1 developers-reference (3.4.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
5 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
8 * Update my email address.
10 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:49:22 +0200
12 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
18 version tracking removed that requirement.
21 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
22 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
23 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
24 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
25 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
26 needed. Closes: #619990
27 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
28 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
31 * Initial German translation.
34 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
35 * Update French translation.
36 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
37 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
38 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
41 * Update Japanese translation.
43 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
45 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
49 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
52 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
53 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
54 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
55 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
56 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
57 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
58 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
59 patch. Closes: #540231
60 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
61 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
62 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
63 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
64 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
65 for the patch. Closes: #548823
66 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
67 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
68 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
69 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
70 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
71 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
72 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
73 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
74 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
75 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
76 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
77 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
78 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
79 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
81 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
82 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
83 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
85 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
86 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
87 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
88 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
89 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
91 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
93 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
94 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
95 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
96 patch. Closes: #573110
97 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
99 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
100 multi-lines substitution variables.
103 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
104 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
105 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
106 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
107 * Activate Japanese package.
108 * Handle addendum if it exists.
110 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
112 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
115 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
117 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
119 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
121 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
122 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
124 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
126 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
129 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
130 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
131 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
132 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
133 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
134 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
135 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
136 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
137 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
138 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
139 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
140 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
141 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
142 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
143 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
144 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
145 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
146 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
147 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
148 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
149 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
151 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
153 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
160 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
161 The most important changes are:
162 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
163 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
166 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
167 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
168 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
169 distinction. Closes: #464230.
170 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
171 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
172 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
173 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
174 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
175 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
177 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
178 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
180 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
181 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
183 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
184 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
186 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
188 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
189 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
191 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
192 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
193 Closes: #512620, #510783.
195 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
197 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
201 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
202 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
203 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
204 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
205 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
206 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
207 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
209 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
211 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
214 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
215 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
216 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
217 release codenames in <literal>
218 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
219 doesn't exist anymore.
220 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
221 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
222 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
223 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
224 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
225 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
226 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
227 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
228 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
229 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
230 team before upload. Closes: #459343
231 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
232 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
233 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
234 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
235 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
236 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
237 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
239 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
240 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
242 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
243 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
244 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
245 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
246 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
247 Thomas. Closes: #485837
249 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
250 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
252 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
254 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
258 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
259 - fix debian/copyright
260 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
261 - add pdf for French version.
262 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
263 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
264 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
265 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
266 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
267 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
268 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
269 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
270 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
272 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
273 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
275 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
277 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
278 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
279 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
280 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
281 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
282 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
284 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
287 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
288 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
289 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
290 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
291 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
292 * Update information concerning Alioth.
293 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
294 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
296 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
297 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
299 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
302 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
304 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
306 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
308 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
309 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
311 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
312 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
313 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
315 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
316 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
317 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
319 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
320 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
321 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
322 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
323 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
324 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
325 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
326 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
327 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
328 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
329 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
330 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
332 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
333 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
334 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
335 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
336 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
337 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
338 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
339 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
340 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
341 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
345 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
347 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
349 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
352 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
353 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
354 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
355 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
356 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
357 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
359 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
361 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
363 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
365 - non-us discontinued.
366 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
368 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
369 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
370 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
371 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
372 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
373 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
374 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
375 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
376 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
377 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
378 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
379 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
380 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
381 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
382 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
383 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
384 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
385 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
387 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
388 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
390 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
393 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
395 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
397 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
400 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
401 - madison is on merkel.
402 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
403 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
404 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
405 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
406 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
407 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
409 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
410 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
411 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
412 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
413 - sync NM rules with reality.
415 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
417 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
419 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
422 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
423 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
424 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
425 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
426 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
427 - spelling, grammer fixes.
428 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
429 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
430 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
431 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
432 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
433 - add myself to uploaders.
434 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
435 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
436 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
437 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
438 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
439 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
440 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
441 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
442 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
443 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
444 - rewrote the NMU section, and
445 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
446 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
447 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
448 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
449 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
450 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
451 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
452 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
454 - Security uploads get urgency=high
455 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
457 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
459 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
461 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
464 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
465 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
466 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
467 - documented Alioth, somewhat
469 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
470 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
472 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
473 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
474 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
475 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
479 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
481 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
482 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
483 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
484 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
489 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
492 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
494 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
495 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
496 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
498 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
499 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
500 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
501 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
504 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
506 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
507 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
508 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
509 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
510 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
512 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
513 it clear these are special cases
514 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
516 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
520 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
523 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
524 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
526 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
530 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
533 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
535 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
536 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
537 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
539 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
540 - the synopsis formula changed to either
541 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
543 <package-name> is <synopsis>
545 <package-name> are <synopsis>
547 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
548 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
549 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
550 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
551 package; closes: #187143
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
555 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
558 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
559 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
561 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
563 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
564 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
565 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
566 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
567 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
568 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
569 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
570 right places in the document, closes: #172897
571 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
575 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
577 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
578 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
579 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
580 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
581 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
582 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
583 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
585 - editorial changes on material added in this version
586 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
587 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
588 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
589 closes: #139957, #108416
590 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
591 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
595 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
598 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
600 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
601 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
602 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
603 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
605 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
606 for best practices for documentation
607 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
608 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
609 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
610 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
612 - spell-checking pass
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
616 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
619 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
620 descriptions" moved under there
621 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
622 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
623 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
624 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
625 the document where these tools are discussed
626 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
627 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
628 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
629 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
630 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
631 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
633 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
634 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
635 that can be fixed by DDP folks
636 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
637 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
638 - simply PS and PDF building rules
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
642 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
645 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
646 section and adjusted links
647 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
649 - ChangeLog attribution updates
650 - fix typos, closes: #171781
651 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
652 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
653 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
654 for debian/rules", and write an intro
655 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
656 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
657 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
658 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
659 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
660 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
661 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
662 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
663 "Internationalization"
664 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
665 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
666 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
667 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
668 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
669 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
670 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
671 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
672 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
674 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
675 rather useless and broken
676 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
677 names and the first word
678 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
679 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
680 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
682 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
683 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
684 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
688 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
691 - DDP publishing update
693 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
694 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
695 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
696 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
700 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
703 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
704 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
705 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
707 - added myself as co-author
708 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
710 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
711 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
713 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
714 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
718 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
721 - Corrected several errors with —
722 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
723 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
724 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
725 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
726 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
727 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
728 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
730 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
731 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
732 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
733 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
734 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
735 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
736 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
737 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
738 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
740 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
741 descriptions". closes: #158609
742 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
743 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
744 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
745 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
746 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
748 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
749 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
750 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
751 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
752 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
753 - updated the mailing lists section
755 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
756 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
761 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
765 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
767 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
769 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
770 Ch "The Debian Archive"
772 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
774 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
775 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
776 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
777 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
778 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
780 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
781 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
782 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
783 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
784 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
785 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
786 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
788 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
789 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
792 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
793 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
794 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
795 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
796 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
797 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
798 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
799 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
800 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
801 work-around with <...>
802 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
803 - update copyright date
804 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
805 - spell check and grammar corrections
809 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
811 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
812 recompile"; closes: #102626
813 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
814 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
815 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
816 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
817 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
819 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
820 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
821 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
823 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
825 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
826 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
827 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
828 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
829 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
830 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
831 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
832 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
833 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
835 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
837 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
839 - updated the list of available architectures.
840 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
841 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
842 of the package and nothing more.
843 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
844 any pain to the ftpmasters.
845 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
846 the use of the delayed queue.
847 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
848 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
850 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
851 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
852 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
853 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
854 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
855 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
856 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
858 - new Sec "Documentation"
859 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
860 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
861 "Being kind to porter" too
862 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
863 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
864 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
865 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
866 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
868 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
869 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
872 - update French translation
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
879 - some grammar corrections
880 - update French translation
882 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
883 anymore; closes: #135559
884 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
886 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
888 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
889 that would be welcome)
890 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
891 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
892 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
893 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
894 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
895 - other minor wording changes
896 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
897 - Ch "Package uploads":
898 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
899 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
900 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
901 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
902 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
903 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
904 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
908 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
910 * from Martin Michlmayr
911 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
912 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
913 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
915 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
917 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
919 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
921 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
922 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
923 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
926 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
928 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
933 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
936 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
938 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
939 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
940 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
941 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
942 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
943 talking about uploading to distributions
944 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
945 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
946 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
948 - French translation updated
950 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
951 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
952 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
954 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
956 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
959 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
960 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
965 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
968 * fix a typo in a link
969 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
970 update documentation accordingly
972 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
973 forwarding bugs upstream
975 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
976 entities which should be used
977 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
978 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
982 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
984 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
985 * French version: completely up-to-date now
986 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
987 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
989 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
994 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
996 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
998 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
999 this translation needs updating
1000 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1001 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1002 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1004 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1005 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1006 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1008 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1009 included yet, however
1011 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1013 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1017 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1018 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1020 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1024 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1027 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1028 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1030 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1034 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1037 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1038 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1039 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1040 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1041 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1042 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1043 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1044 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1045 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1046 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1047 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1048 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1050 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1051 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1052 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1053 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1054 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1056 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1058 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1059 * update copyright notice for 2001
1060 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1061 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1062 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1066 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1070 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1072 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1076 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1079 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1081 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1082 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1083 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1084 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1085 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1086 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1087 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1088 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1089 could be used if necessary
1090 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1091 mention the rsync dupload method
1092 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1094 * other small corrections
1095 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1096 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1097 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1098 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1100 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1102 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1103 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1109 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1110 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1111 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1112 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1114 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1115 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1116 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1117 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1118 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1120 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1122 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1123 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1124 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1125 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1126 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1127 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1128 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1130 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1131 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1132 - added a section about the LDAP database
1133 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1134 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1136 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1137 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1141 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1144 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1145 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1147 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1148 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1149 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1150 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1151 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1152 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1153 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1154 description from developers-reference.sgml
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1161 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1163 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1165 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1166 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1167 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1168 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1169 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1170 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1171 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1172 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1173 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1174 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1176 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1177 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1178 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1179 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1181 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1182 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1183 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1184 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1185 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1186 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1187 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1188 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1189 suggestion from James Troup
1190 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1191 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1192 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1193 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1198 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1201 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1208 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1209 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1210 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1211 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1212 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1213 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1217 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1220 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1221 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1222 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1223 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1224 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1226 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1227 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1229 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1233 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1237 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1238 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1239 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1240 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1241 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1243 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1244 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1245 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1246 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1248 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1249 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1250 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1251 a normal developer may have access.
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1255 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1258 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1259 step all over each other
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1263 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1266 address for PGP key updates
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1273 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1274 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1275 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1276 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1280 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1283 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1284 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1285 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1286 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1287 <keyring-maint> instead)
1288 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1289 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1291 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1293 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1294 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1295 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1299 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1301 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1302 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1303 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1304 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1305 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1306 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1308 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1309 tighten up the language a bit
1310 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1311 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1312 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1313 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1315 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1316 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1317 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1318 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1319 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1320 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1322 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1323 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1324 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1325 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1326 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1327 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1328 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1329 number of available packages
1330 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1331 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1333 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1335 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1342 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * not officially released
1345 * more spelling corrections
1346 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1350 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * not officially released
1353 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1354 * some PGP-centricity removed
1355 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1356 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1357 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1358 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1359 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1360 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1364 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1366 * not officially released
1367 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1368 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1369 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1370 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1371 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1372 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1373 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1374 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1375 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1376 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1377 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1378 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1379 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1380 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1382 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1383 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1385 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1387 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1388 take a couple of weeks
1389 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1390 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1391 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1392 excited about it and can't wait
1393 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1394 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1396 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1397 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1399 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1400 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1401 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1405 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1407 * move to 3-level version number:
1408 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1409 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1410 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1411 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1412 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1415 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1416 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1417 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1419 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1421 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1422 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1423 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1424 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1425 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1426 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1428 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1430 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1431 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1432 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1433 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1434 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1435 - "The CVS server": new section added
1436 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1438 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1439 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1440 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1441 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1442 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1443 with respect to GPG.
1444 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1445 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1446 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1447 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1448 a canonical location?)
1449 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1450 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1451 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1452 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1454 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1456 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1457 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1458 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1459 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1461 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1463 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1466 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1467 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1468 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1469 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1470 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1471 and should not be included in this Reference.
1472 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1473 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1474 maintainer tools only!
1475 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1476 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1477 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1478 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1479 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1480 * Little corrections here and there.
1481 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1482 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1485 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1487 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1490 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1491 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1493 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1494 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1495 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1496 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1497 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1498 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1499 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1500 do prior to uploading
1501 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1502 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1504 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1505 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1506 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1507 duties with respect to bugs
1508 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1509 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1510 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1512 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1513 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1514 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1515 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1516 explicit what is used to build this package
1518 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1520 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1523 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1524 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1525 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1526 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1527 * utilize the new URL tag
1528 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1531 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1533 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1535 * non-maintainer release
1536 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1537 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1538 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1539 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1540 text, it can't hurt you.)
1541 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1542 reflect this packages version number
1543 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1545 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1547 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1551 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1553 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1555 * New version numbering scheme:
1557 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1558 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1559 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1562 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1563 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1564 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1565 differ between the manuals.
1567 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1568 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1569 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1570 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1572 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1573 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1575 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1577 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1579 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1581 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1583 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1584 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1586 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1587 (as requested by James Troup)
1589 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1591 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1593 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1595 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1599 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1601 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1603 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1604 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1605 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1606 the non-maintainer release
1608 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1609 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1610 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1613 - Lots of typos fixed
1615 * Compressed SGML source code
1617 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1618 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1620 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1622 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1624 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1626 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1627 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1628 - Announcing package uploads
1629 * New section about Debian Mentors
1630 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1631 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1632 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1633 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1635 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1637 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1639 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1640 of our FTP server and the development process
1641 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1642 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1643 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1645 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1646 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1647 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1648 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1649 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1650 contacting the maintainer
1651 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1652 a new manual released soon)
1653 * Some minor changes
1654 * Include SGML source in package
1655 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1656 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1660 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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