1 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to latest version
5 - Proofread by Philippe Batailler
7 - Added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation.
9 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448.
10 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
11 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
12 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
13 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
14 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388.
15 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
16 right places in the document, closes: #172897.
19 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
21 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
22 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error
23 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
24 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
25 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
26 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
29 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
31 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
34 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
36 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
37 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
38 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
39 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
41 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
42 for best practices for documentation
43 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
44 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
45 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
46 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
50 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
52 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
55 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
56 descriptions" moved under there
57 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
58 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
59 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
60 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
61 the document where these tools are discussed
62 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
63 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
64 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
65 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
66 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
67 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
69 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
70 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
71 that can be fixed by DDP folks
72 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
73 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
74 - simply PS and PDF building rules
76 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
78 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
81 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
82 section and adjusted links
83 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
85 - ChangeLog attribution updates
86 - fix typos, closes: #171781
87 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
88 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
89 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
90 for debian/rules", and write an intro
91 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
92 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
93 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
94 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
95 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
96 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
97 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
98 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
99 "Internationalization"
100 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
101 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
102 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
103 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
104 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
105 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
106 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
107 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
108 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
110 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
111 rather useless and broken
112 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
113 names and the first word
114 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
115 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
116 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
118 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
119 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
120 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
124 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
127 - DDP publishing update
129 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
130 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
131 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
132 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
136 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
139 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
140 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
141 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
143 - added myself as co-author
144 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
146 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
147 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
149 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
150 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
154 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
157 - Corrected several errors with —
158 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
159 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
160 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
161 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
162 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
163 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
164 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
166 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
167 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
168 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
169 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
170 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
171 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
172 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
173 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
174 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
176 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
177 descriptions". closes: #158609
178 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
179 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
180 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
181 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
182 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
184 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
185 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
186 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
187 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
188 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
189 - updated the mailing lists section
191 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
192 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
197 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
201 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
203 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
205 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
206 Ch "The Debian Archive"
208 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
210 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
211 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
212 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
213 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
214 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
216 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
217 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
218 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
219 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
220 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
221 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
222 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
224 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
225 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
228 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
229 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
230 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
231 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
232 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
233 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
234 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
235 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
236 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
237 work-around with <...>
238 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
239 - update copyright date
240 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
241 - spell check and grammar corrections
245 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
247 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
248 recompile"; closes: #102626
249 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
250 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
251 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
252 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
253 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
255 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
256 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
257 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
259 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
261 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
262 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
263 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
264 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
265 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
266 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
267 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
268 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
269 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
271 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
273 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
275 - updated the list of available architectures.
276 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
277 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
278 of the package and nothing more.
279 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
280 any pain to the ftpmasters.
281 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
282 the use of the delayed queue.
283 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
284 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
286 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
287 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
288 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
289 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
290 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
291 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
292 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
294 - new Sec "Documentation"
295 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
296 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
297 "Being kind to porter" too
298 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
299 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
300 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
301 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
302 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
304 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
305 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
308 - update French translation
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
312 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
315 - some grammar corrections
316 - update French translation
318 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
319 anymore; closes: #135559
320 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
322 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
324 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
325 that would be welcome)
326 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
327 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
328 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
329 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
330 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
331 - other minor wording changes
332 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
333 - Ch "Package uploads":
334 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
335 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
336 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
337 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
338 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
339 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
340 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
342 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
344 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
346 * from Martin Michlmayr
347 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
348 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
349 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
351 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
353 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
355 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
357 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
358 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
359 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
362 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
364 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
369 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
372 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
374 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
375 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
376 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
377 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
378 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
379 talking about uploading to distributions
380 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
381 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
382 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
384 - French translation updated
386 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
387 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
388 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
392 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
395 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
396 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
401 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
404 * fix a typo in a link
405 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
406 update documentation accordingly
408 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
409 forwarding bugs upstream
411 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
412 entities which should be used
413 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
414 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
418 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
420 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
421 * French version: completely up-to-date now
422 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
423 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
425 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
430 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
432 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
434 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
435 this translation needs updating
436 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
437 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
438 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
440 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
441 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
442 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
444 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
445 included yet, however
447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
449 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
451 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
453 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
454 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
456 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
460 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
462 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
463 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
464 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
466 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
470 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
474 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
475 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
476 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
477 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
478 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
479 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
480 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
481 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
482 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
483 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
484 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
486 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
487 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
488 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
489 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
490 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
492 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
494 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
495 * update copyright notice for 2001
496 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
497 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
498 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
502 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
504 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
506 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
508 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
512 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
515 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
517 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
518 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
519 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
520 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
521 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
522 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
523 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
524 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
525 could be used if necessary
526 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
527 mention the rsync dupload method
528 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
530 * other small corrections
531 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
532 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
533 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
534 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
536 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
538 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
539 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
543 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
545 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
546 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
547 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
548 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
550 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
551 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
552 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
553 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
554 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
556 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
558 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
559 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
560 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
561 team (closes: Bug#52906)
562 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
563 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
564 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
566 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
567 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
568 - added a section about the LDAP database
569 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
570 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
572 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
573 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
577 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
579 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
580 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
581 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
583 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
584 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
585 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
586 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
587 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
588 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
589 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
590 description from developers-reference.sgml
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
594 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
596 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
597 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
599 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
601 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
602 releases are available at archive.debian.org
603 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
604 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
605 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
606 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
607 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
608 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
609 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
610 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
612 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
613 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
614 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
615 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
617 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
618 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
619 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
620 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
621 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
622 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
623 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
624 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
625 suggestion from James Troup
626 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
627 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
628 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
629 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
634 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
636 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
637 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
641 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
643 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
644 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
645 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
646 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
647 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
648 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
649 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
653 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
655 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
656 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
657 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
658 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
659 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
660 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
662 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
663 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
665 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
669 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
673 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
674 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
675 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
676 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
677 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
679 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
680 with intro; demoted server sections under that
681 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
682 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
684 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
685 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
686 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
687 a normal developer may have access.
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
691 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
693 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
694 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
695 step all over each other
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
699 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
701 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
702 address for PGP key updates
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
706 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
709 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
710 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
711 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
712 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
718 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
719 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
720 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
721 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
722 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
723 <keyring-maint> instead)
724 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
725 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
727 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
729 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
730 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
731 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
735 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
737 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
738 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
739 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
740 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
741 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
742 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
744 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
745 tighten up the language a bit
746 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
747 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
748 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
749 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
751 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
752 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
753 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
754 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
755 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
756 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
758 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
759 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
760 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
761 about how to depart Debian gracefully
762 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
763 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
764 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
765 number of available packages
766 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
767 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
771 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
773 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
778 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
780 * not officially released
781 * more spelling corrections
782 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
786 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
788 * not officially released
789 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
790 * some PGP-centricity removed
791 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
792 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
793 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
794 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
795 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
796 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
800 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
802 * not officially released
803 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
804 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
805 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
806 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
807 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
808 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
809 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
810 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
811 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
812 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
813 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
814 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
815 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
816 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
818 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
819 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
821 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
823 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
824 take a couple of weeks
825 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
826 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
827 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
828 excited about it and can't wait
829 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
830 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
832 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
833 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
835 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
836 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
837 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
841 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
843 * move to 3-level version number:
844 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
845 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
846 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
847 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
848 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
851 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
852 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
853 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
855 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
857 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
858 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
859 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
860 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
861 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
862 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
864 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
866 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
867 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
868 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
869 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
870 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
871 - "The CVS server": new section added
872 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
874 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
875 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
876 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
877 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
878 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
880 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
881 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
882 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
883 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
884 a canonical location?)
885 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
886 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
887 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
888 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
890 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
892 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
893 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
894 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
895 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
897 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
899 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
901 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
902 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
903 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
904 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
905 them. (closes Bug#26948)
906 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
907 and should not be included in this Reference.
908 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
909 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
910 maintainer tools only!
911 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
912 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
913 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
914 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
915 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
916 * Little corrections here and there.
917 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
918 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
921 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
923 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
925 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
926 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
927 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
929 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
930 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
931 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
932 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
933 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
934 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
935 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
936 do prior to uploading
937 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
938 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
940 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
941 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
942 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
943 duties with respect to bugs
944 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
945 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
946 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
948 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
949 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
950 * grammar and markup changes throughout
951 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
952 explicit what is used to build this package
954 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
956 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
959 * version number and date are automatically populated now
960 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
961 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
962 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
963 * utilize the new URL tag
964 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
967 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
969 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
971 * non-maintainer release
972 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
973 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
974 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
975 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
976 text, it can't hurt you.)
977 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
978 reflect this packages version number
979 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
981 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
987 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
989 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
991 * New version numbering scheme:
993 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
994 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
995 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
998 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
999 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1000 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1001 differ between the manuals.
1003 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1004 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1005 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1006 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1008 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1009 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1011 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1013 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1015 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1019 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1020 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1022 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1023 (as requested by James Troup)
1025 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1027 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1029 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1031 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1035 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1037 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1039 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1040 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1041 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1042 the non-maintainer release
1044 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1045 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1046 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1049 - Lots of typos fixed
1051 * Compressed SGML source code
1053 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1054 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1056 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1058 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1060 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1063 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1064 - Announcing package uploads
1065 * New section about Debian Mentors
1066 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1067 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1068 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1069 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1071 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1073 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1076 of our FTP server and the development process
1077 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1078 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1079 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1081 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1082 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1083 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1084 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1085 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1086 contacting the maintainer
1087 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1088 a new manual released soon)
1089 * Some minor changes
1090 * Include SGML source in package
1091 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1092 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1094 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1096 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200