1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
16 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
18 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
19 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
21 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
23 * Add link to removal wiki page. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #412757
25 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
27 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
29 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
31 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
32 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
34 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
35 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
36 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
38 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
39 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
40 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
42 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
43 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
44 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
45 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
46 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
47 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
48 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
49 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
50 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
51 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
52 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
53 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
55 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
56 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
57 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
58 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
59 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
60 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
61 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
62 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
63 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
64 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
68 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
70 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
72 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
75 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
76 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
77 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
78 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
79 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
80 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
82 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
84 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
86 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
88 - non-us discontinued.
89 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
91 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
92 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
93 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
94 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
95 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
96 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
97 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
98 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
99 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
100 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
101 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
102 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
103 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
104 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
105 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
106 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
107 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
108 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
110 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
111 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
113 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
116 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
118 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
120 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
123 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
124 - madison is on merkel.
125 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
126 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
127 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
128 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
129 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
130 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
132 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
133 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
134 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
135 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
136 - sync NM rules with reality.
138 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
140 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
142 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
145 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
146 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
147 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
148 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
149 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
150 - spelling, grammer fixes.
151 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
152 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
153 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
154 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
155 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
156 - add myself to uploaders.
157 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
158 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
159 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
160 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
161 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
162 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
163 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
164 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
165 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
166 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
167 - rewrote the NMU section, and
168 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
169 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
170 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
171 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
172 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
173 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
174 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
175 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
177 - Security uploads get urgency=high
178 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
180 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
182 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
184 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
187 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
188 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
189 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
190 - documented Alioth, somewhat
192 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
193 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
195 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
196 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
197 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
198 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
202 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
204 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
205 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
206 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
207 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
212 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
215 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
217 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
218 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
219 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
221 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
222 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
223 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
224 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
227 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
229 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
230 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
231 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
232 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
233 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
235 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
236 it clear these are special cases
237 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
239 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
243 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
246 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
247 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
249 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
253 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
256 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
258 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
259 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
260 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
262 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
263 - the synopsis formula changed to either
264 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
266 <package-name> is <synopsis>
268 <package-name> are <synopsis>
270 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
271 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
272 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
273 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
274 package; closes: #187143
276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
278 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
281 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
282 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
284 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
286 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
287 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
288 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
289 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
290 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
291 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
292 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
293 right places in the document, closes: #172897
294 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
298 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
300 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
301 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
302 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
303 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
304 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
305 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
306 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
308 - editorial changes on material added in this version
309 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
310 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
311 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
312 closes: #139957, #108416
313 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
314 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
318 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
321 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
323 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
324 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
325 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
326 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
328 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
329 for best practices for documentation
330 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
331 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
332 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
333 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
335 - spell-checking pass
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
339 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
342 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
343 descriptions" moved under there
344 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
345 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
346 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
347 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
348 the document where these tools are discussed
349 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
350 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
351 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
352 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
353 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
354 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
356 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
357 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
358 that can be fixed by DDP folks
359 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
360 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
361 - simply PS and PDF building rules
363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
365 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
368 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
369 section and adjusted links
370 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
372 - ChangeLog attribution updates
373 - fix typos, closes: #171781
374 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
375 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
376 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
377 for debian/rules", and write an intro
378 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
379 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
380 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
381 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
382 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
383 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
384 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
385 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
386 "Internationalization"
387 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
388 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
389 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
390 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
391 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
392 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
393 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
394 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
395 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
397 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
398 rather useless and broken
399 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
400 names and the first word
401 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
402 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
403 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
405 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
406 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
407 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
411 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
414 - DDP publishing update
416 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
417 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
418 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
419 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
423 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
426 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
427 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
428 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
430 - added myself as co-author
431 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
433 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
434 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
436 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
437 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
441 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
444 - Corrected several errors with —
445 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
446 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
447 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
448 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
449 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
450 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
451 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
453 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
454 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
455 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
456 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
457 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
458 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
459 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
460 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
461 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
463 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
464 descriptions". closes: #158609
465 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
466 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
467 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
468 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
469 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
471 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
472 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
473 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
474 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
475 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
476 - updated the mailing lists section
478 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
479 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
484 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
487 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
488 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
490 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
492 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
493 Ch "The Debian Archive"
495 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
497 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
498 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
499 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
500 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
501 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
503 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
504 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
505 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
506 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
507 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
508 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
509 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
511 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
512 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
515 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
516 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
517 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
518 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
519 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
520 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
521 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
522 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
523 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
524 work-around with <...>
525 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
526 - update copyright date
527 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
528 - spell check and grammar corrections
532 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
534 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
535 recompile"; closes: #102626
536 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
537 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
538 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
539 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
540 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
542 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
543 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
544 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
546 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
548 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
549 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
550 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
551 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
552 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
553 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
554 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
555 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
556 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
558 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
560 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
562 - updated the list of available architectures.
563 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
564 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
565 of the package and nothing more.
566 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
567 any pain to the ftpmasters.
568 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
569 the use of the delayed queue.
570 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
571 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
573 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
574 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
575 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
576 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
577 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
578 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
579 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
581 - new Sec "Documentation"
582 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
583 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
584 "Being kind to porter" too
585 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
586 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
587 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
588 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
589 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
591 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
592 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
595 - update French translation
597 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
599 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
602 - some grammar corrections
603 - update French translation
605 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
606 anymore; closes: #135559
607 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
609 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
611 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
612 that would be welcome)
613 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
614 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
615 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
616 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
617 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
618 - other minor wording changes
619 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
620 - Ch "Package uploads":
621 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
622 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
623 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
624 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
625 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
626 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
627 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
631 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
633 * from Martin Michlmayr
634 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
635 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
636 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
638 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
640 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
642 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
644 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
645 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
646 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
649 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
651 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
656 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
659 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
661 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
662 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
663 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
664 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
665 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
666 talking about uploading to distributions
667 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
668 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
669 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
671 - French translation updated
673 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
674 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
675 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
679 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
682 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
683 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
691 * fix a typo in a link
692 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
693 update documentation accordingly
695 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
696 forwarding bugs upstream
698 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
699 entities which should be used
700 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
701 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
705 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
707 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
708 * French version: completely up-to-date now
709 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
710 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
712 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
717 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
719 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
721 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
722 this translation needs updating
723 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
724 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
725 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
727 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
728 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
729 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
731 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
732 included yet, however
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
738 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
740 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
741 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
743 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
747 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
749 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
750 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
751 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
753 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
757 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
760 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
761 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
762 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
763 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
764 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
765 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
766 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
767 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
768 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
769 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
770 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
771 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
773 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
774 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
775 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
776 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
777 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
779 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
781 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
782 * update copyright notice for 2001
783 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
784 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
785 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
787 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
789 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
791 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
793 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
795 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
799 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
801 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
802 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
804 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
805 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
806 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
807 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
808 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
809 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
810 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
811 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
812 could be used if necessary
813 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
814 mention the rsync dupload method
815 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
817 * other small corrections
818 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
819 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
820 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
821 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
823 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
825 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
826 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
832 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
833 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
834 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
835 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
837 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
838 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
839 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
840 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
841 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
843 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
845 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
846 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
847 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
848 team (closes: Bug#52906)
849 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
850 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
851 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
853 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
854 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
855 - added a section about the LDAP database
856 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
857 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
859 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
860 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
864 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
867 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
868 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
870 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
871 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
872 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
873 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
874 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
875 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
876 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
877 description from developers-reference.sgml
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
883 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
884 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
886 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
888 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
889 releases are available at archive.debian.org
890 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
891 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
892 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
893 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
894 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
895 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
896 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
897 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
899 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
900 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
901 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
902 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
904 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
905 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
906 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
907 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
908 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
909 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
910 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
911 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
912 suggestion from James Troup
913 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
914 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
915 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
916 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
919 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
921 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
923 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
924 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
926 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
928 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
930 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
931 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
932 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
933 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
934 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
935 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
936 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
942 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
943 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
944 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
945 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
946 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
947 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
949 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
950 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
952 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
954 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
956 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
958 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
960 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
961 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
962 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
963 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
964 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
966 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
967 with intro; demoted server sections under that
968 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
969 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
971 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
972 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
973 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
974 a normal developer may have access.
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
978 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
980 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
981 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
982 step all over each other
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
988 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
989 address for PGP key updates
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
993 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
996 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
997 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
998 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
999 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1006 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1007 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1008 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1009 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1010 <keyring-maint> instead)
1011 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1012 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1014 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1016 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1017 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1018 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1022 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1024 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1025 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1026 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1027 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1028 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1029 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1031 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1032 tighten up the language a bit
1033 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1034 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1035 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1036 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1038 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1039 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1040 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1041 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1042 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1043 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1045 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1046 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1047 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1048 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1049 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1050 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1051 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1052 number of available packages
1053 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1054 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1058 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1065 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * not officially released
1068 * more spelling corrections
1069 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * not officially released
1076 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1077 * some PGP-centricity removed
1078 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1079 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1080 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1081 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1082 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1083 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1087 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1089 * not officially released
1090 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1091 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1092 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1093 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1094 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1095 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1096 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1097 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1098 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1099 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1100 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1101 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1102 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1103 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1105 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1106 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1108 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1110 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1111 take a couple of weeks
1112 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1113 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1114 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1115 excited about it and can't wait
1116 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1117 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1119 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1120 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1122 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1123 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1124 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1128 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1130 * move to 3-level version number:
1131 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1132 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1133 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1134 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1135 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1138 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1139 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1140 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1142 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1144 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1145 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1146 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1147 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1148 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1149 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1151 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1153 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1154 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1155 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1156 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1157 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1158 - "The CVS server": new section added
1159 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1161 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1162 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1163 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1164 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1165 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1166 with respect to GPG.
1167 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1168 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1169 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1170 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1171 a canonical location?)
1172 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1173 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1174 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1175 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1177 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1179 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1180 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1181 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1182 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1184 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1186 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1189 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1190 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1191 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1192 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1193 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1194 and should not be included in this Reference.
1195 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1196 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1197 maintainer tools only!
1198 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1199 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1200 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1201 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1202 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1203 * Little corrections here and there.
1204 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1205 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1208 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1210 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1213 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1214 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1216 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1217 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1218 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1219 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1220 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1221 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1222 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1223 do prior to uploading
1224 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1225 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1227 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1228 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1229 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1230 duties with respect to bugs
1231 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1232 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1233 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1235 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1236 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1237 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1238 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1239 explicit what is used to build this package
1241 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1243 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1247 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1248 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1249 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1250 * utilize the new URL tag
1251 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1254 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1256 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1258 * non-maintainer release
1259 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1260 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1261 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1262 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1263 text, it can't hurt you.)
1264 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1265 reflect this packages version number
1266 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1268 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1274 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1276 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1278 * New version numbering scheme:
1280 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1281 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1282 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1285 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1286 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1287 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1288 differ between the manuals.
1290 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1291 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1292 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1293 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1295 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1296 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1298 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1300 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1302 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1306 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1307 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1309 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1310 (as requested by James Troup)
1312 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1314 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1316 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1318 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1322 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1324 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1326 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1327 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1328 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1329 the non-maintainer release
1331 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1332 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1333 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1336 - Lots of typos fixed
1338 * Compressed SGML source code
1340 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1341 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1343 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1345 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1347 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1350 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1351 - Announcing package uploads
1352 * New section about Debian Mentors
1353 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1354 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1355 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1356 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1358 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1360 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1363 of our FTP server and the development process
1364 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1365 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1366 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1368 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1369 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1370 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1371 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1372 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1373 contacting the maintainer
1374 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1375 a new manual released soon)
1376 * Some minor changes
1377 * Include SGML source in package
1378 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1379 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1381 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1383 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1387 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200