1 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
4 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
6 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
8 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
10 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
11 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
13 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
15 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
18 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
19 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
20 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
21 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
22 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
23 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
24 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
25 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
26 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
27 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
28 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
29 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
30 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
31 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
32 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
33 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
34 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
35 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
36 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
37 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
38 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
40 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
42 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
49 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
50 The most important changes are:
51 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
52 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
55 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
56 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
57 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
58 distinction. Closes: #464230.
59 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
60 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
61 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
62 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
63 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
64 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
66 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
67 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
69 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
70 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
72 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
73 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
75 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
77 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
78 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
80 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
81 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
82 Closes: #512620, #510783.
84 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
86 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
90 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
91 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
92 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
93 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
94 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
95 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
96 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
98 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
100 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
103 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
104 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
105 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
106 release codenames in <literal>
107 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
108 doesn't exist anymore.
109 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
110 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
111 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
112 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
113 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
114 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
115 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
116 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
117 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
118 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
119 team before upload. Closes: #459343
120 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
121 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
122 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
123 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
124 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
125 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
126 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
128 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
129 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
131 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
132 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
133 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
134 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
135 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
136 Thomas. Closes: #485837
138 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
139 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
141 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
143 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
147 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
148 - fix debian/copyright
149 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
150 - add pdf for French version.
151 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
152 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
153 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
154 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
155 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
156 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
157 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
158 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
159 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
161 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
162 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
164 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
166 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
167 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
168 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
169 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
170 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
171 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
173 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
176 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
177 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
178 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
179 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
180 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
181 * Update information concerning Alioth.
182 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
183 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
185 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
186 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
188 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
191 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
193 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
195 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
197 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
198 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
200 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
201 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
202 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
204 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
205 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
206 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
208 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
209 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
210 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
211 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
212 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
213 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
214 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
215 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
216 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
217 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
218 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
219 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
221 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
222 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
223 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
224 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
225 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
226 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
227 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
228 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
229 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
230 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
234 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
236 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
238 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
241 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
242 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
243 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
244 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
245 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
246 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
248 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
250 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
252 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
254 - non-us discontinued.
255 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
257 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
258 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
259 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
260 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
261 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
262 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
263 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
264 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
265 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
266 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
267 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
268 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
269 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
270 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
271 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
272 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
273 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
274 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
276 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
277 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
279 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
282 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
284 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
286 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
289 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
290 - madison is on merkel.
291 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
292 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
293 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
294 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
295 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
296 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
298 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
299 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
300 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
301 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
302 - sync NM rules with reality.
304 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
306 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
308 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
311 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
312 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
313 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
314 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
315 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
316 - spelling, grammer fixes.
317 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
318 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
319 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
320 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
321 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
322 - add myself to uploaders.
323 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
324 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
325 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
326 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
327 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
328 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
329 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
330 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
331 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
332 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
333 - rewrote the NMU section, and
334 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
335 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
336 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
337 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
338 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
339 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
340 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
341 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
343 - Security uploads get urgency=high
344 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
346 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
348 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
350 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
353 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
354 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
355 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
356 - documented Alioth, somewhat
358 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
359 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
361 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
362 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
363 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
364 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
368 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
370 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
371 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
372 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
373 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
378 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
381 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
383 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
384 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
385 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
387 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
388 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
389 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
390 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
393 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
395 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
396 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
397 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
398 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
399 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
401 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
402 it clear these are special cases
403 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
405 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
409 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
412 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
413 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
415 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
417 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
419 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
422 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
424 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
425 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
426 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
428 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
429 - the synopsis formula changed to either
430 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
432 <package-name> is <synopsis>
434 <package-name> are <synopsis>
436 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
437 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
438 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
439 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
440 package; closes: #187143
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
444 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
447 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
448 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
450 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
452 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
453 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
454 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
455 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
456 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
457 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
458 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
459 right places in the document, closes: #172897
460 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
464 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
466 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
467 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
468 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
469 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
470 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
471 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
472 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
474 - editorial changes on material added in this version
475 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
476 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
477 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
478 closes: #139957, #108416
479 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
480 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
484 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
487 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
489 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
490 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
491 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
492 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
494 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
495 for best practices for documentation
496 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
497 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
498 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
499 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
501 - spell-checking pass
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
505 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
508 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
509 descriptions" moved under there
510 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
511 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
512 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
513 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
514 the document where these tools are discussed
515 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
516 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
517 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
518 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
519 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
520 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
522 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
523 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
524 that can be fixed by DDP folks
525 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
526 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
527 - simply PS and PDF building rules
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
531 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
534 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
535 section and adjusted links
536 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
538 - ChangeLog attribution updates
539 - fix typos, closes: #171781
540 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
541 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
542 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
543 for debian/rules", and write an intro
544 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
545 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
546 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
547 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
548 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
549 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
550 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
551 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
552 "Internationalization"
553 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
554 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
555 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
556 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
557 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
558 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
559 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
560 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
561 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
563 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
564 rather useless and broken
565 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
566 names and the first word
567 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
568 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
569 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
571 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
572 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
573 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
577 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
580 - DDP publishing update
582 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
583 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
584 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
585 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
589 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
592 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
593 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
594 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
596 - added myself as co-author
597 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
599 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
600 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
602 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
603 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
605 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
607 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
610 - Corrected several errors with —
611 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
612 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
613 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
614 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
615 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
616 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
617 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
619 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
620 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
621 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
622 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
623 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
624 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
625 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
626 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
627 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
629 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
630 descriptions". closes: #158609
631 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
632 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
633 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
634 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
635 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
637 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
638 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
639 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
640 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
641 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
642 - updated the mailing lists section
644 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
645 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
650 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
653 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
654 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
656 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
658 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
659 Ch "The Debian Archive"
661 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
663 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
664 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
665 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
666 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
667 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
669 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
670 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
671 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
672 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
673 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
674 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
675 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
677 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
678 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
681 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
682 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
683 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
684 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
685 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
686 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
687 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
688 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
689 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
690 work-around with <...>
691 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
692 - update copyright date
693 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
694 - spell check and grammar corrections
698 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
700 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
701 recompile"; closes: #102626
702 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
703 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
704 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
705 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
706 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
708 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
709 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
710 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
712 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
714 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
715 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
716 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
717 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
718 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
719 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
720 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
721 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
722 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
724 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
726 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
728 - updated the list of available architectures.
729 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
730 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
731 of the package and nothing more.
732 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
733 any pain to the ftpmasters.
734 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
735 the use of the delayed queue.
736 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
737 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
739 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
740 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
741 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
742 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
743 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
744 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
745 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
747 - new Sec "Documentation"
748 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
749 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
750 "Being kind to porter" too
751 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
752 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
753 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
754 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
755 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
757 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
758 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
761 - update French translation
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
768 - some grammar corrections
769 - update French translation
771 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
772 anymore; closes: #135559
773 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
775 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
777 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
778 that would be welcome)
779 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
780 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
781 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
782 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
783 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
784 - other minor wording changes
785 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
786 - Ch "Package uploads":
787 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
788 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
789 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
790 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
791 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
792 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
793 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
797 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
799 * from Martin Michlmayr
800 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
801 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
802 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
804 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
806 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
808 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
810 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
811 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
812 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
815 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
817 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
822 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
827 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
828 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
829 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
830 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
831 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
832 talking about uploading to distributions
833 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
834 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
835 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
837 - French translation updated
839 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
840 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
841 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
848 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
849 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
857 * fix a typo in a link
858 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
859 update documentation accordingly
861 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
862 forwarding bugs upstream
864 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
865 entities which should be used
866 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
867 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
871 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
873 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
874 * French version: completely up-to-date now
875 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
876 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
878 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
885 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
887 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
888 this translation needs updating
889 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
890 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
891 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
893 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
894 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
895 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
897 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
898 included yet, however
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
902 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
904 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
906 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
907 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
909 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
913 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
915 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
916 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
917 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
919 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
923 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
926 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
927 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
928 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
929 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
930 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
931 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
932 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
933 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
934 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
935 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
936 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
937 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
939 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
940 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
941 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
942 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
943 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
945 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
947 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
948 * update copyright notice for 2001
949 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
950 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
951 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
955 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
957 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
959 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
961 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
965 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
968 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
970 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
971 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
972 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
973 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
974 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
975 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
976 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
977 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
978 could be used if necessary
979 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
980 mention the rsync dupload method
981 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
983 * other small corrections
984 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
985 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
986 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
987 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
989 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
991 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
992 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
996 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
998 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
999 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1000 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1001 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1003 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1004 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1005 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1006 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1007 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1009 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1011 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1012 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1013 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1014 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1015 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1016 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1017 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1019 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1020 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1021 - added a section about the LDAP database
1022 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1023 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1025 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1026 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1033 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1034 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1036 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1037 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1038 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1039 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1040 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1041 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1042 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1043 description from developers-reference.sgml
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1050 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1052 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1054 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1055 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1056 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1057 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1058 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1059 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1060 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1061 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1062 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1063 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1065 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1066 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1067 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1068 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1070 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1071 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1072 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1073 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1074 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1075 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1076 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1077 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1078 suggestion from James Troup
1079 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1080 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1081 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1082 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1090 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1094 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1097 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1098 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1099 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1100 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1101 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1102 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1106 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1109 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1110 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1111 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1112 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1113 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1115 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1116 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1118 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1126 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1127 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1128 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1129 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1130 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1132 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1133 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1134 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1135 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1137 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1138 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1139 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1140 a normal developer may have access.
1142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1144 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1147 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1148 step all over each other
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1152 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1155 address for PGP key updates
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1162 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1163 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1164 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1165 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1169 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1172 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1173 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1174 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1175 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1176 <keyring-maint> instead)
1177 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1178 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1180 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1182 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1183 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1184 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1188 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1190 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1191 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1192 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1193 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1194 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1195 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1197 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1198 tighten up the language a bit
1199 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1200 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1201 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1202 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1204 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1205 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1206 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1207 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1208 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1209 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1211 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1212 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1213 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1214 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1215 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1216 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1217 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1218 number of available packages
1219 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1220 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1224 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1231 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * not officially released
1234 * more spelling corrections
1235 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1239 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * not officially released
1242 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1243 * some PGP-centricity removed
1244 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1245 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1246 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1247 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1248 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1249 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1253 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1255 * not officially released
1256 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1257 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1258 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1259 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1260 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1261 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1262 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1263 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1264 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1265 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1266 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1267 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1268 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1269 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1271 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1272 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1274 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1276 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1277 take a couple of weeks
1278 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1279 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1280 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1281 excited about it and can't wait
1282 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1283 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1285 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1286 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1288 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1289 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1290 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1294 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1296 * move to 3-level version number:
1297 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1298 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1299 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1300 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1301 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1304 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1305 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1306 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1308 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1310 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1311 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1312 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1313 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1314 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1315 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1317 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1319 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1320 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1321 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1322 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1323 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1324 - "The CVS server": new section added
1325 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1327 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1328 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1329 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1330 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1331 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1332 with respect to GPG.
1333 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1334 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1335 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1336 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1337 a canonical location?)
1338 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1339 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1340 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1341 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1343 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1345 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1346 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1347 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1348 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1350 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1352 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1355 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1356 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1357 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1358 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1359 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1360 and should not be included in this Reference.
1361 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1362 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1363 maintainer tools only!
1364 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1365 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1366 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1367 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1368 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1369 * Little corrections here and there.
1370 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1371 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1374 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1376 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1379 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1380 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1382 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1383 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1384 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1385 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1386 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1387 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1388 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1389 do prior to uploading
1390 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1391 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1393 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1394 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1395 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1396 duties with respect to bugs
1397 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1398 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1399 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1401 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1402 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1403 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1404 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1405 explicit what is used to build this package
1407 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1409 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1413 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1414 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1415 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1416 * utilize the new URL tag
1417 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1420 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1422 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1424 * non-maintainer release
1425 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1426 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1427 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1428 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1429 text, it can't hurt you.)
1430 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1431 reflect this packages version number
1432 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1434 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1436 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1442 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1444 * New version numbering scheme:
1446 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1447 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1448 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1451 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1452 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1453 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1454 differ between the manuals.
1456 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1457 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1458 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1459 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1461 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1462 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1464 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1466 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1468 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1470 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1472 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1473 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1475 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1476 (as requested by James Troup)
1478 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1480 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1484 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1488 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1490 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1492 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1493 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1494 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1495 the non-maintainer release
1497 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1498 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1499 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1502 - Lots of typos fixed
1504 * Compressed SGML source code
1506 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1507 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1509 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1513 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1515 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1516 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1517 - Announcing package uploads
1518 * New section about Debian Mentors
1519 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1520 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1521 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1522 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1526 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1529 of our FTP server and the development process
1530 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1531 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1532 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1534 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1535 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1536 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1537 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1538 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1539 contacting the maintainer
1540 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1541 a new manual released soon)
1542 * Some minor changes
1543 * Include SGML source in package
1544 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1545 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1549 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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