1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
18 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
20 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
21 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
22 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
23 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
24 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
25 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
26 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
27 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
28 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
29 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
30 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
31 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
32 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
33 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
34 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
35 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
36 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
37 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
39 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
40 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
42 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
44 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
46 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
49 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
50 - madison is on merkel.
51 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
52 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
53 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
54 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
55 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
56 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
58 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
59 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
60 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
61 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
62 - sync NM rules with reality.
64 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
66 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
68 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
71 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
72 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
73 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
74 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
75 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
76 - spelling, grammer fixes.
77 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
78 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
79 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
80 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
81 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
82 - add myself to uploaders.
83 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
84 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
85 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
86 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
87 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
88 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
89 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
90 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
91 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
92 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
93 - rewrote the NMU section, and
94 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
95 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
96 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
97 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
98 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
99 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
100 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
101 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
103 - Security uploads get urgency=high
104 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
106 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
108 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
110 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
113 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
114 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
115 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
116 - documented Alioth, somewhat
118 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
119 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
121 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
122 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
123 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
124 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
128 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
130 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
131 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
132 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
133 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
138 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
141 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
143 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
144 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
145 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
147 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
148 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
149 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
150 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
153 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
155 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
156 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
157 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
158 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
159 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
161 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
162 it clear these are special cases
163 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
165 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
169 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
172 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
173 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
175 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
179 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
182 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
184 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
185 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
186 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
188 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
189 - the synopsis formula changed to either
190 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
192 <package-name> is <synopsis>
194 <package-name> are <synopsis>
196 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
197 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
198 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
199 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
200 package; closes: #187143
202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
204 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
207 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
208 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
210 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
212 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
213 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
214 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
215 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
216 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
217 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
218 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
219 right places in the document, closes: #172897
220 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
224 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
226 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
227 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
228 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
229 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
230 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
231 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
232 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
234 - editorial changes on material added in this version
235 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
236 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
237 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
238 closes: #139957, #108416
239 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
240 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
244 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
247 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
249 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
250 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
251 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
252 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
254 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
255 for best practices for documentation
256 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
257 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
258 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
259 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
261 - spell-checking pass
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
265 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
268 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
269 descriptions" moved under there
270 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
271 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
272 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
273 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
274 the document where these tools are discussed
275 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
276 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
277 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
278 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
279 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
280 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
282 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
283 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
284 that can be fixed by DDP folks
285 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
286 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
287 - simply PS and PDF building rules
289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
291 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
294 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
295 section and adjusted links
296 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
298 - ChangeLog attribution updates
299 - fix typos, closes: #171781
300 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
301 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
302 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
303 for debian/rules", and write an intro
304 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
305 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
306 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
307 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
308 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
309 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
310 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
311 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
312 "Internationalization"
313 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
314 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
315 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
316 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
317 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
318 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
319 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
320 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
321 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
323 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
324 rather useless and broken
325 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
326 names and the first word
327 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
328 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
329 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
331 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
332 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
333 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
337 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
340 - DDP publishing update
342 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
343 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
344 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
345 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
349 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
352 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
353 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
354 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
356 - added myself as co-author
357 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
359 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
360 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
362 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
363 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
367 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
370 - Corrected several errors with —
371 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
372 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
373 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
374 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
375 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
376 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
377 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
379 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
380 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
381 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
382 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
383 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
384 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
385 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
386 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
387 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
389 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
390 descriptions". closes: #158609
391 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
392 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
393 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
394 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
395 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
397 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
398 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
399 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
400 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
401 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
402 - updated the mailing lists section
404 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
405 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
410 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
414 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
416 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
418 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
419 Ch "The Debian Archive"
421 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
423 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
424 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
425 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
426 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
427 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
429 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
430 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
431 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
432 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
433 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
434 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
435 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
437 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
438 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
441 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
442 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
443 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
444 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
445 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
446 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
447 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
448 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
449 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
450 work-around with <...>
451 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
452 - update copyright date
453 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
454 - spell check and grammar corrections
458 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
460 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
461 recompile"; closes: #102626
462 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
463 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
464 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
465 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
466 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
468 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
469 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
470 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
472 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
474 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
475 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
476 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
477 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
478 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
479 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
480 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
481 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
482 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
484 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
486 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
488 - updated the list of available architectures.
489 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
490 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
491 of the package and nothing more.
492 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
493 any pain to the ftpmasters.
494 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
495 the use of the delayed queue.
496 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
497 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
499 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
500 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
501 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
502 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
503 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
504 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
505 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
507 - new Sec "Documentation"
508 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
509 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
510 "Being kind to porter" too
511 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
512 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
513 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
514 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
515 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
517 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
518 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
521 - update French translation
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
525 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
528 - some grammar corrections
529 - update French translation
531 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
532 anymore; closes: #135559
533 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
535 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
537 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
538 that would be welcome)
539 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
540 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
541 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
542 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
543 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
544 - other minor wording changes
545 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
546 - Ch "Package uploads":
547 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
548 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
549 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
550 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
551 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
552 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
553 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
557 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 * from Martin Michlmayr
560 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
561 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
562 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
564 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
566 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
568 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
570 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
571 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
572 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
575 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
577 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
582 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
585 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
587 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
588 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
589 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
590 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
591 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
592 talking about uploading to distributions
593 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
594 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
595 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
597 - French translation updated
599 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
600 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
601 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
605 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
608 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
609 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
614 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
617 * fix a typo in a link
618 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
619 update documentation accordingly
621 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
622 forwarding bugs upstream
624 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
625 entities which should be used
626 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
627 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
631 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
633 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
634 * French version: completely up-to-date now
635 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
636 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
638 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
643 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
645 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
647 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
648 this translation needs updating
649 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
650 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
651 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
653 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
654 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
655 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
657 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
658 included yet, however
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
664 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
666 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
667 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
669 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
673 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
675 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
676 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
677 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
679 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
683 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
686 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
687 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
688 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
689 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
690 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
691 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
692 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
693 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
694 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
695 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
696 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
697 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
699 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
700 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
701 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
702 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
703 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
705 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
707 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
708 * update copyright notice for 2001
709 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
710 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
711 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
715 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
717 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
719 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
721 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
725 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
727 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
728 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
730 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
731 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
732 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
733 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
734 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
735 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
736 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
737 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
738 could be used if necessary
739 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
740 mention the rsync dupload method
741 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
743 * other small corrections
744 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
745 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
746 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
747 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
749 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
751 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
752 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
756 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
758 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
759 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
760 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
761 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
763 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
764 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
765 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
766 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
767 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
769 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
771 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
772 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
773 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
774 team (closes: Bug#52906)
775 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
776 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
777 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
779 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
780 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
781 - added a section about the LDAP database
782 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
783 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
785 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
786 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
788 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
790 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
792 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
793 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
794 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
796 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
797 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
798 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
799 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
800 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
801 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
802 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
803 description from developers-reference.sgml
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
807 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
809 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
810 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
812 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
814 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
815 releases are available at archive.debian.org
816 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
817 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
818 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
819 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
820 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
821 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
822 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
823 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
825 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
826 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
827 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
828 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
830 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
831 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
832 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
833 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
834 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
835 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
836 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
837 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
838 suggestion from James Troup
839 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
840 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
841 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
842 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
849 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
850 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
856 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
857 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
858 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
859 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
860 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
861 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
862 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
866 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
868 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
869 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
870 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
871 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
872 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
873 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
875 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
876 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
878 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
882 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
884 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
886 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
887 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
888 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
889 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
890 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
892 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
893 with intro; demoted server sections under that
894 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
895 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
897 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
898 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
899 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
900 a normal developer may have access.
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
904 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
906 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
907 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
908 step all over each other
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
912 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
914 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
915 address for PGP key updates
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
919 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
921 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
922 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
923 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
924 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
925 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
931 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
932 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
933 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
934 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
935 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
936 <keyring-maint> instead)
937 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
938 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
940 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
942 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
943 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
944 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
948 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
950 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
951 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
952 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
953 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
954 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
955 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
957 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
958 tighten up the language a bit
959 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
960 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
961 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
962 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
964 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
965 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
966 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
967 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
968 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
969 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
971 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
972 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
973 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
974 about how to depart Debian gracefully
975 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
976 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
977 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
978 number of available packages
979 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
980 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
982 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
984 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
986 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
989 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
991 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
993 * not officially released
994 * more spelling corrections
995 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
999 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * not officially released
1002 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1003 * some PGP-centricity removed
1004 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1005 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1006 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1007 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1008 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1009 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1011 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1013 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1015 * not officially released
1016 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1017 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1018 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1019 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1020 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1021 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1022 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1023 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1024 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1025 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1026 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1027 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1028 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1029 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1031 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1032 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1034 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1036 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1037 take a couple of weeks
1038 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1039 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1040 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1041 excited about it and can't wait
1042 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1043 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1045 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1046 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1048 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1049 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1050 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1054 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1056 * move to 3-level version number:
1057 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1058 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1059 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1060 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1061 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1064 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1065 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1066 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1068 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1070 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1071 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1072 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1073 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1074 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1075 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1077 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1079 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1080 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1081 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1082 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1083 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1084 - "The CVS server": new section added
1085 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1087 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1088 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1089 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1090 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1091 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1092 with respect to GPG.
1093 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1094 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1095 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1096 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1097 a canonical location?)
1098 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1099 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1100 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1101 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1103 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1105 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1106 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1107 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1108 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1110 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1112 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1115 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1116 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1117 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1118 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1119 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1120 and should not be included in this Reference.
1121 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1122 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1123 maintainer tools only!
1124 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1125 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1126 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1127 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1128 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1129 * Little corrections here and there.
1130 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1131 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1134 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1139 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1140 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1142 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1143 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1144 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1145 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1146 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1147 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1148 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1149 do prior to uploading
1150 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1151 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1153 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1154 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1155 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1156 duties with respect to bugs
1157 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1158 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1159 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1161 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1162 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1163 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1164 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1165 explicit what is used to build this package
1167 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1169 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1173 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1174 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1175 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1176 * utilize the new URL tag
1177 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1180 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1182 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1184 * non-maintainer release
1185 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1186 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1187 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1188 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1189 text, it can't hurt you.)
1190 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1191 reflect this packages version number
1192 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1194 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1196 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1200 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1202 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1204 * New version numbering scheme:
1206 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1207 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1208 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1211 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1212 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1213 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1214 differ between the manuals.
1216 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1217 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1218 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1219 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1221 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1222 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1224 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1226 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1228 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1232 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1233 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1235 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1236 (as requested by James Troup)
1238 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1240 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1242 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1244 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1248 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1250 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1252 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1253 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1254 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1255 the non-maintainer release
1257 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1258 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1259 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1262 - Lots of typos fixed
1264 * Compressed SGML source code
1266 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1267 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1269 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1271 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1273 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1276 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1277 - Announcing package uploads
1278 * New section about Debian Mentors
1279 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1280 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1281 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1282 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1284 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1286 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1289 of our FTP server and the development process
1290 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1291 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1292 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1294 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1295 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1296 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1297 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1298 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1299 contacting the maintainer
1300 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1301 a new manual released soon)
1302 * Some minor changes
1303 * Include SGML source in package
1304 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1305 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1307 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1309 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1313 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200