1 developers-reference (3.4.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
4 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
5 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
6 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
7 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
9 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:19:21 +0200
11 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
15 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
18 * Update my email address.
19 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
20 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
21 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
22 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
23 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
24 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
27 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
29 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
35 version tracking removed that requirement.
38 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
39 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
40 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
41 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
42 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
43 needed. Closes: #619990
44 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
45 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
48 * Initial German translation.
51 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
52 * Update French translation.
53 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
54 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
55 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
58 * Update Japanese translation.
60 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
62 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
66 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
69 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
70 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
71 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
72 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
73 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
74 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
75 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
76 patch. Closes: #540231
77 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
78 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
79 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
80 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
81 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
82 for the patch. Closes: #548823
83 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
84 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
85 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
86 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
87 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
88 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
89 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
90 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
91 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
92 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
93 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
94 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
95 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
96 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
98 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
99 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
100 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
102 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
103 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
104 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
105 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
106 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
108 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
110 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
111 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
112 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
113 patch. Closes: #573110
114 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
116 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
117 multi-lines substitution variables.
120 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
121 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
122 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
123 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
124 * Activate Japanese package.
125 * Handle addendum if it exists.
127 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
129 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
132 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
134 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
136 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
138 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
139 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
141 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
143 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
146 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
147 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
148 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
149 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
150 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
151 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
152 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
153 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
154 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
155 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
156 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
157 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
158 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
159 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
160 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
161 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
162 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
163 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
164 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
165 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
166 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
168 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
170 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
177 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
178 The most important changes are:
179 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
180 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
183 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
184 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
185 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
186 distinction. Closes: #464230.
187 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
188 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
189 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
190 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
191 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
192 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
194 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
195 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
197 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
198 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
200 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
201 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
203 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
205 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
206 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
208 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
209 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
210 Closes: #512620, #510783.
212 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
214 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
218 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
219 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
220 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
221 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
222 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
223 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
224 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
226 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
228 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
231 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
232 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
233 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
234 release codenames in <literal>
235 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
236 doesn't exist anymore.
237 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
238 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
239 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
240 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
241 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
242 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
243 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
244 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
245 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
246 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
247 team before upload. Closes: #459343
248 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
249 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
250 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
251 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
252 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
253 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
254 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
256 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
257 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
259 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
260 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
261 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
262 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
263 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
264 Thomas. Closes: #485837
266 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
267 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
269 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
271 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
275 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
276 - fix debian/copyright
277 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
278 - add pdf for French version.
279 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
280 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
281 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
282 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
283 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
284 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
285 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
286 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
287 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
289 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
290 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
292 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
294 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
295 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
296 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
297 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
298 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
299 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
301 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
304 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
305 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
306 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
307 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
308 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
309 * Update information concerning Alioth.
310 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
311 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
313 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
314 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
316 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
319 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
321 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
323 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
325 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
326 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
328 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
329 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
330 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
332 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
333 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
334 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
336 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
337 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
338 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
339 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
340 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
341 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
342 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
343 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
344 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
345 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
346 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
347 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
349 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
350 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
351 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
352 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
353 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
354 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
355 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
356 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
357 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
358 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
362 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
364 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
366 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
369 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
370 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
371 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
372 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
373 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
374 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
376 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
378 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
380 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
382 - non-us discontinued.
383 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
385 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
386 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
387 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
388 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
389 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
390 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
391 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
392 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
393 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
394 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
395 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
396 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
397 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
398 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
399 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
400 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
401 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
402 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
404 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
405 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
407 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
410 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
412 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
414 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
417 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
418 - madison is on merkel.
419 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
420 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
421 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
422 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
423 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
424 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
426 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
427 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
428 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
429 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
430 - sync NM rules with reality.
432 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
434 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
436 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
439 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
440 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
441 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
442 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
443 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
444 - spelling, grammer fixes.
445 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
446 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
447 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
448 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
449 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
450 - add myself to uploaders.
451 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
452 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
453 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
454 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
455 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
456 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
457 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
458 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
459 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
460 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
461 - rewrote the NMU section, and
462 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
463 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
464 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
465 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
466 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
467 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
468 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
469 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
471 - Security uploads get urgency=high
472 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
474 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
476 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
478 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
481 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
482 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
483 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
484 - documented Alioth, somewhat
486 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
487 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
489 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
490 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
491 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
492 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
496 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
498 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
499 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
500 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
501 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
506 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
509 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
511 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
512 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
513 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
515 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
516 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
517 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
518 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
521 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
523 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
524 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
525 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
526 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
527 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
529 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
530 it clear these are special cases
531 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
533 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
537 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
540 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
541 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
543 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
547 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
550 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
552 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
553 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
554 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
556 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
557 - the synopsis formula changed to either
558 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
560 <package-name> is <synopsis>
562 <package-name> are <synopsis>
564 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
565 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
566 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
567 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
568 package; closes: #187143
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
572 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
575 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
576 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
578 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
580 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
581 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
582 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
583 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
584 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
585 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
586 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
587 right places in the document, closes: #172897
588 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
592 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
594 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
595 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
596 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
597 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
598 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
599 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
600 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
602 - editorial changes on material added in this version
603 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
604 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
605 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
606 closes: #139957, #108416
607 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
608 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
612 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
615 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
617 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
618 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
619 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
620 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
622 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
623 for best practices for documentation
624 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
625 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
626 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
627 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
629 - spell-checking pass
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
633 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
636 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
637 descriptions" moved under there
638 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
639 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
640 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
641 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
642 the document where these tools are discussed
643 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
644 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
645 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
646 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
647 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
648 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
650 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
651 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
652 that can be fixed by DDP folks
653 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
654 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
655 - simply PS and PDF building rules
657 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
659 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
662 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
663 section and adjusted links
664 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
666 - ChangeLog attribution updates
667 - fix typos, closes: #171781
668 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
669 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
670 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
671 for debian/rules", and write an intro
672 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
673 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
674 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
675 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
676 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
677 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
678 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
679 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
680 "Internationalization"
681 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
682 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
683 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
684 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
685 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
686 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
687 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
688 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
689 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
691 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
692 rather useless and broken
693 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
694 names and the first word
695 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
696 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
697 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
699 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
700 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
701 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
705 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
708 - DDP publishing update
710 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
711 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
712 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
713 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
717 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
720 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
721 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
722 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
724 - added myself as co-author
725 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
727 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
728 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
730 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
731 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
735 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
738 - Corrected several errors with —
739 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
740 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
741 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
742 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
743 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
744 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
745 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
747 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
748 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
749 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
750 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
751 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
752 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
753 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
754 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
755 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
757 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
758 descriptions". closes: #158609
759 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
760 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
761 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
762 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
763 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
765 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
766 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
767 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
768 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
769 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
770 - updated the mailing lists section
772 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
773 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
778 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
782 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
784 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
786 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
787 Ch "The Debian Archive"
789 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
791 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
792 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
793 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
794 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
795 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
797 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
798 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
799 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
800 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
801 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
802 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
803 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
805 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
806 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
809 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
810 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
811 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
812 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
813 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
814 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
815 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
816 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
817 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
818 work-around with <...>
819 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
820 - update copyright date
821 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
822 - spell check and grammar corrections
826 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
828 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
829 recompile"; closes: #102626
830 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
831 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
832 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
833 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
834 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
836 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
837 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
838 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
840 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
842 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
843 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
844 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
845 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
846 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
847 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
848 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
849 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
850 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
852 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
854 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
856 - updated the list of available architectures.
857 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
858 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
859 of the package and nothing more.
860 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
861 any pain to the ftpmasters.
862 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
863 the use of the delayed queue.
864 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
865 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
867 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
868 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
869 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
870 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
871 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
872 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
873 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
875 - new Sec "Documentation"
876 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
877 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
878 "Being kind to porter" too
879 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
880 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
881 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
882 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
883 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
885 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
886 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
889 - update French translation
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
896 - some grammar corrections
897 - update French translation
899 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
900 anymore; closes: #135559
901 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
903 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
905 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
906 that would be welcome)
907 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
908 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
909 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
910 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
911 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
912 - other minor wording changes
913 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
914 - Ch "Package uploads":
915 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
916 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
917 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
918 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
919 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
920 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
921 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
925 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
927 * from Martin Michlmayr
928 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
929 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
930 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
932 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
934 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
936 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
938 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
939 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
940 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
943 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
945 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
950 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
953 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
955 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
956 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
957 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
958 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
959 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
960 talking about uploading to distributions
961 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
962 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
963 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
965 - French translation updated
967 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
968 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
969 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
973 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
976 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
977 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
982 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
985 * fix a typo in a link
986 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
987 update documentation accordingly
989 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
990 forwarding bugs upstream
992 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
993 entities which should be used
994 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
995 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
999 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1002 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1003 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1004 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1006 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1011 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1015 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1016 this translation needs updating
1017 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1018 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1019 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1021 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1022 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1023 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1025 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1026 included yet, however
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1034 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1035 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1037 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1041 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1044 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1045 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1047 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1051 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1054 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1055 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1056 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1057 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1058 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1059 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1060 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1061 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1062 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1063 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1064 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1065 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1067 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1068 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1069 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1070 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1071 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1073 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1075 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1076 * update copyright notice for 2001
1077 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1078 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1079 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1083 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1087 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1089 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1093 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1096 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1098 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1099 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1100 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1101 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1102 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1103 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1104 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1105 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1106 could be used if necessary
1107 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1108 mention the rsync dupload method
1109 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1111 * other small corrections
1112 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1113 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1114 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1115 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1117 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1119 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1120 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1124 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1126 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1127 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1128 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1129 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1131 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1132 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1133 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1134 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1135 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1137 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1139 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1140 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1141 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1142 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1143 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1144 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1145 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1147 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1148 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1149 - added a section about the LDAP database
1150 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1151 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1153 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1154 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1161 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1162 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1164 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1165 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1166 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1167 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1168 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1169 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1170 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1171 description from developers-reference.sgml
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1175 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1178 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1180 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1182 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1183 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1184 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1185 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1186 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1187 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1188 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1189 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1190 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1191 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1193 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1194 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1195 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1196 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1198 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1199 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1200 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1201 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1202 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1203 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1204 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1205 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1206 suggestion from James Troup
1207 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1208 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1209 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1210 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1215 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1218 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1222 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1225 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1226 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1227 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1228 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1229 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1230 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1234 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1237 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1238 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1239 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1240 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1241 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1243 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1244 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1246 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1250 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1254 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1255 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1256 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1257 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1258 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1260 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1261 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1262 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1263 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1265 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1266 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1267 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1268 a normal developer may have access.
1270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1272 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1275 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1276 step all over each other
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1280 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1283 address for PGP key updates
1285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1290 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1291 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1292 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1293 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1297 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1300 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1301 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1302 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1303 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1304 <keyring-maint> instead)
1305 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1306 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1308 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1310 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1311 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1312 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1314 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1316 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1318 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1319 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1320 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1321 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1322 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1323 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1325 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1326 tighten up the language a bit
1327 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1328 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1329 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1330 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1332 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1333 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1334 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1335 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1336 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1337 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1339 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1340 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1341 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1342 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1343 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1344 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1345 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1346 number of available packages
1347 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1348 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1352 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1359 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * not officially released
1362 * more spelling corrections
1363 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1367 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * not officially released
1370 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1371 * some PGP-centricity removed
1372 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1373 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1374 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1375 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1376 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1377 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1379 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1381 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1383 * not officially released
1384 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1385 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1386 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1387 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1388 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1389 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1390 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1391 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1392 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1393 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1394 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1395 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1396 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1397 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1399 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1400 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1402 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1404 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1405 take a couple of weeks
1406 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1407 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1408 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1409 excited about it and can't wait
1410 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1411 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1413 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1414 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1416 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1417 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1418 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1422 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1424 * move to 3-level version number:
1425 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1426 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1427 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1428 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1429 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1432 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1433 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1434 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1436 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1438 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1439 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1440 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1441 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1442 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1443 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1445 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1447 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1448 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1449 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1450 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1451 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1452 - "The CVS server": new section added
1453 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1455 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1456 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1457 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1458 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1459 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1460 with respect to GPG.
1461 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1462 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1463 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1464 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1465 a canonical location?)
1466 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1467 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1468 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1469 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1471 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1473 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1474 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1475 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1476 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1478 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1480 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1483 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1484 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1485 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1486 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1487 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1488 and should not be included in this Reference.
1489 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1490 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1491 maintainer tools only!
1492 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1493 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1494 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1495 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1496 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1497 * Little corrections here and there.
1498 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1499 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1502 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1504 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1506 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1507 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1508 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1510 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1511 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1512 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1513 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1514 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1515 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1516 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1517 do prior to uploading
1518 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1519 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1521 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1522 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1523 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1524 duties with respect to bugs
1525 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1526 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1527 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1529 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1530 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1531 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1532 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1533 explicit what is used to build this package
1535 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1537 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1541 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1542 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1543 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1544 * utilize the new URL tag
1545 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1548 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1550 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1552 * non-maintainer release
1553 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1554 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1555 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1556 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1557 text, it can't hurt you.)
1558 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1559 reflect this packages version number
1560 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1562 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1564 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1570 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1572 * New version numbering scheme:
1574 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1575 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1576 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1579 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1580 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1581 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1582 differ between the manuals.
1584 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1585 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1586 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1587 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1589 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1590 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1592 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1596 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1598 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1600 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1601 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1603 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1604 (as requested by James Troup)
1606 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1608 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1610 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1612 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1614 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1616 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1618 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1620 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1621 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1622 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1623 the non-maintainer release
1625 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1626 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1627 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1630 - Lots of typos fixed
1632 * Compressed SGML source code
1634 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1635 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1637 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1639 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1641 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1644 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1645 - Announcing package uploads
1646 * New section about Debian Mentors
1647 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1648 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1649 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1650 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1652 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1654 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1656 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1657 of our FTP server and the development process
1658 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1659 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1660 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1662 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1663 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1664 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1665 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1666 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1667 contacting the maintainer
1668 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1669 a new manual released soon)
1670 * Some minor changes
1671 * Include SGML source in package
1672 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1673 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1675 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1677 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1681 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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