1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
19 release codenames in <literal>
20 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
21 doesn't exist anymore.
22 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
23 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
24 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
25 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
26 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
27 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
28 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
29 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
30 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
31 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
32 team before upload. Closes: #459343
33 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
35 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
37 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
41 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
42 - fix debian/copyright
43 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
44 - add pdf for French version.
45 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
46 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
47 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
48 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
49 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
50 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
51 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
52 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
53 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
55 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
56 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
58 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
60 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
61 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
62 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
63 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
64 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
65 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
67 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
70 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
71 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
72 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
73 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
74 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
75 * Update information concerning Alioth.
76 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
77 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
79 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
80 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
82 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
85 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
87 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
89 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
91 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
92 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
94 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
95 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
96 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
98 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
99 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
100 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
102 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
103 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
104 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
105 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
106 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
107 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
108 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
109 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
110 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
111 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
112 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
113 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
115 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
116 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
117 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
118 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
119 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
120 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
121 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
122 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
123 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
124 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
128 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
130 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
132 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
135 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
136 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
137 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
138 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
139 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
140 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
142 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
144 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
146 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
148 - non-us discontinued.
149 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
151 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
152 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
153 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
154 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
155 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
156 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
157 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
158 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
159 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
160 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
161 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
162 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
163 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
164 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
165 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
166 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
167 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
168 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
170 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
171 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
173 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
176 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
178 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
180 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
183 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
184 - madison is on merkel.
185 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
186 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
187 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
188 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
189 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
190 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
192 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
193 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
194 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
195 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
196 - sync NM rules with reality.
198 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
200 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
202 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
205 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
206 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
207 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
208 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
209 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
210 - spelling, grammer fixes.
211 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
212 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
213 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
214 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
215 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
216 - add myself to uploaders.
217 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
218 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
219 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
220 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
221 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
222 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
223 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
224 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
225 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
226 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
227 - rewrote the NMU section, and
228 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
229 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
230 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
231 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
232 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
233 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
234 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
235 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
237 - Security uploads get urgency=high
238 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
240 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
242 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
244 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
247 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
248 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
249 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
250 - documented Alioth, somewhat
252 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
253 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
255 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
256 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
257 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
258 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
262 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
264 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
265 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
266 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
267 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
272 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
275 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
277 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
278 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
279 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
281 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
282 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
283 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
284 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
287 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
289 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
290 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
291 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
292 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
293 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
295 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
296 it clear these are special cases
297 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
299 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
303 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
306 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
307 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
309 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
313 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
316 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
318 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
319 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
320 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
322 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
323 - the synopsis formula changed to either
324 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
326 <package-name> is <synopsis>
328 <package-name> are <synopsis>
330 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
331 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
332 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
333 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
334 package; closes: #187143
336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
338 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
341 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
342 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
344 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
346 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
347 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
348 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
349 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
350 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
351 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
352 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
353 right places in the document, closes: #172897
354 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
358 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
360 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
361 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
362 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
363 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
364 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
365 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
366 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
368 - editorial changes on material added in this version
369 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
370 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
371 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
372 closes: #139957, #108416
373 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
374 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
378 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
381 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
383 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
384 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
385 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
386 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
388 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
389 for best practices for documentation
390 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
391 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
392 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
393 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
395 - spell-checking pass
397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
399 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
402 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
403 descriptions" moved under there
404 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
405 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
406 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
407 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
408 the document where these tools are discussed
409 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
410 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
411 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
412 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
413 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
414 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
416 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
417 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
418 that can be fixed by DDP folks
419 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
420 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
421 - simply PS and PDF building rules
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
425 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
428 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
429 section and adjusted links
430 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
432 - ChangeLog attribution updates
433 - fix typos, closes: #171781
434 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
435 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
436 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
437 for debian/rules", and write an intro
438 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
439 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
440 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
441 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
442 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
443 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
444 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
445 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
446 "Internationalization"
447 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
448 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
449 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
450 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
451 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
452 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
453 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
454 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
455 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
457 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
458 rather useless and broken
459 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
460 names and the first word
461 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
462 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
463 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
465 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
466 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
467 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
471 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
474 - DDP publishing update
476 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
477 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
478 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
479 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
481 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
483 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
486 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
487 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
488 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
490 - added myself as co-author
491 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
493 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
494 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
496 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
497 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
501 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
504 - Corrected several errors with —
505 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
506 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
507 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
508 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
509 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
510 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
511 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
513 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
514 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
515 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
516 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
517 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
518 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
519 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
520 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
521 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
523 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
524 descriptions". closes: #158609
525 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
526 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
527 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
528 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
529 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
531 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
532 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
533 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
534 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
535 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
536 - updated the mailing lists section
538 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
539 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
544 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
548 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
550 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
552 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
553 Ch "The Debian Archive"
555 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
557 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
558 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
559 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
560 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
561 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
563 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
564 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
565 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
566 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
567 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
568 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
569 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
571 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
572 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
575 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
576 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
577 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
578 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
579 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
580 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
581 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
582 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
583 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
584 work-around with <...>
585 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
586 - update copyright date
587 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
588 - spell check and grammar corrections
592 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
594 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
595 recompile"; closes: #102626
596 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
597 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
598 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
599 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
600 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
602 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
603 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
604 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
606 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
608 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
609 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
610 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
611 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
612 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
613 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
614 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
615 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
616 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
618 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
620 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
622 - updated the list of available architectures.
623 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
624 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
625 of the package and nothing more.
626 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
627 any pain to the ftpmasters.
628 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
629 the use of the delayed queue.
630 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
631 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
633 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
634 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
635 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
636 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
637 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
638 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
639 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
641 - new Sec "Documentation"
642 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
643 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
644 "Being kind to porter" too
645 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
646 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
647 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
648 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
649 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
651 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
652 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
655 - update French translation
657 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
659 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
662 - some grammar corrections
663 - update French translation
665 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
666 anymore; closes: #135559
667 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
669 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
671 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
672 that would be welcome)
673 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
674 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
675 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
676 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
677 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
678 - other minor wording changes
679 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
680 - Ch "Package uploads":
681 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
682 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
683 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
684 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
685 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
686 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
687 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
691 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
693 * from Martin Michlmayr
694 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
695 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
696 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
698 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
700 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
702 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
704 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
705 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
706 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
709 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
711 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
716 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
719 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
721 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
722 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
723 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
724 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
725 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
726 talking about uploading to distributions
727 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
728 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
729 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
731 - French translation updated
733 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
734 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
735 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
742 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
743 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
751 * fix a typo in a link
752 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
753 update documentation accordingly
755 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
756 forwarding bugs upstream
758 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
759 entities which should be used
760 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
761 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
767 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
768 * French version: completely up-to-date now
769 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
770 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
772 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
779 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
781 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
782 this translation needs updating
783 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
784 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
785 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
787 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
788 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
789 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
791 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
792 included yet, however
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
796 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
798 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
800 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
801 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
803 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
807 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
809 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
810 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
811 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
813 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
817 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
820 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
821 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
822 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
823 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
824 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
825 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
826 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
827 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
828 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
829 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
830 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
831 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
833 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
834 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
835 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
836 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
837 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
839 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
841 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
842 * update copyright notice for 2001
843 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
844 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
845 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
849 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
851 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
853 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
855 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
859 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
862 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
864 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
865 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
866 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
867 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
868 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
869 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
870 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
871 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
872 could be used if necessary
873 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
874 mention the rsync dupload method
875 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
877 * other small corrections
878 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
879 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
880 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
881 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
883 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
885 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
886 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
890 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
892 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
893 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
894 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
895 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
897 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
898 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
899 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
900 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
901 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
903 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
905 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
906 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
907 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
908 team (closes: Bug#52906)
909 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
910 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
911 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
913 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
914 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
915 - added a section about the LDAP database
916 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
917 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
919 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
920 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
922 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
924 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
927 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
928 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
930 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
931 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
932 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
933 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
934 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
935 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
936 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
937 description from developers-reference.sgml
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
941 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
944 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
946 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
948 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
949 releases are available at archive.debian.org
950 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
951 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
952 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
953 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
954 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
955 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
956 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
957 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
959 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
960 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
961 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
962 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
964 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
965 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
966 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
967 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
968 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
969 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
970 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
971 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
972 suggestion from James Troup
973 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
974 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
975 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
976 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
983 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
984 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
988 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
990 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
991 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
992 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
993 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
994 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
995 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
996 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1003 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1004 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1005 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1006 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1007 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1009 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1010 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1012 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1020 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1021 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1022 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1023 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1024 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1026 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1027 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1028 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1029 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1031 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1032 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1033 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1034 a normal developer may have access.
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1038 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1041 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1042 step all over each other
1044 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1046 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1049 address for PGP key updates
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1053 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1056 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1057 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1058 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1059 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1061 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1066 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1067 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1068 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1069 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1070 <keyring-maint> instead)
1071 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1072 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1074 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1076 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1077 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1078 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1082 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1084 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1085 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1086 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1087 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1088 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1089 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1091 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1092 tighten up the language a bit
1093 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1094 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1095 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1096 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1098 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1099 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1100 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1101 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1102 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1103 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1105 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1106 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1107 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1108 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1109 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1110 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1111 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1112 number of available packages
1113 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1114 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1118 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1125 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * not officially released
1128 * more spelling corrections
1129 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1133 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * not officially released
1136 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1137 * some PGP-centricity removed
1138 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1139 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1140 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1141 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1142 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1143 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1147 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1149 * not officially released
1150 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1151 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1152 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1153 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1154 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1155 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1156 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1157 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1158 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1159 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1160 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1161 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1162 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1163 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1165 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1166 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1168 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1170 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1171 take a couple of weeks
1172 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1173 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1174 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1175 excited about it and can't wait
1176 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1177 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1179 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1180 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1182 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1183 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1184 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1188 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1190 * move to 3-level version number:
1191 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1192 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1193 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1194 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1195 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1198 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1199 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1200 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1202 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1204 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1205 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1206 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1207 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1208 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1209 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1211 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1213 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1214 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1215 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1216 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1217 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1218 - "The CVS server": new section added
1219 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1221 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1222 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1223 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1224 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1225 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1226 with respect to GPG.
1227 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1228 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1229 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1230 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1231 a canonical location?)
1232 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1233 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1234 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1235 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1237 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1239 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1240 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1241 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1242 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1244 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1246 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1249 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1250 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1251 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1252 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1253 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1254 and should not be included in this Reference.
1255 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1256 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1257 maintainer tools only!
1258 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1259 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1260 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1261 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1262 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1263 * Little corrections here and there.
1264 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1265 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1268 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1273 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1274 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1276 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1277 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1278 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1279 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1280 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1281 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1282 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1283 do prior to uploading
1284 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1285 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1287 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1288 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1289 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1290 duties with respect to bugs
1291 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1292 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1293 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1295 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1296 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1297 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1298 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1299 explicit what is used to build this package
1301 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1307 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1308 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1309 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1310 * utilize the new URL tag
1311 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1314 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1316 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1318 * non-maintainer release
1319 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1320 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1321 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1322 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1323 text, it can't hurt you.)
1324 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1325 reflect this packages version number
1326 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1328 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1330 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1334 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1336 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1338 * New version numbering scheme:
1340 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1341 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1342 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1345 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1346 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1347 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1348 differ between the manuals.
1350 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1351 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1352 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1353 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1355 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1356 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1358 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1362 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1366 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1367 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1369 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1370 (as requested by James Troup)
1372 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1374 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1376 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1378 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1382 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1384 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1386 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1387 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1388 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1389 the non-maintainer release
1391 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1392 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1393 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1396 - Lots of typos fixed
1398 * Compressed SGML source code
1400 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1401 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1403 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1407 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1410 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1411 - Announcing package uploads
1412 * New section about Debian Mentors
1413 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1414 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1415 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1416 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1418 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1420 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1423 of our FTP server and the development process
1424 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1425 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1426 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1428 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1429 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1430 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1431 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1432 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1433 contacting the maintainer
1434 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1435 a new manual released soon)
1436 * Some minor changes
1437 * Include SGML source in package
1438 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1439 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1441 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1443 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200