1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring.
4 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Wed, 28 May 2008 16:47:05 +0200
8 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
12 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
13 - fix debian/copyright
14 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
15 - add pdf for French version.
16 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
17 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
18 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
19 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
20 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
21 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
22 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
23 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
24 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
26 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
27 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
29 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
31 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
32 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
33 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
34 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
35 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
36 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
38 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
41 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
42 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
43 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
44 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
45 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
46 * Update information concerning Alioth.
47 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
48 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
50 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
51 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
53 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
56 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
58 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
60 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
62 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
63 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
65 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
66 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
67 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
69 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
70 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
71 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
73 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
74 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
75 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
76 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
77 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
78 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
79 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
80 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
81 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
82 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
83 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
84 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
86 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
87 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
88 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
89 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
90 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
91 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
92 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
93 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
94 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
95 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
99 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
101 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
103 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
106 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
107 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
108 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
109 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
110 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
111 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
113 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
115 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
117 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
119 - non-us discontinued.
120 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
122 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
123 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
124 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
125 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
126 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
127 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
128 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
129 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
130 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
131 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
132 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
133 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
134 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
135 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
136 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
137 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
138 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
139 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
141 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
142 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
144 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
147 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
149 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
151 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
154 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
155 - madison is on merkel.
156 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
157 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
158 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
159 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
160 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
161 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
163 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
164 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
165 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
166 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
167 - sync NM rules with reality.
169 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
171 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
173 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
176 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
177 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
178 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
179 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
180 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
181 - spelling, grammer fixes.
182 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
183 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
184 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
185 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
186 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
187 - add myself to uploaders.
188 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
189 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
190 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
191 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
192 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
193 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
194 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
195 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
196 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
197 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
198 - rewrote the NMU section, and
199 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
200 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
201 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
202 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
203 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
204 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
205 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
206 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
208 - Security uploads get urgency=high
209 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
211 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
213 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
215 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
218 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
219 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
220 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
221 - documented Alioth, somewhat
223 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
224 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
226 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
227 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
228 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
229 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
233 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
235 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
236 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
237 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
238 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
243 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
246 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
248 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
249 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
250 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
252 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
253 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
254 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
255 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
258 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
260 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
261 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
262 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
263 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
264 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
266 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
267 it clear these are special cases
268 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
270 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
274 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
277 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
278 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
280 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
284 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
287 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
289 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
290 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
291 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
293 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
294 - the synopsis formula changed to either
295 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
297 <package-name> is <synopsis>
299 <package-name> are <synopsis>
301 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
302 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
303 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
304 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
305 package; closes: #187143
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
309 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
312 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
313 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
315 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
317 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
318 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
319 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
320 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
321 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
322 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
323 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
324 right places in the document, closes: #172897
325 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
329 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
331 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
332 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
333 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
334 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
335 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
336 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
337 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
339 - editorial changes on material added in this version
340 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
341 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
342 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
343 closes: #139957, #108416
344 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
345 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
349 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
352 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
354 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
355 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
356 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
357 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
359 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
360 for best practices for documentation
361 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
362 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
363 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
364 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
366 - spell-checking pass
368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
370 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
373 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
374 descriptions" moved under there
375 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
376 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
377 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
378 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
379 the document where these tools are discussed
380 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
381 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
382 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
383 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
384 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
385 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
387 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
388 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
389 that can be fixed by DDP folks
390 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
391 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
392 - simply PS and PDF building rules
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
396 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
399 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
400 section and adjusted links
401 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
403 - ChangeLog attribution updates
404 - fix typos, closes: #171781
405 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
406 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
407 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
408 for debian/rules", and write an intro
409 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
410 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
411 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
412 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
413 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
414 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
415 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
416 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
417 "Internationalization"
418 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
419 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
420 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
421 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
422 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
423 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
424 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
425 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
426 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
428 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
429 rather useless and broken
430 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
431 names and the first word
432 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
433 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
434 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
436 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
437 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
438 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
442 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
445 - DDP publishing update
447 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
448 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
449 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
450 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
454 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
457 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
458 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
459 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
461 - added myself as co-author
462 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
464 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
465 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
467 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
468 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
472 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
475 - Corrected several errors with —
476 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
477 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
478 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
479 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
480 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
481 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
482 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
484 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
485 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
486 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
487 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
488 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
489 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
490 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
491 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
492 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
494 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
495 descriptions". closes: #158609
496 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
497 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
498 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
499 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
500 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
502 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
503 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
504 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
505 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
506 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
507 - updated the mailing lists section
509 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
510 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
515 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
518 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
519 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
521 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
523 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
524 Ch "The Debian Archive"
526 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
528 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
529 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
530 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
531 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
532 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
534 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
535 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
536 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
537 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
538 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
539 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
540 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
542 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
543 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
546 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
547 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
548 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
549 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
550 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
551 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
552 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
553 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
554 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
555 work-around with <...>
556 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
557 - update copyright date
558 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
559 - spell check and grammar corrections
563 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
565 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
566 recompile"; closes: #102626
567 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
568 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
569 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
570 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
571 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
573 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
574 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
575 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
577 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
579 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
580 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
581 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
582 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
583 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
584 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
585 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
586 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
587 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
589 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
591 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
593 - updated the list of available architectures.
594 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
595 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
596 of the package and nothing more.
597 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
598 any pain to the ftpmasters.
599 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
600 the use of the delayed queue.
601 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
602 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
604 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
605 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
606 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
607 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
608 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
609 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
610 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
612 - new Sec "Documentation"
613 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
614 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
615 "Being kind to porter" too
616 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
617 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
618 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
619 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
620 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
622 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
623 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
626 - update French translation
628 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
630 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
633 - some grammar corrections
634 - update French translation
636 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
637 anymore; closes: #135559
638 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
640 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
642 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
643 that would be welcome)
644 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
645 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
646 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
647 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
648 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
649 - other minor wording changes
650 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
651 - Ch "Package uploads":
652 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
653 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
654 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
655 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
656 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
657 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
658 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
662 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
664 * from Martin Michlmayr
665 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
666 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
667 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
669 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
671 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
673 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
675 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
676 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
677 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
680 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
682 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
685 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
687 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
690 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
692 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
693 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
694 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
695 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
696 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
697 talking about uploading to distributions
698 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
699 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
700 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
702 - French translation updated
704 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
705 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
706 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
713 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
714 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
719 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
722 * fix a typo in a link
723 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
724 update documentation accordingly
726 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
727 forwarding bugs upstream
729 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
730 entities which should be used
731 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
732 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
738 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
739 * French version: completely up-to-date now
740 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
741 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
743 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
750 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
752 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
753 this translation needs updating
754 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
755 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
756 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
758 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
759 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
760 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
762 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
763 included yet, however
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
767 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
769 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
771 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
772 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
774 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
778 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
780 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
781 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
782 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
784 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
788 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
791 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
792 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
793 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
794 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
795 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
796 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
797 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
798 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
799 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
800 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
801 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
802 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
804 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
805 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
806 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
807 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
808 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
810 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
812 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
813 * update copyright notice for 2001
814 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
815 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
816 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
820 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
822 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
824 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
826 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
830 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
833 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
835 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
836 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
837 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
838 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
839 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
840 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
841 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
842 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
843 could be used if necessary
844 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
845 mention the rsync dupload method
846 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
848 * other small corrections
849 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
850 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
851 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
852 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
854 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
856 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
857 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
861 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
863 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
864 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
865 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
866 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
868 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
869 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
870 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
871 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
872 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
874 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
876 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
877 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
878 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
879 team (closes: Bug#52906)
880 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
881 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
882 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
884 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
885 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
886 - added a section about the LDAP database
887 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
888 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
890 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
891 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
898 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
899 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
901 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
902 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
903 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
904 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
905 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
906 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
907 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
908 description from developers-reference.sgml
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
912 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
914 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
915 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
917 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
919 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
920 releases are available at archive.debian.org
921 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
922 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
923 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
924 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
925 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
926 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
927 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
928 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
930 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
931 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
932 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
933 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
935 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
936 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
937 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
938 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
939 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
940 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
941 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
942 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
943 suggestion from James Troup
944 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
945 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
946 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
947 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
954 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
955 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
959 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
961 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
962 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
963 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
964 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
965 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
966 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
967 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
971 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
974 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
975 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
976 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
977 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
978 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
980 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
981 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
983 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
987 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
989 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
991 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
992 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
993 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
994 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
995 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
997 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
998 with intro; demoted server sections under that
999 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1000 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1002 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1003 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1004 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1005 a normal developer may have access.
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1012 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1013 step all over each other
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1020 address for PGP key updates
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1027 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1028 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1029 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1030 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1034 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1037 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1038 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1039 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1040 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1041 <keyring-maint> instead)
1042 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1043 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1045 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1047 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1048 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1049 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1053 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1055 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1056 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1057 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1058 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1059 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1060 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1062 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1063 tighten up the language a bit
1064 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1065 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1066 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1067 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1069 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1070 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1071 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1072 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1073 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1074 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1076 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1077 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1078 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1079 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1080 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1081 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1082 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1083 number of available packages
1084 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1085 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1089 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1094 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1096 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * not officially released
1099 * more spelling corrections
1100 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1104 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * not officially released
1107 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1108 * some PGP-centricity removed
1109 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1110 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1111 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1112 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1113 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1114 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1118 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1120 * not officially released
1121 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1122 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1123 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1124 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1125 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1126 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1127 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1128 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1129 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1130 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1131 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1132 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1133 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1134 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1136 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1137 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1139 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1141 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1142 take a couple of weeks
1143 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1144 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1145 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1146 excited about it and can't wait
1147 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1148 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1150 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1151 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1153 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1154 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1155 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1159 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1161 * move to 3-level version number:
1162 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1163 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1164 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1165 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1166 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1169 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1170 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1171 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1173 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1175 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1176 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1177 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1178 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1179 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1180 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1182 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1184 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1185 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1186 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1187 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1188 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1189 - "The CVS server": new section added
1190 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1192 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1193 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1194 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1195 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1196 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1197 with respect to GPG.
1198 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1199 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1200 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1201 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1202 a canonical location?)
1203 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1204 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1205 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1206 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1208 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1210 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1211 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1212 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1213 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1215 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1217 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1220 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1221 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1222 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1223 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1224 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1225 and should not be included in this Reference.
1226 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1227 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1228 maintainer tools only!
1229 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1230 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1231 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1232 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1233 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1234 * Little corrections here and there.
1235 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1236 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1239 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1241 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1244 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1245 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1247 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1248 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1249 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1250 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1251 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1252 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1253 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1254 do prior to uploading
1255 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1256 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1258 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1259 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1260 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1261 duties with respect to bugs
1262 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1263 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1264 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1266 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1267 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1268 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1269 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1270 explicit what is used to build this package
1272 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1274 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1278 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1279 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1280 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1281 * utilize the new URL tag
1282 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1285 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1289 * non-maintainer release
1290 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1291 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1292 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1293 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1294 text, it can't hurt you.)
1295 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1296 reflect this packages version number
1297 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1299 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1301 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1305 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1307 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1309 * New version numbering scheme:
1311 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1312 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1313 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1316 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1317 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1318 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1319 differ between the manuals.
1321 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1322 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1323 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1324 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1326 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1327 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1329 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1331 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1333 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1337 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1338 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1340 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1341 (as requested by James Troup)
1343 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1345 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1347 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1349 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1353 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1355 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1357 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1358 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1359 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1360 the non-maintainer release
1362 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1363 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1364 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1367 - Lots of typos fixed
1369 * Compressed SGML source code
1371 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1372 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1374 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1376 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1378 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1381 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1382 - Announcing package uploads
1383 * New section about Debian Mentors
1384 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1385 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1386 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1387 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1391 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1394 of our FTP server and the development process
1395 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1396 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1397 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1399 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1400 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1401 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1402 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1403 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1404 contacting the maintainer
1405 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1406 a new manual released soon)
1407 * Some minor changes
1408 * Include SGML source in package
1409 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1410 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1412 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1414 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1418 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200