1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:35:38 +0200
7 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
9 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
10 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
12 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
14 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
16 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
17 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
19 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
21 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
24 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
25 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
26 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
27 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
28 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
29 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
30 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
31 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
32 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
33 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
34 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
35 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
36 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
37 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
38 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
39 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
40 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
41 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
42 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
43 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
44 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
46 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
48 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
55 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
56 The most important changes are:
57 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
58 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
61 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
62 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
63 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
64 distinction. Closes: #464230.
65 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
66 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
67 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
68 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
69 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
70 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
72 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
73 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
75 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
76 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
78 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
79 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
81 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
83 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
84 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
86 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
87 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
88 Closes: #512620, #510783.
90 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
92 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
96 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
97 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
98 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
99 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
100 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
101 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
102 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
104 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
106 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
109 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
110 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
111 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
112 release codenames in <literal>
113 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
114 doesn't exist anymore.
115 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
116 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
117 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
118 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
119 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
120 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
121 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
122 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
123 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
124 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
125 team before upload. Closes: #459343
126 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
127 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
128 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
129 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
130 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
131 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
132 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
134 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
135 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
137 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
138 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
139 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
140 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
141 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
142 Thomas. Closes: #485837
144 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
145 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
147 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
149 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
153 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
154 - fix debian/copyright
155 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
156 - add pdf for French version.
157 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
158 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
159 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
160 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
161 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
162 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
163 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
164 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
165 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
167 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
168 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
170 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
172 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
173 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
174 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
175 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
176 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
177 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
179 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
182 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
183 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
184 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
185 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
186 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
187 * Update information concerning Alioth.
188 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
189 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
191 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
192 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
194 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
197 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
199 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
201 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
203 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
204 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
206 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
207 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
208 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
210 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
211 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
212 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
214 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
215 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
216 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
217 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
218 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
219 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
220 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
221 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
222 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
223 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
224 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
225 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
227 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
228 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
229 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
230 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
231 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
232 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
233 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
234 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
235 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
236 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
240 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
242 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
244 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
247 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
248 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
249 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
250 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
251 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
252 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
254 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
256 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
258 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
260 - non-us discontinued.
261 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
263 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
264 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
265 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
266 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
267 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
268 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
269 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
270 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
271 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
272 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
273 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
274 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
275 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
276 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
277 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
278 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
279 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
280 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
282 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
283 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
285 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
288 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
290 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
292 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
295 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
296 - madison is on merkel.
297 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
298 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
299 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
300 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
301 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
302 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
304 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
305 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
306 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
307 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
308 - sync NM rules with reality.
310 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
312 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
314 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
317 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
318 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
319 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
320 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
321 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
322 - spelling, grammer fixes.
323 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
324 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
325 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
326 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
327 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
328 - add myself to uploaders.
329 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
330 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
331 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
332 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
333 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
334 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
335 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
336 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
337 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
338 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
339 - rewrote the NMU section, and
340 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
341 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
342 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
343 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
344 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
345 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
346 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
347 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
349 - Security uploads get urgency=high
350 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
352 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
354 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
356 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
359 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
360 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
361 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
362 - documented Alioth, somewhat
364 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
365 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
367 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
368 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
369 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
370 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
374 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
376 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
377 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
378 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
379 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
384 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
387 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
389 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
390 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
391 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
393 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
394 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
395 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
396 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
399 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
401 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
402 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
403 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
404 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
405 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
407 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
408 it clear these are special cases
409 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
411 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
415 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
418 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
419 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
421 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
425 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
428 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
430 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
431 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
432 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
434 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
435 - the synopsis formula changed to either
436 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
438 <package-name> is <synopsis>
440 <package-name> are <synopsis>
442 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
443 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
444 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
445 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
446 package; closes: #187143
448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
450 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
453 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
454 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
456 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
458 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
459 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
460 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
461 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
462 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
463 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
464 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
465 right places in the document, closes: #172897
466 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
470 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
472 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
473 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
474 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
475 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
476 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
477 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
478 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
480 - editorial changes on material added in this version
481 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
482 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
483 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
484 closes: #139957, #108416
485 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
486 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
490 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
493 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
495 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
496 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
497 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
498 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
500 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
501 for best practices for documentation
502 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
503 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
504 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
505 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
507 - spell-checking pass
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
511 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
514 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
515 descriptions" moved under there
516 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
517 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
518 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
519 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
520 the document where these tools are discussed
521 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
522 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
523 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
524 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
525 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
526 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
528 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
529 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
530 that can be fixed by DDP folks
531 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
532 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
533 - simply PS and PDF building rules
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
537 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
540 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
541 section and adjusted links
542 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
544 - ChangeLog attribution updates
545 - fix typos, closes: #171781
546 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
547 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
548 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
549 for debian/rules", and write an intro
550 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
551 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
552 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
553 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
554 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
555 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
556 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
557 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
558 "Internationalization"
559 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
560 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
561 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
562 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
563 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
564 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
565 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
566 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
567 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
569 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
570 rather useless and broken
571 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
572 names and the first word
573 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
574 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
575 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
577 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
578 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
579 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
583 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
586 - DDP publishing update
588 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
589 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
590 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
591 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
595 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
598 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
599 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
600 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
602 - added myself as co-author
603 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
605 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
606 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
608 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
609 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
613 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
616 - Corrected several errors with —
617 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
618 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
619 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
620 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
621 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
622 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
623 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
625 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
626 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
627 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
628 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
629 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
630 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
631 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
632 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
633 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
635 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
636 descriptions". closes: #158609
637 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
638 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
639 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
640 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
641 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
643 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
644 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
645 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
646 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
647 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
648 - updated the mailing lists section
650 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
651 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
656 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
659 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
660 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
662 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
664 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
665 Ch "The Debian Archive"
667 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
669 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
670 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
671 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
672 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
673 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
675 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
676 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
677 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
678 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
679 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
680 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
681 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
683 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
684 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
687 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
688 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
689 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
690 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
691 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
692 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
693 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
694 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
695 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
696 work-around with <...>
697 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
698 - update copyright date
699 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
700 - spell check and grammar corrections
704 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
706 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
707 recompile"; closes: #102626
708 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
709 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
710 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
711 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
712 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
714 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
715 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
716 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
718 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
720 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
721 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
722 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
723 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
724 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
725 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
726 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
727 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
728 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
730 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
732 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
734 - updated the list of available architectures.
735 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
736 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
737 of the package and nothing more.
738 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
739 any pain to the ftpmasters.
740 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
741 the use of the delayed queue.
742 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
743 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
745 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
746 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
747 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
748 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
749 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
750 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
751 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
753 - new Sec "Documentation"
754 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
755 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
756 "Being kind to porter" too
757 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
758 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
759 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
760 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
761 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
763 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
764 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
767 - update French translation
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
771 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
774 - some grammar corrections
775 - update French translation
777 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
778 anymore; closes: #135559
779 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
781 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
783 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
784 that would be welcome)
785 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
786 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
787 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
788 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
789 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
790 - other minor wording changes
791 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
792 - Ch "Package uploads":
793 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
794 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
795 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
796 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
797 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
798 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
799 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
803 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
805 * from Martin Michlmayr
806 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
807 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
808 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
810 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
812 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
814 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
816 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
817 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
818 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
821 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
823 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
828 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
831 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
833 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
834 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
835 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
836 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
837 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
838 talking about uploading to distributions
839 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
840 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
841 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
843 - French translation updated
845 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
846 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
847 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
851 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
854 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
855 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
863 * fix a typo in a link
864 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
865 update documentation accordingly
867 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
868 forwarding bugs upstream
870 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
871 entities which should be used
872 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
873 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
877 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
879 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
880 * French version: completely up-to-date now
881 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
882 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
884 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
891 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
893 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
894 this translation needs updating
895 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
896 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
897 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
899 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
900 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
901 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
903 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
904 included yet, however
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
910 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
912 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
913 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
915 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
919 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
921 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
922 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
923 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
925 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
929 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
932 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
933 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
934 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
935 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
936 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
937 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
938 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
939 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
940 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
941 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
942 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
943 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
945 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
946 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
947 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
948 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
949 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
951 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
953 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
954 * update copyright notice for 2001
955 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
956 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
957 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
961 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
963 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
965 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
967 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
971 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
974 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
976 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
977 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
978 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
979 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
980 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
981 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
982 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
983 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
984 could be used if necessary
985 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
986 mention the rsync dupload method
987 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
989 * other small corrections
990 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
991 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
992 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
993 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
995 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
997 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
998 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1004 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1005 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1006 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1007 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1009 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1010 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1011 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1012 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1013 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1015 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1017 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1018 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1019 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1020 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1021 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1022 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1023 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1025 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1026 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1027 - added a section about the LDAP database
1028 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1029 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1031 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1032 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1036 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1039 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1040 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1042 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1043 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1044 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1045 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1046 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1047 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1048 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1049 description from developers-reference.sgml
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1053 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1056 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1058 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1060 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1061 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1062 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1063 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1064 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1065 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1066 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1067 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1068 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1069 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1071 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1072 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1073 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1074 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1076 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1077 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1078 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1079 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1080 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1081 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1082 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1083 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1084 suggestion from James Troup
1085 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1086 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1087 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1088 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1093 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1096 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1103 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1104 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1105 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1106 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1107 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1108 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1112 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1115 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1116 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1117 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1118 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1119 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1121 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1122 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1124 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1128 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1132 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1133 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1134 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1135 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1136 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1138 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1139 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1140 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1141 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1143 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1144 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1145 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1146 a normal developer may have access.
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1153 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1154 step all over each other
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1161 address for PGP key updates
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1168 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1169 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1170 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1171 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1175 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1178 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1179 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1180 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1181 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1182 <keyring-maint> instead)
1183 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1184 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1186 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1188 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1189 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1190 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1194 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1196 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1197 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1198 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1199 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1200 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1201 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1203 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1204 tighten up the language a bit
1205 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1206 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1207 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1208 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1210 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1211 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1212 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1213 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1214 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1215 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1217 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1218 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1219 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1220 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1221 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1222 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1223 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1224 number of available packages
1225 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1226 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1230 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1237 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * not officially released
1240 * more spelling corrections
1241 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1245 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * not officially released
1248 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1249 * some PGP-centricity removed
1250 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1251 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1252 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1253 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1254 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1255 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1259 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1261 * not officially released
1262 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1263 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1264 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1265 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1266 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1267 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1268 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1269 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1270 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1271 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1272 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1273 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1274 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1275 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1277 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1278 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1280 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1282 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1283 take a couple of weeks
1284 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1285 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1286 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1287 excited about it and can't wait
1288 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1289 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1291 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1292 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1294 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1295 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1296 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1300 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1302 * move to 3-level version number:
1303 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1304 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1305 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1306 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1307 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1310 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1311 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1312 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1314 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1316 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1317 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1318 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1319 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1320 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1321 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1323 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1325 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1326 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1327 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1328 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1329 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1330 - "The CVS server": new section added
1331 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1333 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1334 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1335 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1336 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1337 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1338 with respect to GPG.
1339 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1340 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1341 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1342 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1343 a canonical location?)
1344 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1345 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1346 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1347 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1349 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1351 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1352 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1353 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1354 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1356 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1358 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1361 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1362 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1363 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1364 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1365 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1366 and should not be included in this Reference.
1367 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1368 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1369 maintainer tools only!
1370 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1371 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1372 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1373 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1374 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1375 * Little corrections here and there.
1376 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1377 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1380 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1382 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1385 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1386 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1388 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1389 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1390 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1391 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1392 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1393 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1394 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1395 do prior to uploading
1396 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1397 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1399 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1400 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1401 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1402 duties with respect to bugs
1403 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1404 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1405 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1407 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1408 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1409 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1410 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1411 explicit what is used to build this package
1413 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1415 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1419 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1420 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1421 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1422 * utilize the new URL tag
1423 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1426 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1428 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1430 * non-maintainer release
1431 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1432 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1433 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1434 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1435 text, it can't hurt you.)
1436 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1437 reflect this packages version number
1438 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1440 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1442 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1448 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1450 * New version numbering scheme:
1452 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1453 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1454 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1457 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1458 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1459 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1460 differ between the manuals.
1462 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1463 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1464 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1465 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1467 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1468 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1470 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1474 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1478 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1479 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1481 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1482 (as requested by James Troup)
1484 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1486 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1488 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1490 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1494 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1496 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1498 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1499 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1500 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1501 the non-maintainer release
1503 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1504 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1505 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1508 - Lots of typos fixed
1510 * Compressed SGML source code
1512 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1513 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1515 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1519 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1522 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1523 - Announcing package uploads
1524 * New section about Debian Mentors
1525 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1526 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1527 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1528 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1532 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1534 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1535 of our FTP server and the development process
1536 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1537 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1538 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1540 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1541 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1542 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1543 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1544 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1545 contacting the maintainer
1546 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1547 a new manual released soon)
1548 * Some minor changes
1549 * Include SGML source in package
1550 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1551 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1555 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1559 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200