1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
27 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
29 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
32 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
34 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
36 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
38 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
39 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
41 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
43 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
46 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
47 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
48 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
49 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
50 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
51 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
52 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
53 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
54 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
55 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
56 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
57 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
58 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
59 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
60 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
61 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
62 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
63 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
64 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
65 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
66 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
68 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
70 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
73 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
77 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
78 The most important changes are:
79 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
80 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
83 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
84 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
85 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
86 distinction. Closes: #464230.
87 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
88 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
89 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
90 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
91 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
92 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
94 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
95 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
97 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
98 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
100 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
101 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
103 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
105 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
106 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
108 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
109 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
110 Closes: #512620, #510783.
112 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
114 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
118 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
119 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
120 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
121 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
122 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
123 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
124 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
126 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
128 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
131 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
132 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
133 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
134 release codenames in <literal>
135 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
136 doesn't exist anymore.
137 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
138 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
139 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
140 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
141 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
142 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
143 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
144 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
145 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
146 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
147 team before upload. Closes: #459343
148 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
149 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
150 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
151 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
152 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
153 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
154 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
156 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
157 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
159 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
160 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
161 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
162 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
163 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
164 Thomas. Closes: #485837
166 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
167 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
169 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
171 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
175 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
176 - fix debian/copyright
177 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
178 - add pdf for French version.
179 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
180 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
181 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
182 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
183 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
184 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
185 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
186 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
187 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
189 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
190 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
192 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
194 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
195 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
196 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
197 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
198 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
199 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
201 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
204 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
205 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
206 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
207 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
208 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
209 * Update information concerning Alioth.
210 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
211 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
213 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
214 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
216 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
219 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
221 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
223 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
225 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
226 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
228 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
229 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
230 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
232 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
233 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
234 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
236 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
237 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
238 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
239 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
240 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
241 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
242 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
243 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
244 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
245 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
246 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
247 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
249 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
250 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
251 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
252 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
253 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
254 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
255 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
256 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
257 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
258 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
262 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
264 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
266 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
269 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
270 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
271 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
272 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
273 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
274 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
276 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
278 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
280 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
282 - non-us discontinued.
283 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
285 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
286 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
287 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
288 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
289 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
290 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
291 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
292 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
293 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
294 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
295 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
296 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
297 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
298 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
299 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
300 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
301 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
302 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
304 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
305 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
307 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
310 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
312 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
314 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
317 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
318 - madison is on merkel.
319 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
320 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
321 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
322 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
323 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
324 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
326 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
327 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
328 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
329 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
330 - sync NM rules with reality.
332 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
334 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
336 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
339 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
340 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
341 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
342 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
343 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
344 - spelling, grammer fixes.
345 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
346 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
347 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
348 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
349 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
350 - add myself to uploaders.
351 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
352 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
353 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
354 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
355 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
356 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
357 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
358 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
359 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
360 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
361 - rewrote the NMU section, and
362 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
363 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
364 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
365 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
366 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
367 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
368 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
369 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
371 - Security uploads get urgency=high
372 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
374 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
376 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
378 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
381 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
382 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
383 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
384 - documented Alioth, somewhat
386 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
387 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
389 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
390 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
391 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
392 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
396 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
398 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
399 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
400 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
401 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
406 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
409 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
411 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
412 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
413 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
415 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
416 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
417 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
418 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
421 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
423 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
424 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
425 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
426 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
427 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
429 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
430 it clear these are special cases
431 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
433 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
437 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
440 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
441 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
443 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
447 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
450 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
452 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
453 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
454 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
456 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
457 - the synopsis formula changed to either
458 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
460 <package-name> is <synopsis>
462 <package-name> are <synopsis>
464 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
465 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
466 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
467 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
468 package; closes: #187143
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
472 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
475 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
476 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
478 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
480 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
481 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
482 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
483 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
484 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
485 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
486 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
487 right places in the document, closes: #172897
488 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
492 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
494 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
495 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
496 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
497 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
498 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
499 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
500 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
502 - editorial changes on material added in this version
503 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
504 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
505 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
506 closes: #139957, #108416
507 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
508 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
512 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
515 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
517 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
518 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
519 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
520 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
522 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
523 for best practices for documentation
524 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
525 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
526 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
527 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
529 - spell-checking pass
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
533 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
536 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
537 descriptions" moved under there
538 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
539 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
540 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
541 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
542 the document where these tools are discussed
543 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
544 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
545 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
546 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
547 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
548 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
550 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
551 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
552 that can be fixed by DDP folks
553 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
554 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
555 - simply PS and PDF building rules
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
559 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
562 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
563 section and adjusted links
564 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
566 - ChangeLog attribution updates
567 - fix typos, closes: #171781
568 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
569 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
570 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
571 for debian/rules", and write an intro
572 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
573 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
574 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
575 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
576 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
577 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
578 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
579 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
580 "Internationalization"
581 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
582 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
583 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
584 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
585 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
586 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
587 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
588 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
589 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
591 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
592 rather useless and broken
593 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
594 names and the first word
595 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
596 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
597 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
599 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
600 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
601 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
605 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
608 - DDP publishing update
610 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
611 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
612 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
613 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
617 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
620 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
621 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
622 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
624 - added myself as co-author
625 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
627 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
628 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
630 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
631 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
635 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
638 - Corrected several errors with —
639 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
640 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
641 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
642 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
643 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
644 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
645 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
647 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
648 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
649 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
650 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
651 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
652 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
653 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
654 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
655 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
657 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
658 descriptions". closes: #158609
659 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
660 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
661 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
662 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
663 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
665 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
666 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
667 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
668 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
669 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
670 - updated the mailing lists section
672 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
673 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
676 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
678 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
682 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
684 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
686 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
687 Ch "The Debian Archive"
689 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
691 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
692 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
693 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
694 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
695 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
697 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
698 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
699 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
700 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
701 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
702 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
703 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
705 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
706 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
709 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
710 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
711 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
712 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
713 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
714 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
715 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
716 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
717 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
718 work-around with <...>
719 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
720 - update copyright date
721 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
722 - spell check and grammar corrections
726 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
728 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
729 recompile"; closes: #102626
730 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
731 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
732 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
733 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
734 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
736 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
737 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
738 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
740 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
742 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
743 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
744 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
745 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
746 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
747 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
748 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
749 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
750 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
752 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
754 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
756 - updated the list of available architectures.
757 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
758 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
759 of the package and nothing more.
760 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
761 any pain to the ftpmasters.
762 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
763 the use of the delayed queue.
764 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
765 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
767 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
768 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
769 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
770 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
771 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
772 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
773 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
775 - new Sec "Documentation"
776 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
777 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
778 "Being kind to porter" too
779 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
780 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
781 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
782 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
783 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
785 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
786 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
789 - update French translation
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
796 - some grammar corrections
797 - update French translation
799 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
800 anymore; closes: #135559
801 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
803 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
805 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
806 that would be welcome)
807 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
808 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
809 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
810 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
811 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
812 - other minor wording changes
813 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
814 - Ch "Package uploads":
815 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
816 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
817 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
818 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
819 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
820 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
821 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
825 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
827 * from Martin Michlmayr
828 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
829 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
830 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
832 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
834 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
836 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
838 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
839 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
840 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
843 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
845 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
850 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
853 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
855 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
856 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
857 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
858 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
859 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
860 talking about uploading to distributions
861 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
862 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
863 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
865 - French translation updated
867 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
868 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
869 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
873 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
876 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
877 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
882 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
885 * fix a typo in a link
886 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
887 update documentation accordingly
889 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
890 forwarding bugs upstream
892 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
893 entities which should be used
894 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
895 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
899 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
901 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
902 * French version: completely up-to-date now
903 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
904 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
906 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
913 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
915 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
916 this translation needs updating
917 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
918 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
919 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
921 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
922 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
923 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
925 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
926 included yet, however
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
930 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
932 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
934 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
935 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
937 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
941 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
943 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
944 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
945 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
947 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
951 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
954 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
955 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
956 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
957 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
958 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
959 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
960 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
961 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
962 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
963 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
964 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
965 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
967 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
968 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
969 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
970 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
971 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
973 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
975 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
976 * update copyright notice for 2001
977 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
978 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
979 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
983 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
985 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
987 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
989 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
993 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
996 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
998 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
999 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1000 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1001 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1002 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1003 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1004 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1005 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1006 could be used if necessary
1007 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1008 mention the rsync dupload method
1009 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1011 * other small corrections
1012 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1013 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1014 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1015 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1017 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1019 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1020 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1026 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1027 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1028 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1029 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1031 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1032 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1033 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1034 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1035 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1037 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1039 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1040 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1041 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1042 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1043 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1044 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1045 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1047 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1048 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1049 - added a section about the LDAP database
1050 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1051 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1053 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1054 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1058 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1061 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1062 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1064 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1065 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1066 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1067 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1068 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1069 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1070 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1071 description from developers-reference.sgml
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1078 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1080 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1082 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1083 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1084 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1085 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1086 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1087 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1088 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1089 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1090 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1091 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1093 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1094 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1095 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1096 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1098 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1099 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1100 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1101 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1102 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1103 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1104 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1105 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1106 suggestion from James Troup
1107 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1108 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1109 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1110 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1115 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1118 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1125 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1126 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1127 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1128 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1129 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1130 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1137 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1138 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1139 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1140 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1141 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1143 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1144 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1146 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1154 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1155 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1156 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1157 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1158 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1160 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1161 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1162 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1163 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1165 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1166 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1167 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1168 a normal developer may have access.
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1175 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1176 step all over each other
1178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1180 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1183 address for PGP key updates
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1187 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1190 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1191 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1192 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1193 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1197 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1200 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1201 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1202 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1203 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1204 <keyring-maint> instead)
1205 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1206 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1208 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1210 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1211 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1212 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1216 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1218 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1219 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1220 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1221 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1222 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1223 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1225 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1226 tighten up the language a bit
1227 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1228 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1229 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1230 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1232 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1233 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1234 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1235 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1236 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1237 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1239 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1240 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1241 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1242 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1243 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1244 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1245 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1246 number of available packages
1247 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1248 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1252 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1259 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * not officially released
1262 * more spelling corrections
1263 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1267 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * not officially released
1270 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1271 * some PGP-centricity removed
1272 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1273 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1274 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1275 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1276 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1277 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1281 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1283 * not officially released
1284 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1285 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1286 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1287 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1288 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1289 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1290 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1291 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1292 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1293 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1294 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1295 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1296 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1297 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1299 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1300 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1302 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1304 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1305 take a couple of weeks
1306 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1307 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1308 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1309 excited about it and can't wait
1310 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1311 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1313 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1314 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1316 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1317 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1318 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1322 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1324 * move to 3-level version number:
1325 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1326 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1327 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1328 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1329 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1332 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1333 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1334 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1336 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1338 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1339 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1340 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1341 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1342 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1343 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1345 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1347 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1348 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1349 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1350 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1351 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1352 - "The CVS server": new section added
1353 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1355 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1356 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1357 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1358 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1359 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1360 with respect to GPG.
1361 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1362 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1363 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1364 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1365 a canonical location?)
1366 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1367 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1368 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1369 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1371 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1373 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1374 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1375 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1376 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1378 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1380 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1383 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1384 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1385 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1386 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1387 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1388 and should not be included in this Reference.
1389 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1390 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1391 maintainer tools only!
1392 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1393 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1394 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1395 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1396 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1397 * Little corrections here and there.
1398 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1399 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1402 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1404 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1407 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1408 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1410 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1411 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1412 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1413 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1414 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1415 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1416 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1417 do prior to uploading
1418 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1419 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1421 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1422 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1423 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1424 duties with respect to bugs
1425 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1426 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1427 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1429 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1430 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1431 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1432 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1433 explicit what is used to build this package
1435 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1437 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1441 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1442 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1443 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1444 * utilize the new URL tag
1445 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1448 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1450 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 * non-maintainer release
1453 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1454 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1455 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1456 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1457 text, it can't hurt you.)
1458 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1459 reflect this packages version number
1460 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1462 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1464 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1470 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1472 * New version numbering scheme:
1474 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1475 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1476 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1479 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1480 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1481 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1482 differ between the manuals.
1484 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1485 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1486 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1487 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1489 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1490 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1492 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1496 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1500 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1501 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1503 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1504 (as requested by James Troup)
1506 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1508 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1510 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1512 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1516 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1518 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1520 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1521 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1522 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1523 the non-maintainer release
1525 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1526 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1527 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1530 - Lots of typos fixed
1532 * Compressed SGML source code
1534 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1535 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1537 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1539 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1541 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1544 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1545 - Announcing package uploads
1546 * New section about Debian Mentors
1547 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1548 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1549 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1550 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1552 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1554 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1557 of our FTP server and the development process
1558 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1559 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1560 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1562 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1563 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1564 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1565 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1566 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1567 contacting the maintainer
1568 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1569 a new manual released soon)
1570 * Some minor changes
1571 * Include SGML source in package
1572 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1573 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1577 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1581 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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