296 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1298 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * not officially released
1301 * more spelling corrections
1302 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1306 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * not officially released
1309 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1310 * some PGP-centricity removed
1311 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1312 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1313 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1314 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1315 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1316 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1318 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1320 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1322 * not officially released
1323 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1324 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1325 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1326 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1327 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1328 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1329 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1330 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1331 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1332 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1333 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1334 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1335 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1336 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1338 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1339 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1341 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1343 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1344 take a couple of weeks
1345 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1346 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1347 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1348 excited about it and can't wait
1349 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1350 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1352 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1353 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1355 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1356 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1357 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1361 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1363 * move to 3-level version number:
1364 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1365 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1366 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1367 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1368 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1371 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1372 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1373 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1375 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1377 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1378 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1379 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1380 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1381 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1382 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1384 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1386 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1387 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1388 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1389 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1390 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1391 - "The CVS server": new section added
1392 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1394 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1395 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1396 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1397 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1398 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1399 with respect to GPG.
1400 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1401 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1402 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1403 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1404 a canonical location?)
1405 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1406 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1407 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1408 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1410 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1412 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1413 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1414 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1415 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1417 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1419 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1422 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1423 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1424 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1425 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1426 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1427 and should not be included in this Reference.
1428 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1429 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1430 maintainer tools only!
1431 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1432 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1433 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1434 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1435 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1436 * Little corrections here and there.
1437 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1438 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1441 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1443 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1445 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1446 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1447 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1449 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1450 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1451 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1452 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1453 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1454 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1455 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1456 do prior to uploading
1457 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1458 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1460 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1461 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1462 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1463 duties with respect to bugs
1464 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1465 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1466 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1468 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1469 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1470 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1471 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1472 explicit what is used to build this package
1474 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1476 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1480 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1481 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1482 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1483 * utilize the new URL tag
1484 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1487 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1489 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1491 * non-maintainer release
1492 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1493 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1494 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1495 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1496 text, it can't hurt you.)
1497 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1498 reflect this packages version number
1499 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1501 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1503 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1509 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1511 * New version numbering scheme:
1513 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1514 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1515 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1518 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1519 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1520 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1521 differ between the manuals.
1523 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1524 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1525 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1526 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1528 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1529 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1531 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1535 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1539 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1540 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1542 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1543 (as requested by James Troup)
1545 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1547 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1551 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1553 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1555 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1557 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1559 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1560 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1561 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1562 the non-maintainer release
1564 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1565 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1566 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1569 - Lots of typos fixed
1571 * Compressed SGML source code
1573 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1574 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1576 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1578 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1580 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1582 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1583 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1584 - Announcing package uploads
1585 * New section about Debian Mentors
1586 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1587 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1588 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1589 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1591 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1593 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1596 of our FTP server and the development process
1597 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1598 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1599 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1601 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1602 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1603 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1604 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1605 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1606 contacting the maintainer
1607 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1608 a new manual released soon)
1609 * Some minor changes
1610 * Include SGML source in package
1611 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1612 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1614 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1616 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1620 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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