1 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
4 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
6 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
8 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
11 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:16:56 +0200
13 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
16 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
17 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
18 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
19 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
20 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
21 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
22 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
23 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
24 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
25 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
26 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
27 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
28 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
29 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
30 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
31 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
32 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
33 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
34 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
35 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
36 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
38 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
40 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
47 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
48 The most important changes are:
49 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
50 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
53 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
54 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
55 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
56 distinction. Closes: #464230.
57 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
58 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
59 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
60 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
61 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
62 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
64 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
65 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
67 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
68 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
70 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
71 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
73 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
75 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
76 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
78 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
79 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
80 Closes: #512620, #510783.
82 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
84 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
88 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
89 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
90 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
91 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
92 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
93 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
94 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
96 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
98 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
101 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
102 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
103 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
104 release codenames in <literal>
105 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
106 doesn't exist anymore.
107 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
108 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
109 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
110 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
111 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
112 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
113 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
114 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
115 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
116 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
117 team before upload. Closes: #459343
118 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
119 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
120 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
121 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
122 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
123 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
124 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
126 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
127 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
129 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
130 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
131 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
132 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
133 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
134 Thomas. Closes: #485837
136 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
137 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
139 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
141 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
145 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
146 - fix debian/copyright
147 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
148 - add pdf for French version.
149 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
150 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
151 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
152 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
153 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
154 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
155 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
156 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
157 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
159 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
160 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
162 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
164 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
165 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
166 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
167 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
168 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
169 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
171 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
174 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
175 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
176 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
177 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
178 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
179 * Update information concerning Alioth.
180 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
181 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
183 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
184 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
186 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
189 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
191 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
193 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
195 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
196 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
198 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
199 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
200 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
202 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
203 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
204 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
206 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
207 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
208 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
209 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
210 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
211 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
212 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
213 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
214 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
215 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
216 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
217 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
219 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
220 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
221 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
222 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
223 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
224 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
225 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
226 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
227 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
228 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
232 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
234 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
236 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
239 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
240 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
241 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
242 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
243 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
244 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
246 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
248 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
250 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
252 - non-us discontinued.
253 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
255 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
256 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
257 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
258 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
259 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
260 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
261 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
262 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
263 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
264 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
265 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
266 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
267 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
268 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
269 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
270 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
271 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
272 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
274 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
275 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
277 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
280 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
282 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
284 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
287 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
288 - madison is on merkel.
289 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
290 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
291 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
292 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
293 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
294 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
296 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
297 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
298 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
299 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
300 - sync NM rules with reality.
302 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
304 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
306 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
309 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
310 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
311 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
312 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
313 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
314 - spelling, grammer fixes.
315 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
316 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
317 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
318 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
319 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
320 - add myself to uploaders.
321 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
322 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
323 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
324 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
325 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
326 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
327 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
328 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
329 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
330 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
331 - rewrote the NMU section, and
332 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
333 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
334 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
335 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
336 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
337 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
338 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
339 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
341 - Security uploads get urgency=high
342 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
344 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
346 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
348 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
351 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
352 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
353 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
354 - documented Alioth, somewhat
356 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
357 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
359 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
360 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
361 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
362 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
366 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
368 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
369 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
370 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
371 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
376 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
379 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
381 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
382 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
383 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
385 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
386 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
387 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
388 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
391 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
393 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
394 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
395 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
396 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
397 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
399 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
400 it clear these are special cases
401 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
403 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
407 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
410 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
411 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
413 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
417 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
420 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
422 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
423 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
424 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
426 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
427 - the synopsis formula changed to either
428 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
430 <package-name> is <synopsis>
432 <package-name> are <synopsis>
434 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
435 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
436 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
437 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
438 package; closes: #187143
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
442 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
445 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
446 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
448 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
450 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
451 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
452 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
453 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
454 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
455 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
456 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
457 right places in the document, closes: #172897
458 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
462 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
464 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
465 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
466 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
467 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
468 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
469 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
470 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
472 - editorial changes on material added in this version
473 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
474 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
475 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
476 closes: #139957, #108416
477 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
478 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
482 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
485 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
487 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
488 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
489 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
490 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
492 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
493 for best practices for documentation
494 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
495 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
496 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
497 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
499 - spell-checking pass
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
503 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
506 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
507 descriptions" moved under there
508 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
509 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
510 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
511 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
512 the document where these tools are discussed
513 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
514 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
515 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
516 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
517 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
518 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
520 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
521 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
522 that can be fixed by DDP folks
523 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
524 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
525 - simply PS and PDF building rules
527 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
529 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
532 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
533 section and adjusted links
534 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
536 - ChangeLog attribution updates
537 - fix typos, closes: #171781
538 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
539 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
540 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
541 for debian/rules", and write an intro
542 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
543 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
544 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
545 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
546 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
547 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
548 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
549 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
550 "Internationalization"
551 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
552 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
553 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
554 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
555 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
556 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
557 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
558 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
559 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
561 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
562 rather useless and broken
563 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
564 names and the first word
565 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
566 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
567 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
569 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
570 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
571 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
575 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
578 - DDP publishing update
580 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
581 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
582 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
583 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
587 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
590 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
591 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
592 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
594 - added myself as co-author
595 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
597 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
598 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
600 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
601 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
605 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
608 - Corrected several errors with —
609 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
610 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
611 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
612 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
613 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
614 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
615 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
617 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
618 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
619 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
620 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
621 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
622 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
623 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
624 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
625 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
627 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
628 descriptions". closes: #158609
629 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
630 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
631 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
632 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
633 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
635 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
636 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
637 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
638 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
639 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
640 - updated the mailing lists section
642 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
643 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
648 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
651 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
652 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
654 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
656 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
657 Ch "The Debian Archive"
659 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
661 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
662 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
663 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
664 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
665 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
667 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
668 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
669 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
670 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
671 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
672 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
673 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
675 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
676 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
679 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
680 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
681 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
682 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
683 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
684 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
685 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
686 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
687 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
688 work-around with <...>
689 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
690 - update copyright date
691 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
692 - spell check and grammar corrections
696 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
698 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
699 recompile"; closes: #102626
700 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
701 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
702 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
703 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
704 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
706 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
707 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
708 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
710 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
712 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
713 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
714 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
715 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
716 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
717 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
718 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
719 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
720 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
722 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
724 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
726 - updated the list of available architectures.
727 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
728 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
729 of the package and nothing more.
730 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
731 any pain to the ftpmasters.
732 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
733 the use of the delayed queue.
734 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
735 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
737 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
738 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
739 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
740 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
741 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
742 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
743 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
745 - new Sec "Documentation"
746 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
747 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
748 "Being kind to porter" too
749 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
750 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
751 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
752 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
753 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
755 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
756 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
759 - update French translation
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
763 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
766 - some grammar corrections
767 - update French translation
769 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
770 anymore; closes: #135559
771 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
773 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
775 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
776 that would be welcome)
777 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
778 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
779 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
780 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
781 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
782 - other minor wording changes
783 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
784 - Ch "Package uploads":
785 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
786 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
787 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
788 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
789 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
790 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
791 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
795 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
797 * from Martin Michlmayr
798 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
799 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
800 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
802 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
804 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
806 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
808 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
809 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
810 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
813 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
815 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
820 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
825 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
826 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
827 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
828 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
829 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
830 talking about uploading to distributions
831 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
832 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
833 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
835 - French translation updated
837 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
838 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
839 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
843 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
846 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
847 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
855 * fix a typo in a link
856 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
857 update documentation accordingly
859 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
860 forwarding bugs upstream
862 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
863 entities which should be used
864 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
865 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
871 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
872 * French version: completely up-to-date now
873 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
874 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
876 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
883 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
885 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
886 this translation needs updating
887 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
888 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
889 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
891 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
892 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
893 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
895 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
896 included yet, however
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
902 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
904 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
905 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
907 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
911 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
913 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
914 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
915 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
917 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
919 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
921 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
924 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
925 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
926 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
927 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
928 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
929 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
930 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
931 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
932 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
933 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
934 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
935 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
937 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
938 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
939 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
940 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
941 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
943 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
945 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
946 * update copyright notice for 2001
947 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
948 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
949 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
953 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
955 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
957 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
959 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
963 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
965 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
966 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
968 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
969 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
970 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
971 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
972 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
973 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
974 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
975 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
976 could be used if necessary
977 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
978 mention the rsync dupload method
979 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
981 * other small corrections
982 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
983 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
984 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
985 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
987 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
989 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
990 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
994 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
996 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
997 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
998 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
999 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1001 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1002 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1003 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1004 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1005 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1007 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1009 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1010 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1011 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1012 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1013 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1014 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1015 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1017 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1018 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1019 - added a section about the LDAP database
1020 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1021 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1023 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1024 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1028 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1031 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1032 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1034 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1035 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1036 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1037 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1038 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1039 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1040 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1041 description from developers-reference.sgml
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1048 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1050 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1052 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1053 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1054 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1055 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1056 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1057 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1058 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1059 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1060 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1061 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1063 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1064 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1065 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1066 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1068 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1069 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1070 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1071 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1072 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1073 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1074 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1075 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1076 suggestion from James Troup
1077 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1078 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1079 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1080 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1085 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1088 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1092 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1095 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1096 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1097 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1098 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1099 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1100 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1104 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1107 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1108 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1109 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1110 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1111 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1113 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1114 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1116 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1124 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1125 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1126 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1127 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1128 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1130 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1131 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1132 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1133 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1135 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1136 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1137 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1138 a normal developer may have access.
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1142 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1145 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1146 step all over each other
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1153 address for PGP key updates
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1160 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1161 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1162 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1163 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1167 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1170 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1171 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1172 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1173 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1174 <keyring-maint> instead)
1175 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1176 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1178 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1180 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1181 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1182 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1186 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1188 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1189 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1190 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1191 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1192 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1193 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1195 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1196 tighten up the language a bit
1197 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1198 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1199 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1200 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1202 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1203 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1204 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1205 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1206 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1207 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1209 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1210 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1211 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1212 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1213 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1214 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1215 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1216 number of available packages
1217 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1218 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1222 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1227 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1229 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * not officially released
1232 * more spelling corrections
1233 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1237 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * not officially released
1240 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1241 * some PGP-centricity removed
1242 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1243 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1244 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1245 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1246 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1247 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1251 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1253 * not officially released
1254 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1255 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1256 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1257 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1258 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1259 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1260 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1261 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1262 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1263 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1264 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1265 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1266 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1267 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1269 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1270 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1272 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1274 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1275 take a couple of weeks
1276 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1277 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1278 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1279 excited about it and can't wait
1280 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1281 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1283 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1284 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1286 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1287 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1288 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1292 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1294 * move to 3-level version number:
1295 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1296 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1297 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1298 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1299 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1302 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1303 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1304 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1306 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1308 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1309 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1310 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1311 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1312 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1313 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1315 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1317 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1318 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1319 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1320 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1321 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1322 - "The CVS server": new section added
1323 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1325 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1326 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1327 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1328 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1329 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1330 with respect to GPG.
1331 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1332 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1333 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1334 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1335 a canonical location?)
1336 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1337 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1338 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1339 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1341 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1343 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1344 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1345 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1346 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1348 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1350 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1353 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1354 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1355 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1356 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1357 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1358 and should not be included in this Reference.
1359 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1360 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1361 maintainer tools only!
1362 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1363 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1364 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1365 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1366 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1367 * Little corrections here and there.
1368 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1369 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1372 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1374 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1377 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1378 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1380 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1381 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1382 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1383 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1384 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1385 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1386 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1387 do prior to uploading
1388 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1389 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1391 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1392 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1393 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1394 duties with respect to bugs
1395 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1396 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1397 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1399 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1400 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1401 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1402 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1403 explicit what is used to build this package
1405 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1407 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1411 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1412 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1413 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1414 * utilize the new URL tag
1415 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1418 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1420 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1422 * non-maintainer release
1423 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1424 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1425 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1426 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1427 text, it can't hurt you.)
1428 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1429 reflect this packages version number
1430 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1432 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1434 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1438 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1440 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1442 * New version numbering scheme:
1444 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1445 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1446 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1449 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1450 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1451 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1452 differ between the manuals.
1454 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1455 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1456 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1457 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1459 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1460 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1462 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1464 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1466 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1470 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1471 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1473 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1474 (as requested by James Troup)
1476 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1478 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1480 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1482 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1486 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1488 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1490 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1491 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1492 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1493 the non-maintainer release
1495 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1496 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1497 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1500 - Lots of typos fixed
1502 * Compressed SGML source code
1504 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1505 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1507 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1511 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1514 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1515 - Announcing package uploads
1516 * New section about Debian Mentors
1517 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1518 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1519 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1520 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1524 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1527 of our FTP server and the development process
1528 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1529 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1530 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1532 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1533 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1534 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1535 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1536 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1537 contacting the maintainer
1538 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1539 a new manual released soon)
1540 * Some minor changes
1541 * Include SGML source in package
1542 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1543 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1545 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1547 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1551 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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