1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
16 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:29:13 +0200
18 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
25 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
26 The most important changes are:
27 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
28 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
31 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
32 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
33 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
34 distinction. Closes: #464230.
35 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
36 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
37 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
38 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
39 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
40 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
42 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
43 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
45 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
46 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
48 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
49 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
51 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
53 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
54 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
56 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
57 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
58 Closes: #512620, #510783.
60 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
62 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
66 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
67 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
68 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
69 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
70 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
71 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
72 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
74 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
76 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
79 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
80 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
81 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
82 release codenames in <literal>
83 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
84 doesn't exist anymore.
85 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
86 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
87 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
88 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
89 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
90 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
91 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
92 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
93 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
94 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
95 team before upload. Closes: #459343
96 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
97 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
98 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
99 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
100 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
101 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
102 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
104 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
105 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
107 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
108 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
109 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
110 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
111 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
112 Thomas. Closes: #485837
114 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
115 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
117 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
119 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
123 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
124 - fix debian/copyright
125 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
126 - add pdf for French version.
127 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
128 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
129 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
130 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
131 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
132 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
133 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
134 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
135 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
137 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
138 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
140 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
142 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
143 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
144 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
145 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
146 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
147 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
149 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
152 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
153 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
154 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
155 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
156 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
157 * Update information concerning Alioth.
158 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
159 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
161 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
162 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
164 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
167 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
169 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
171 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
173 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
174 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
176 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
177 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
178 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
180 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
181 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
182 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
184 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
185 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
186 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
187 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
188 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
189 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
190 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
191 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
192 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
193 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
194 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
195 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
197 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
198 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
199 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
200 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
201 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
202 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
203 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
204 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
205 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
206 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
210 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
212 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
214 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
217 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
218 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
219 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
220 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
221 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
222 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
224 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
226 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
228 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
230 - non-us discontinued.
231 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
233 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
234 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
235 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
236 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
237 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
238 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
239 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
240 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
241 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
242 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
243 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
244 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
245 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
246 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
247 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
248 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
249 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
250 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
252 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
253 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
255 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
258 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
260 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
262 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
265 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
266 - madison is on merkel.
267 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
268 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
269 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
270 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
271 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
272 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
274 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
275 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
276 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
277 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
278 - sync NM rules with reality.
280 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
282 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
284 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
287 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
288 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
289 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
290 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
291 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
292 - spelling, grammer fixes.
293 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
294 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
295 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
296 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
297 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
298 - add myself to uploaders.
299 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
300 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
301 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
302 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
303 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
304 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
305 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
306 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
307 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
308 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
309 - rewrote the NMU section, and
310 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
311 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
312 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
313 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
314 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
315 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
316 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
317 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
319 - Security uploads get urgency=high
320 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
322 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
324 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
326 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
329 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
330 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
331 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
332 - documented Alioth, somewhat
334 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
335 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
337 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
338 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
339 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
340 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
344 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
346 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
347 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
348 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
349 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
354 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
357 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
359 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
360 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
361 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
363 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
364 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
365 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
366 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
369 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
371 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
372 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
373 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
374 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
375 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
377 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
378 it clear these are special cases
379 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
381 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
385 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
388 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
389 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
391 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
395 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
398 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
400 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
401 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
402 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
404 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
405 - the synopsis formula changed to either
406 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
408 <package-name> is <synopsis>
410 <package-name> are <synopsis>
412 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
413 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
414 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
415 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
416 package; closes: #187143
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
420 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
423 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
424 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
426 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
428 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
429 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
430 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
431 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
432 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
433 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
434 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
435 right places in the document, closes: #172897
436 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
440 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
442 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
443 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
444 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
445 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
446 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
447 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
448 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
450 - editorial changes on material added in this version
451 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
452 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
453 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
454 closes: #139957, #108416
455 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
456 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
460 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
463 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
465 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
466 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
467 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
468 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
470 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
471 for best practices for documentation
472 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
473 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
474 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
475 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
477 - spell-checking pass
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
481 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
484 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
485 descriptions" moved under there
486 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
487 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
488 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
489 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
490 the document where these tools are discussed
491 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
492 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
493 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
494 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
495 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
496 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
498 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
499 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
500 that can be fixed by DDP folks
501 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
502 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
503 - simply PS and PDF building rules
505 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
507 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
510 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
511 section and adjusted links
512 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
514 - ChangeLog attribution updates
515 - fix typos, closes: #171781
516 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
517 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
518 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
519 for debian/rules", and write an intro
520 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
521 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
522 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
523 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
524 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
525 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
526 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
527 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
528 "Internationalization"
529 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
530 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
531 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
532 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
533 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
534 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
535 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
536 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
537 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
539 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
540 rather useless and broken
541 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
542 names and the first word
543 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
544 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
545 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
547 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
548 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
549 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
553 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
556 - DDP publishing update
558 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
559 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
560 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
561 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
565 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
568 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
569 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
570 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
572 - added myself as co-author
573 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
575 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
576 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
578 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
579 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
583 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
586 - Corrected several errors with —
587 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
588 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
589 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
590 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
591 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
592 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
593 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
595 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
596 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
597 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
598 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
599 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
600 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
601 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
602 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
603 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
605 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
606 descriptions". closes: #158609
607 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
608 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
609 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
610 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
611 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
613 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
614 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
615 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
616 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
617 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
618 - updated the mailing lists section
620 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
621 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
624 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
626 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
629 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
630 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
632 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
634 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
635 Ch "The Debian Archive"
637 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
639 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
640 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
641 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
642 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
643 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
645 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
646 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
647 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
648 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
649 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
650 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
651 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
653 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
654 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
657 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
658 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
659 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
660 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
661 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
662 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
663 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
664 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
665 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
666 work-around with <...>
667 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
668 - update copyright date
669 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
670 - spell check and grammar corrections
674 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
676 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
677 recompile"; closes: #102626
678 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
679 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
680 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
681 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
682 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
684 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
685 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
686 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
688 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
690 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
691 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
692 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
693 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
694 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
695 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
696 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
697 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
698 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
700 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
702 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
704 - updated the list of available architectures.
705 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
706 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
707 of the package and nothing more.
708 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
709 any pain to the ftpmasters.
710 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
711 the use of the delayed queue.
712 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
713 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
715 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
716 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
717 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
718 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
719 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
720 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
721 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
723 - new Sec "Documentation"
724 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
725 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
726 "Being kind to porter" too
727 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
728 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
729 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
730 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
731 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
733 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
734 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
737 - update French translation
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
741 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
744 - some grammar corrections
745 - update French translation
747 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
748 anymore; closes: #135559
749 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
751 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
753 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
754 that would be welcome)
755 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
756 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
757 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
758 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
759 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
760 - other minor wording changes
761 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
762 - Ch "Package uploads":
763 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
764 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
765 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
766 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
767 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
768 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
769 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
773 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
775 * from Martin Michlmayr
776 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
777 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
778 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
780 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
782 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
784 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
786 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
787 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
788 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
791 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
793 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
798 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
801 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
803 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
804 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
805 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
806 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
807 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
808 talking about uploading to distributions
809 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
810 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
811 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
813 - French translation updated
815 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
816 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
817 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
821 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
824 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
825 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
833 * fix a typo in a link
834 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
835 update documentation accordingly
837 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
838 forwarding bugs upstream
840 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
841 entities which should be used
842 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
843 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
849 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
850 * French version: completely up-to-date now
851 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
852 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
854 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
859 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
861 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
863 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
864 this translation needs updating
865 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
866 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
867 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
869 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
870 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
871 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
873 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
874 included yet, however
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
880 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
882 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
883 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
885 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
889 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
891 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
892 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
893 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
895 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
899 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
902 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
903 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
904 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
905 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
906 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
907 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
908 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
909 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
910 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
911 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
912 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
913 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
915 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
916 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
917 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
918 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
919 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
921 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
923 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
924 * update copyright notice for 2001
925 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
926 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
927 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
931 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
933 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
935 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
937 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
941 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
944 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
946 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
947 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
948 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
949 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
950 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
951 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
952 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
953 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
954 could be used if necessary
955 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
956 mention the rsync dupload method
957 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
959 * other small corrections
960 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
961 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
962 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
963 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
965 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
967 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
968 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
974 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
975 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
976 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
977 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
979 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
980 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
981 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
982 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
983 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
985 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
987 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
988 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
989 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
990 team (closes: Bug#52906)
991 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
992 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
993 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
995 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
996 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
997 - added a section about the LDAP database
998 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
999 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1001 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1002 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1006 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1009 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1010 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1012 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1013 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1014 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1015 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1016 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1017 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1018 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1019 description from developers-reference.sgml
1021 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1023 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1026 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1028 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1030 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1031 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1032 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1033 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1034 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1035 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1036 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1037 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1038 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1039 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1041 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1042 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1043 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1044 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1046 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1047 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1048 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1049 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1050 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1051 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1052 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1053 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1054 suggestion from James Troup
1055 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1056 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1057 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1058 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1061 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1066 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1070 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1073 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1074 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1075 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1076 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1077 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1078 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1082 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1085 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1086 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1087 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1088 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1089 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1091 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1092 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1094 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1098 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1102 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1103 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1104 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1105 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1106 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1108 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1109 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1110 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1111 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1113 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1114 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1115 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1116 a normal developer may have access.
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1123 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1124 step all over each other
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1128 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1131 address for PGP key updates
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1135 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1138 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1139 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1140 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1141 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1148 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1149 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1150 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1151 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1152 <keyring-maint> instead)
1153 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1154 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1156 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1158 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1159 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1160 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1164 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1166 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1167 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1168 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1169 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1170 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1171 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1173 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1174 tighten up the language a bit
1175 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1176 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1177 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1178 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1180 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1181 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1182 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1183 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1184 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1185 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1187 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1188 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1189 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1190 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1191 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1192 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1193 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1194 number of available packages
1195 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1196 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1200 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1207 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * not officially released
1210 * more spelling corrections
1211 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1215 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * not officially released
1218 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1219 * some PGP-centricity removed
1220 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1221 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1222 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1223 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1224 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1225 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1227 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1229 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1231 * not officially released
1232 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1233 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1234 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1235 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1236 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1237 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1238 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1239 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1240 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1241 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1242 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1243 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1244 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1245 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1247 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1248 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1250 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1252 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1253 take a couple of weeks
1254 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1255 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1256 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1257 excited about it and can't wait
1258 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1259 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1261 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1262 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1264 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1265 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1266 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1270 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1272 * move to 3-level version number:
1273 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1274 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1275 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1276 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1277 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1280 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1281 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1282 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1284 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1286 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1287 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1288 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1289 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1290 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1291 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1293 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1295 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1296 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1297 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1298 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1299 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1300 - "The CVS server": new section added
1301 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1303 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1304 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1305 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1306 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1307 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1308 with respect to GPG.
1309 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1310 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1311 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1312 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1313 a canonical location?)
1314 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1315 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1316 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1317 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1319 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1321 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1322 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1323 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1324 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1326 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1328 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1331 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1332 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1333 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1334 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1335 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1336 and should not be included in this Reference.
1337 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1338 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1339 maintainer tools only!
1340 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1341 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1342 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1343 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1344 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1345 * Little corrections here and there.
1346 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1347 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1350 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1352 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1355 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1356 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1358 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1359 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1360 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1361 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1362 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1363 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1364 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1365 do prior to uploading
1366 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1367 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1369 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1370 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1371 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1372 duties with respect to bugs
1373 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1374 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1375 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1377 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1378 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1379 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1380 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1381 explicit what is used to build this package
1383 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1385 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1389 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1390 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1391 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1392 * utilize the new URL tag
1393 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1396 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1398 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1400 * non-maintainer release
1401 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1402 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1403 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1404 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1405 text, it can't hurt you.)
1406 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1407 reflect this packages version number
1408 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1410 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1412 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1416 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1418 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1420 * New version numbering scheme:
1422 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1423 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1424 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1427 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1428 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1429 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1430 differ between the manuals.
1432 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1433 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1434 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1435 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1437 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1438 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1440 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1442 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1444 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1448 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1449 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1451 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1452 (as requested by James Troup)
1454 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1456 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1458 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1460 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1464 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1466 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1468 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1469 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1470 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1471 the non-maintainer release
1473 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1474 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1475 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1478 - Lots of typos fixed
1480 * Compressed SGML source code
1482 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1483 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1485 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1489 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1491 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1492 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1493 - Announcing package uploads
1494 * New section about Debian Mentors
1495 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1496 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1497 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1498 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1502 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1505 of our FTP server and the development process
1506 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1507 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1508 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1510 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1511 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1512 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1513 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1514 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1515 contacting the maintainer
1516 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1517 a new manual released soon)
1518 * Some minor changes
1519 * Include SGML source in package
1520 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1521 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1523 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1525 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200