1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
8 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
9 The most important changes are:
10 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
11 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
14 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
15 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
16 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
17 distinction. Closes: #464230.
18 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
19 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
20 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
21 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
22 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
23 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
25 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
26 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
28 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
29 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
32 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:15:35 +0100
34 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
38 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
39 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
40 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
41 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
42 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
43 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
44 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
46 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
48 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
51 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
52 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
53 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
54 release codenames in <literal>
55 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
56 doesn't exist anymore.
57 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
58 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
59 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
60 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
61 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
62 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
63 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
64 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
65 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
66 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
67 team before upload. Closes: #459343
68 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
69 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
70 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
71 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
72 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
73 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
74 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
76 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
77 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
79 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
80 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
81 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
82 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
83 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
84 Thomas. Closes: #485837
86 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
87 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
89 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
91 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
95 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
96 - fix debian/copyright
97 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
98 - add pdf for French version.
99 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
100 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
101 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
102 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
103 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
104 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
105 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
106 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
107 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
109 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
110 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
112 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
114 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
115 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
116 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
117 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
118 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
119 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
121 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
124 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
125 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
126 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
127 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
128 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
129 * Update information concerning Alioth.
130 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
131 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
133 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
134 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
136 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
139 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
141 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
143 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
145 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
146 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
148 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
149 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
150 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
152 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
153 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
154 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
156 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
157 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
158 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
159 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
160 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
161 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
162 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
163 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
164 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
165 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
166 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
167 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
169 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
170 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
171 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
172 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
173 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
174 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
175 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
176 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
177 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
178 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
182 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
184 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
186 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
189 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
190 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
191 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
192 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
193 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
194 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
196 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
198 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
200 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
202 - non-us discontinued.
203 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
205 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
206 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
207 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
208 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
209 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
210 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
211 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
212 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
213 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
214 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
215 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
216 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
217 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
218 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
219 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
220 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
221 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
222 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
224 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
225 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
227 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
230 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
232 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
234 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
237 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
238 - madison is on merkel.
239 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
240 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
241 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
242 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
243 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
244 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
246 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
247 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
248 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
249 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
250 - sync NM rules with reality.
252 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
254 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
256 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
259 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
260 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
261 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
262 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
263 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
264 - spelling, grammer fixes.
265 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
266 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
267 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
268 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
269 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
270 - add myself to uploaders.
271 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
272 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
273 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
274 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
275 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
276 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
277 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
278 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
279 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
280 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
281 - rewrote the NMU section, and
282 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
283 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
284 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
285 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
286 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
287 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
288 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
289 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
291 - Security uploads get urgency=high
292 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
294 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
296 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
298 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
301 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
302 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
303 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
304 - documented Alioth, somewhat
306 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
307 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
309 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
310 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
311 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
312 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
316 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
318 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
319 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
320 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
321 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
326 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
329 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
331 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
332 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
333 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
335 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
336 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
337 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
338 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
341 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
343 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
344 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
345 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
346 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
347 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
349 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
350 it clear these are special cases
351 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
353 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
357 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
360 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
361 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
363 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
367 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
370 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
372 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
373 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
374 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
376 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
377 - the synopsis formula changed to either
378 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
380 <package-name> is <synopsis>
382 <package-name> are <synopsis>
384 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
385 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
386 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
387 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
388 package; closes: #187143
390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
392 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
395 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
396 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
398 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
400 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
401 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
402 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
403 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
404 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
405 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
406 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
407 right places in the document, closes: #172897
408 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
412 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
414 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
415 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
416 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
417 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
418 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
419 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
420 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
422 - editorial changes on material added in this version
423 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
424 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
425 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
426 closes: #139957, #108416
427 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
428 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
432 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
435 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
437 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
438 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
439 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
440 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
442 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
443 for best practices for documentation
444 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
445 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
446 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
447 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
449 - spell-checking pass
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
453 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
456 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
457 descriptions" moved under there
458 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
459 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
460 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
461 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
462 the document where these tools are discussed
463 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
464 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
465 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
466 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
467 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
468 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
470 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
471 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
472 that can be fixed by DDP folks
473 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
474 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
475 - simply PS and PDF building rules
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
479 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
482 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
483 section and adjusted links
484 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
486 - ChangeLog attribution updates
487 - fix typos, closes: #171781
488 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
489 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
490 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
491 for debian/rules", and write an intro
492 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
493 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
494 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
495 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
496 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
497 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
498 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
499 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
500 "Internationalization"
501 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
502 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
503 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
504 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
505 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
506 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
507 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
508 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
509 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
511 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
512 rather useless and broken
513 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
514 names and the first word
515 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
516 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
517 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
519 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
520 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
521 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
525 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
528 - DDP publishing update
530 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
531 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
532 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
533 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
537 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
540 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
541 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
542 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
544 - added myself as co-author
545 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
547 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
548 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
550 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
551 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
555 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
558 - Corrected several errors with —
559 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
560 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
561 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
562 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
563 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
564 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
565 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
567 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
568 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
569 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
570 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
571 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
572 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
573 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
574 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
575 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
577 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
578 descriptions". closes: #158609
579 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
580 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
581 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
582 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
583 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
585 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
586 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
587 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
588 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
589 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
590 - updated the mailing lists section
592 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
593 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
596 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
598 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
602 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
604 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
606 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
607 Ch "The Debian Archive"
609 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
611 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
612 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
613 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
614 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
615 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
617 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
618 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
619 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
620 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
621 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
622 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
623 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
625 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
626 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
629 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
630 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
631 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
632 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
633 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
634 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
635 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
636 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
637 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
638 work-around with <...>
639 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
640 - update copyright date
641 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
642 - spell check and grammar corrections
646 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
648 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
649 recompile"; closes: #102626
650 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
651 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
652 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
653 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
654 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
656 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
657 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
658 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
660 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
662 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
663 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
664 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
665 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
666 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
667 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
668 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
669 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
670 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
672 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
674 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
676 - updated the list of available architectures.
677 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
678 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
679 of the package and nothing more.
680 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
681 any pain to the ftpmasters.
682 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
683 the use of the delayed queue.
684 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
685 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
687 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
688 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
689 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
690 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
691 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
692 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
693 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
695 - new Sec "Documentation"
696 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
697 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
698 "Being kind to porter" too
699 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
700 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
701 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
702 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
703 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
705 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
706 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
709 - update French translation
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
713 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
716 - some grammar corrections
717 - update French translation
719 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
720 anymore; closes: #135559
721 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
723 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
725 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
726 that would be welcome)
727 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
728 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
729 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
730 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
731 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
732 - other minor wording changes
733 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
734 - Ch "Package uploads":
735 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
736 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
737 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
738 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
739 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
740 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
741 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
745 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
747 * from Martin Michlmayr
748 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
749 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
750 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
752 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
754 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
756 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
758 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
759 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
760 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
763 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
765 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
770 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
775 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
776 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
777 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
778 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
779 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
780 talking about uploading to distributions
781 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
782 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
783 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
785 - French translation updated
787 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
788 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
789 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
796 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
797 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
802 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
805 * fix a typo in a link
806 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
807 update documentation accordingly
809 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
810 forwarding bugs upstream
812 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
813 entities which should be used
814 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
815 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
821 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
822 * French version: completely up-to-date now
823 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
824 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
826 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
831 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
833 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
835 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
836 this translation needs updating
837 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
838 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
839 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
841 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
842 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
843 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
845 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
846 included yet, however
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
852 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
854 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
855 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
857 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
861 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
863 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
864 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
865 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
867 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
871 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
874 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
875 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
876 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
877 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
878 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
879 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
880 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
881 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
882 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
883 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
884 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
885 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
887 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
888 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
889 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
890 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
891 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
893 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
895 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
896 * update copyright notice for 2001
897 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
898 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
899 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
903 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
905 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
907 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
909 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
913 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
915 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
916 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
918 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
919 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
920 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
921 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
922 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
923 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
924 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
925 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
926 could be used if necessary
927 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
928 mention the rsync dupload method
929 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
931 * other small corrections
932 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
933 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
934 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
935 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
937 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
939 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
940 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
946 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
947 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
948 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
949 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
951 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
952 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
953 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
954 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
955 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
957 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
959 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
960 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
961 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
962 team (closes: Bug#52906)
963 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
964 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
965 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
967 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
968 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
969 - added a section about the LDAP database
970 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
971 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
973 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
974 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
978 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
981 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
982 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
984 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
985 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
986 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
987 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
988 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
989 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
990 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
991 description from developers-reference.sgml
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
995 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
997 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
998 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1000 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1002 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1003 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1004 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1005 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1006 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1007 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1008 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1009 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1010 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1011 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1013 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1014 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1015 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1016 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1018 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1019 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1020 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1021 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1022 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1023 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1024 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1025 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1026 suggestion from James Troup
1027 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1028 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1029 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1030 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1033 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1035 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1038 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1042 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1045 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1046 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1047 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1048 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1049 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1050 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1057 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1058 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1059 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1060 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1061 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1063 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1064 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1066 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1070 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1074 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1075 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1076 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1077 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1078 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1080 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1081 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1082 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1083 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1085 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1086 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1087 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1088 a normal developer may have access.
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1092 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1095 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1096 step all over each other
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1103 address for PGP key updates
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1110 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1111 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1112 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1113 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1117 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1120 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1121 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1122 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1123 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1124 <keyring-maint> instead)
1125 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1126 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1128 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1130 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1131 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1132 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1136 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1138 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1139 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1140 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1141 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1142 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1143 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1145 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1146 tighten up the language a bit
1147 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1148 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1149 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1150 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1152 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1153 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1154 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1155 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1156 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1157 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1159 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1160 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1161 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1162 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1163 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1164 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1165 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1166 number of available packages
1167 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1168 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1172 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1179 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * not officially released
1182 * more spelling corrections
1183 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1187 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * not officially released
1190 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1191 * some PGP-centricity removed
1192 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1193 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1194 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1195 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1196 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1197 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1201 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1203 * not officially released
1204 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1205 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1206 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1207 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1208 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1209 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1210 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1211 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1212 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1213 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1214 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1215 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1216 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1217 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1219 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1220 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1222 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1224 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1225 take a couple of weeks
1226 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1227 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1228 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1229 excited about it and can't wait
1230 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1231 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1233 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1234 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1236 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1237 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1238 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1242 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1244 * move to 3-level version number:
1245 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1246 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1247 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1248 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1249 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1252 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1253 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1254 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1256 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1258 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1259 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1260 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1261 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1262 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1263 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1265 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1267 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1268 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1269 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1270 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1271 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1272 - "The CVS server": new section added
1273 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1275 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1276 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1277 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1278 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1279 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1280 with respect to GPG.
1281 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1282 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1283 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1284 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1285 a canonical location?)
1286 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1287 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1288 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1289 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1291 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1293 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1294 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1295 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1296 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1298 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1300 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1303 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1304 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1305 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1306 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1307 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1308 and should not be included in this Reference.
1309 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1310 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1311 maintainer tools only!
1312 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1313 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1314 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1315 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1316 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1317 * Little corrections here and there.
1318 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1319 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1322 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1324 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1327 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1328 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1330 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1331 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1332 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1333 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1334 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1335 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1336 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1337 do prior to uploading
1338 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1339 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1341 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1342 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1343 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1344 duties with respect to bugs
1345 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1346 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1347 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1349 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1350 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1351 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1352 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1353 explicit what is used to build this package
1355 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1357 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1361 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1362 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1363 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1364 * utilize the new URL tag
1365 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1368 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1370 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1372 * non-maintainer release
1373 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1374 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1375 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1376 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1377 text, it can't hurt you.)
1378 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1379 reflect this packages version number
1380 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1382 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1384 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1388 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1390 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1392 * New version numbering scheme:
1394 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1395 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1396 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1399 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1400 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1401 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1402 differ between the manuals.
1404 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1405 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1406 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1407 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1409 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1410 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1412 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1414 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1416 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1420 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1421 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1423 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1424 (as requested by James Troup)
1426 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1428 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1430 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1432 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1436 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1438 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1440 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1441 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1442 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1443 the non-maintainer release
1445 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1446 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1447 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1450 - Lots of typos fixed
1452 * Compressed SGML source code
1454 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1455 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1457 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1459 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1461 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1464 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1465 - Announcing package uploads
1466 * New section about Debian Mentors
1467 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1468 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1469 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1470 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1474 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1477 of our FTP server and the development process
1478 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1479 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1480 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1482 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1483 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1484 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1485 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1486 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1487 contacting the maintainer
1488 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1489 a new manual released soon)
1490 * Some minor changes
1491 * Include SGML source in package
1492 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1493 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1497 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200