1 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
5 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
7 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
9 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
10 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
11 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
12 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
13 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
14 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
15 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
16 right places in the document, closes: #172897
17 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
21 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
23 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
24 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
25 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
26 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
27 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
28 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
29 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
31 - editorial changes on material added in this version
32 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
33 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
34 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
35 closes: #139957, #108416
36 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
37 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
39 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:53:19 -0500
41 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
44 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
46 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
47 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
48 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
49 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
51 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
52 for best practices for documentation
53 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
54 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
55 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
56 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
60 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
62 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
65 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
66 descriptions" moved under there
67 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
68 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
69 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
70 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
71 the document where these tools are discussed
72 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
73 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
74 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
75 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
76 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
77 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
79 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
80 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
81 that can be fixed by DDP folks
82 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
83 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
84 - simply PS and PDF building rules
86 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
88 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
91 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
92 section and adjusted links
93 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
95 - ChangeLog attribution updates
96 - fix typos, closes: #171781
97 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
98 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
99 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
100 for debian/rules", and write an intro
101 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
102 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
103 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
104 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
105 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
106 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
107 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
108 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
109 "Internationalization"
110 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
111 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
112 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
113 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
114 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
115 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
116 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
117 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
118 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
120 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
121 rather useless and broken
122 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
123 names and the first word
124 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
125 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
126 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
128 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
129 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
130 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
134 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
137 - DDP publishing update
139 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
140 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
141 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
142 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
146 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
149 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
150 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
151 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
153 - added myself as co-author
154 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
156 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
157 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
159 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
160 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
164 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
167 - Corrected several errors with —
168 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
169 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
170 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
171 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
172 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
173 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
174 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
176 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
177 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
178 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
179 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
180 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
181 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
182 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
183 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
184 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
186 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
187 descriptions". closes: #158609
188 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
189 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
190 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
191 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
192 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
194 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
195 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
196 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
197 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
198 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
199 - updated the mailing lists section
201 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
202 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
207 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
210 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
211 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
213 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
215 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
216 Ch "The Debian Archive"
218 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
220 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
221 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
222 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
223 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
224 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
226 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
227 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
228 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
229 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
230 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
231 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
232 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
234 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
235 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
238 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
239 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
240 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
241 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
242 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
243 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
244 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
245 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
246 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
247 work-around with <...>
248 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
249 - update copyright date
250 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
251 - spell check and grammar corrections
255 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
257 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
258 recompile"; closes: #102626
259 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
260 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
261 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
262 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
263 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
265 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
266 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
267 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
269 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
271 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
272 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
273 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
274 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
275 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
276 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
277 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
278 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
279 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
281 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
283 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
285 - updated the list of available architectures.
286 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
287 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
288 of the package and nothing more.
289 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
290 any pain to the ftpmasters.
291 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
292 the use of the delayed queue.
293 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
294 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
296 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
297 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
298 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
299 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
300 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
301 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
302 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
304 - new Sec "Documentation"
305 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
306 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
307 "Being kind to porter" too
308 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
309 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
310 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
311 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
312 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
314 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
315 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
318 - update French translation
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
322 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
325 - some grammar corrections
326 - update French translation
328 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
329 anymore; closes: #135559
330 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
332 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
334 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
335 that would be welcome)
336 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
337 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
338 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
339 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
340 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
341 - other minor wording changes
342 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
343 - Ch "Package uploads":
344 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
345 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
346 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
347 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
348 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
349 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
350 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
354 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
356 * from Martin Michlmayr
357 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
358 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
359 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
361 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
363 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
365 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
367 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
368 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
369 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
372 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
374 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
379 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
382 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
384 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
385 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
386 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
387 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
388 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
389 talking about uploading to distributions
390 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
391 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
392 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
394 - French translation updated
396 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
397 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
398 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
402 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
405 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
406 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
411 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
414 * fix a typo in a link
415 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
416 update documentation accordingly
418 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
419 forwarding bugs upstream
421 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
422 entities which should be used
423 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
424 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
428 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
430 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
431 * French version: completely up-to-date now
432 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
433 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
435 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
440 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
442 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
444 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
445 this translation needs updating
446 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
447 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
448 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
450 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
451 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
452 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
454 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
455 included yet, however
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
459 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
461 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
463 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
464 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
466 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
470 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
472 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
473 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
474 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
476 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
480 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
483 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
484 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
485 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
486 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
487 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
488 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
489 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
490 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
491 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
492 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
493 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
494 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
496 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
497 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
498 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
499 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
500 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
502 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
504 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
505 * update copyright notice for 2001
506 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
507 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
508 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
512 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
514 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
516 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
518 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
522 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
525 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
527 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
528 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
529 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
530 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
531 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
532 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
533 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
534 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
535 could be used if necessary
536 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
537 mention the rsync dupload method
538 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
540 * other small corrections
541 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
542 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
543 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
544 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
546 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
548 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
549 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
555 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
556 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
557 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
558 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
560 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
561 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
562 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
563 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
564 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
566 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
568 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
569 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
570 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
571 team (closes: Bug#52906)
572 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
573 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
574 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
576 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
577 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
578 - added a section about the LDAP database
579 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
580 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
582 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
583 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
587 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
590 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
591 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
593 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
594 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
595 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
596 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
597 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
598 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
599 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
600 description from developers-reference.sgml
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
604 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
606 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
607 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
609 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
611 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
612 releases are available at archive.debian.org
613 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
614 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
615 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
616 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
617 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
618 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
619 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
620 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
622 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
623 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
624 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
625 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
627 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
628 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
629 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
630 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
631 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
632 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
633 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
634 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
635 suggestion from James Troup
636 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
637 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
638 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
639 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
644 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
646 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
647 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
651 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
653 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
654 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
655 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
656 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
657 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
658 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
659 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
663 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
665 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
666 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
667 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
668 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
669 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
670 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
672 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
673 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
675 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
679 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
681 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
683 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
684 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
685 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
686 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
687 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
689 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
690 with intro; demoted server sections under that
691 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
692 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
694 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
695 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
696 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
697 a normal developer may have access.
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
701 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
703 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
704 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
705 step all over each other
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
709 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
711 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
712 address for PGP key updates
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
719 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
720 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
721 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
722 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
726 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
728 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
729 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
730 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
731 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
732 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
733 <keyring-maint> instead)
734 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
735 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
737 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
739 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
740 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
741 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
745 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
747 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
748 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
749 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
750 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
751 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
752 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
754 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
755 tighten up the language a bit
756 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
757 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
758 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
759 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
761 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
762 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
763 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
764 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
765 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
766 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
768 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
769 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
770 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
771 about how to depart Debian gracefully
772 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
773 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
774 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
775 number of available packages
776 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
777 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
781 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
783 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
788 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
790 * not officially released
791 * more spelling corrections
792 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
796 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
798 * not officially released
799 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
800 * some PGP-centricity removed
801 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
802 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
803 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
804 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
805 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
806 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
810 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
812 * not officially released
813 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
814 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
815 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
816 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
817 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
818 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
819 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
820 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
821 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
822 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
823 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
824 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
825 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
826 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
828 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
829 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
831 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
833 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
834 take a couple of weeks
835 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
836 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
837 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
838 excited about it and can't wait
839 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
840 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
842 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
843 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
845 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
846 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
847 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
851 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
853 * move to 3-level version number:
854 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
855 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
856 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
857 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
858 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
861 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
862 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
863 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
865 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
867 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
868 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
869 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
870 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
871 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
872 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
874 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
876 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
877 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
878 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
879 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
880 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
881 - "The CVS server": new section added
882 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
884 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
885 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
886 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
887 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
888 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
890 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
891 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
892 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
893 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
894 a canonical location?)
895 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
896 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
897 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
898 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
900 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
902 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
903 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
904 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
905 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
907 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
909 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
912 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
913 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
914 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
915 them. (closes Bug#26948)
916 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
917 and should not be included in this Reference.
918 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
919 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
920 maintainer tools only!
921 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
922 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
923 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
924 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
925 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
926 * Little corrections here and there.
927 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
928 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
931 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
935 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
936 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
937 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
939 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
940 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
941 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
942 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
943 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
944 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
945 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
946 do prior to uploading
947 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
948 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
950 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
951 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
952 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
953 duties with respect to bugs
954 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
955 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
956 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
958 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
959 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
960 * grammar and markup changes throughout
961 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
962 explicit what is used to build this package
964 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
966 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
969 * version number and date are automatically populated now
970 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
971 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
972 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
973 * utilize the new URL tag
974 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
977 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
979 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
981 * non-maintainer release
982 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
983 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
984 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
985 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
986 text, it can't hurt you.)
987 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
988 reflect this packages version number
989 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
991 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
993 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
997 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
999 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1001 * New version numbering scheme:
1003 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1004 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1005 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1008 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1009 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1010 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1011 differ between the manuals.
1013 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1014 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1015 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1016 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1018 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1019 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1021 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1025 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1029 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1030 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1032 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1033 (as requested by James Troup)
1035 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1037 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1039 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1041 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1045 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1047 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1049 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1050 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1051 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1052 the non-maintainer release
1054 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1055 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1056 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1059 - Lots of typos fixed
1061 * Compressed SGML source code
1063 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1064 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1066 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1068 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1070 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1073 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1074 - Announcing package uploads
1075 * New section about Debian Mentors
1076 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1077 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1078 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1079 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1081 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1083 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1086 of our FTP server and the development process
1087 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1088 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1089 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1091 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1092 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1093 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1094 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1095 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1096 contacting the maintainer
1097 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1098 a new manual released soon)
1099 * Some minor changes
1100 * Include SGML source in package
1101 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1102 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1104 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1106 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1110 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200