1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
16 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
18 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
19 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
21 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
23 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
24 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
25 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
26 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
27 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
29 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
31 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
33 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
35 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
36 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
38 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
39 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
40 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
42 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
43 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
44 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
46 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
47 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
48 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
49 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
50 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
51 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
52 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
53 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
54 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
55 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
56 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
57 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
59 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
60 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
61 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
62 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
63 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
64 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
65 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
66 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
67 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
68 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
72 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
74 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
76 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
79 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
80 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
81 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
82 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
83 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
84 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
86 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
88 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
90 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
92 - non-us discontinued.
93 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
95 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
96 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
97 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
98 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
99 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
100 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
101 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
102 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
103 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
104 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
105 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
106 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
107 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
108 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
109 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
110 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
111 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
112 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
114 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
115 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
117 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
120 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
122 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
124 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
127 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
128 - madison is on merkel.
129 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
130 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
131 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
132 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
133 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
134 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
136 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
137 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
138 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
139 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
140 - sync NM rules with reality.
142 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
144 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
146 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
149 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
150 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
151 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
152 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
153 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
154 - spelling, grammer fixes.
155 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
156 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
157 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
158 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
159 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
160 - add myself to uploaders.
161 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
162 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
163 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
164 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
165 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
166 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
167 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
168 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
169 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
170 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
171 - rewrote the NMU section, and
172 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
173 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
174 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
175 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
176 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
177 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
178 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
179 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
181 - Security uploads get urgency=high
182 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
184 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
186 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
188 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
191 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
192 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
193 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
194 - documented Alioth, somewhat
196 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
197 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
199 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
200 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
201 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
202 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
206 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
208 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
209 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
210 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
211 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
216 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
219 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
221 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
222 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
223 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
225 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
226 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
227 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
228 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
231 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
233 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
234 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
235 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
236 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
237 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
239 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
240 it clear these are special cases
241 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
243 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
247 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
250 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
251 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
253 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
257 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
260 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
262 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
263 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
264 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
266 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
267 - the synopsis formula changed to either
268 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
270 <package-name> is <synopsis>
272 <package-name> are <synopsis>
274 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
275 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
276 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
277 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
278 package; closes: #187143
280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
282 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
285 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
286 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
288 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
290 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
291 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
292 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
293 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
294 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
295 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
296 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
297 right places in the document, closes: #172897
298 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
302 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
304 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
305 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
306 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
307 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
308 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
309 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
310 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
312 - editorial changes on material added in this version
313 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
314 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
315 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
316 closes: #139957, #108416
317 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
318 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
322 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
325 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
327 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
328 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
329 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
330 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
332 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
333 for best practices for documentation
334 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
335 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
336 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
337 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
339 - spell-checking pass
341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
343 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
346 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
347 descriptions" moved under there
348 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
349 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
350 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
351 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
352 the document where these tools are discussed
353 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
354 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
355 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
356 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
357 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
358 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
360 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
361 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
362 that can be fixed by DDP folks
363 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
364 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
365 - simply PS and PDF building rules
367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
369 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
372 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
373 section and adjusted links
374 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
376 - ChangeLog attribution updates
377 - fix typos, closes: #171781
378 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
379 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
380 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
381 for debian/rules", and write an intro
382 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
383 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
384 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
385 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
386 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
387 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
388 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
389 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
390 "Internationalization"
391 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
392 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
393 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
394 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
395 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
396 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
397 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
398 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
399 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
401 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
402 rather useless and broken
403 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
404 names and the first word
405 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
406 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
407 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
409 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
410 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
411 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
415 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
418 - DDP publishing update
420 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
421 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
422 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
423 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
427 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
430 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
431 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
432 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
434 - added myself as co-author
435 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
437 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
438 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
440 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
441 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
445 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
448 - Corrected several errors with —
449 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
450 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
451 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
452 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
453 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
454 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
455 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
457 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
458 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
459 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
460 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
461 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
462 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
463 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
464 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
465 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
467 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
468 descriptions". closes: #158609
469 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
470 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
471 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
472 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
473 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
475 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
476 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
477 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
478 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
479 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
480 - updated the mailing lists section
482 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
483 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
488 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
491 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
492 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
494 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
496 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
497 Ch "The Debian Archive"
499 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
501 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
502 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
503 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
504 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
505 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
507 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
508 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
509 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
510 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
511 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
512 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
513 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
515 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
516 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
519 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
520 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
521 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
522 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
523 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
524 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
525 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
526 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
527 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
528 work-around with <...>
529 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
530 - update copyright date
531 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
532 - spell check and grammar corrections
536 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
538 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
539 recompile"; closes: #102626
540 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
541 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
542 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
543 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
544 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
546 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
547 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
548 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
550 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
552 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
553 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
554 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
555 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
556 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
557 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
558 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
559 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
560 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
562 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
564 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
566 - updated the list of available architectures.
567 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
568 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
569 of the package and nothing more.
570 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
571 any pain to the ftpmasters.
572 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
573 the use of the delayed queue.
574 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
575 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
577 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
578 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
579 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
580 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
581 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
582 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
583 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
585 - new Sec "Documentation"
586 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
587 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
588 "Being kind to porter" too
589 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
590 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
591 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
592 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
593 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
595 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
596 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
599 - update French translation
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
603 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
606 - some grammar corrections
607 - update French translation
609 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
610 anymore; closes: #135559
611 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
613 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
615 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
616 that would be welcome)
617 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
618 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
619 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
620 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
621 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
622 - other minor wording changes
623 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
624 - Ch "Package uploads":
625 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
626 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
627 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
628 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
629 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
630 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
631 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
635 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 * from Martin Michlmayr
638 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
639 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
640 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
642 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
644 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
646 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
648 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
649 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
650 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
653 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
655 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
658 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
660 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
665 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
666 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
667 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
668 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
669 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
670 talking about uploading to distributions
671 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
672 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
673 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
675 - French translation updated
677 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
678 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
679 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
683 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
686 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
687 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
692 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
695 * fix a typo in a link
696 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
697 update documentation accordingly
699 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
700 forwarding bugs upstream
702 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
703 entities which should be used
704 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
705 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
709 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
711 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
712 * French version: completely up-to-date now
713 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
714 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
716 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
721 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
723 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
725 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
726 this translation needs updating
727 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
728 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
729 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
731 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
732 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
733 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
735 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
736 included yet, however
738 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
740 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
742 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
744 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
745 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
747 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
751 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
753 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
754 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
755 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
757 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
761 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
764 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
765 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
766 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
767 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
768 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
769 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
770 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
771 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
772 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
773 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
774 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
775 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
777 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
778 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
779 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
780 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
781 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
783 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
785 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
786 * update copyright notice for 2001
787 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
788 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
789 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
793 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
795 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
797 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
799 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
803 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
806 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
808 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
809 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
810 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
811 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
812 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
813 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
814 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
815 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
816 could be used if necessary
817 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
818 mention the rsync dupload method
819 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
821 * other small corrections
822 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
823 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
824 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
825 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
827 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
829 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
830 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
834 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
836 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
837 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
838 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
839 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
841 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
842 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
843 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
844 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
845 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
847 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
849 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
850 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
851 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
852 team (closes: Bug#52906)
853 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
854 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
855 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
857 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
858 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
859 - added a section about the LDAP database
860 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
861 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
863 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
864 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
866 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
868 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
870 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
871 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
872 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
874 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
875 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
876 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
877 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
878 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
879 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
880 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
881 description from developers-reference.sgml
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
888 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
890 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
892 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
893 releases are available at archive.debian.org
894 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
895 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
896 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
897 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
898 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
899 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
900 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
901 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
903 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
904 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
905 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
906 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
908 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
909 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
910 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
911 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
912 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
913 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
914 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
915 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
916 suggestion from James Troup
917 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
918 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
919 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
920 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
925 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
927 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
928 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
934 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
935 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
936 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
937 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
938 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
939 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
940 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
947 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
948 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
949 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
950 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
951 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
953 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
954 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
956 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
960 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
964 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
965 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
966 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
967 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
968 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
970 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
971 with intro; demoted server sections under that
972 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
973 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
975 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
976 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
977 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
978 a normal developer may have access.
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
982 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
984 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
985 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
986 step all over each other
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
992 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
993 address for PGP key updates
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1000 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1001 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1002 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1003 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1007 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1010 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1011 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1012 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1013 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1014 <keyring-maint> instead)
1015 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1016 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1018 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1020 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1021 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1022 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1026 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1028 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1029 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1030 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1031 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1032 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1033 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1035 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1036 tighten up the language a bit
1037 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1038 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1039 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1040 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1042 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1043 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1044 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1045 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1046 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1047 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1049 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1050 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1051 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1052 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1053 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1054 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1055 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1056 number of available packages
1057 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1058 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1062 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1069 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * not officially released
1072 * more spelling corrections
1073 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1077 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * not officially released
1080 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1081 * some PGP-centricity removed
1082 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1083 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1084 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1085 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1086 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1087 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1091 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1093 * not officially released
1094 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1095 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1096 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1097 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1098 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1099 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1100 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1101 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1102 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1103 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1104 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1105 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1106 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1107 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1109 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1110 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1112 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1114 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1115 take a couple of weeks
1116 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1117 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1118 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1119 excited about it and can't wait
1120 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1121 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1123 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1124 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1126 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1127 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1128 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1132 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1134 * move to 3-level version number:
1135 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1136 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1137 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1138 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1139 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1142 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1143 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1144 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1146 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1148 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1149 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1150 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1151 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1152 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1153 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1155 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1157 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1158 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1159 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1160 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1161 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1162 - "The CVS server": new section added
1163 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1165 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1166 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1167 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1168 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1169 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1170 with respect to GPG.
1171 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1172 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1173 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1174 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1175 a canonical location?)
1176 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1177 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1178 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1179 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1181 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1183 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1184 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1185 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1186 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1188 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1190 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1193 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1194 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1195 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1196 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1197 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1198 and should not be included in this Reference.
1199 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1200 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1201 maintainer tools only!
1202 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1203 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1204 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1205 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1206 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1207 * Little corrections here and there.
1208 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1209 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1212 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1217 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1218 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1220 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1221 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1222 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1223 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1224 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1225 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1226 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1227 do prior to uploading
1228 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1229 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1231 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1232 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1233 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1234 duties with respect to bugs
1235 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1236 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1237 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1239 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1240 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1241 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1242 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1243 explicit what is used to build this package
1245 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1247 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1251 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1252 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1253 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1254 * utilize the new URL tag
1255 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1258 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1260 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1262 * non-maintainer release
1263 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1264 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1265 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1266 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1267 text, it can't hurt you.)
1268 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1269 reflect this packages version number
1270 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1272 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1274 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1278 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1280 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1282 * New version numbering scheme:
1284 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1285 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1286 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1289 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1290 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1291 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1292 differ between the manuals.
1294 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1295 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1296 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1297 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1299 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1300 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1302 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1306 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1310 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1311 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1313 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1314 (as requested by James Troup)
1316 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1318 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1320 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1322 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1324 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1326 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1328 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1330 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1331 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1332 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1333 the non-maintainer release
1335 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1336 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1337 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1340 - Lots of typos fixed
1342 * Compressed SGML source code
1344 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1345 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1347 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1351 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1354 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1355 - Announcing package uploads
1356 * New section about Debian Mentors
1357 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1358 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1359 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1360 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1364 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1367 of our FTP server and the development process
1368 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1369 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1370 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1372 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1373 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1374 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1375 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1376 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1377 contacting the maintainer
1378 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1379 a new manual released soon)
1380 * Some minor changes
1381 * Include SGML source in package
1382 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1383 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1385 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1387 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1391 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200