1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
19 doesn't exist anymore.
21 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
23 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
27 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
28 - fix debian/copyright
29 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
30 - add pdf for French version.
31 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
32 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
33 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
34 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
35 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
36 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
37 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
38 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
39 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
41 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
42 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
44 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
46 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
47 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
48 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
49 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
50 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
51 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
53 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
56 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
57 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
58 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
59 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
60 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
61 * Update information concerning Alioth.
62 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
63 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
65 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
66 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
68 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
71 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
73 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
75 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
77 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
78 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
80 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
81 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
82 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
84 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
85 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
86 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
88 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
89 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
90 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
91 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
92 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
93 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
94 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
95 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
96 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
97 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
98 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
99 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
101 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
102 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
103 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
104 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
105 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
106 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
107 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
108 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
109 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
110 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
114 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
116 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
118 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
121 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
122 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
123 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
124 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
125 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
126 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
128 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
130 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
132 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
134 - non-us discontinued.
135 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
137 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
138 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
139 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
140 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
141 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
142 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
143 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
144 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
145 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
146 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
147 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
148 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
149 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
150 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
151 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
152 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
153 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
154 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
156 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
157 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
159 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
162 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
164 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
166 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
169 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
170 - madison is on merkel.
171 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
172 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
173 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
174 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
175 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
176 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
178 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
179 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
180 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
181 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
182 - sync NM rules with reality.
184 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
186 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
188 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
191 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
192 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
193 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
194 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
195 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
196 - spelling, grammer fixes.
197 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
198 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
199 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
200 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
201 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
202 - add myself to uploaders.
203 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
204 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
205 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
206 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
207 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
208 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
209 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
210 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
211 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
212 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
213 - rewrote the NMU section, and
214 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
215 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
216 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
217 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
218 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
219 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
220 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
221 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
223 - Security uploads get urgency=high
224 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
226 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
228 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
230 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
233 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
234 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
235 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
236 - documented Alioth, somewhat
238 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
239 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
241 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
242 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
243 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
244 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
248 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
250 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
251 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
252 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
253 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
258 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
261 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
263 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
264 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
265 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
267 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
268 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
269 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
270 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
273 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
275 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
276 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
277 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
278 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
279 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
281 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
282 it clear these are special cases
283 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
285 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
289 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
292 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
293 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
295 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
299 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
302 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
304 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
305 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
306 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
308 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
309 - the synopsis formula changed to either
310 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
312 <package-name> is <synopsis>
314 <package-name> are <synopsis>
316 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
317 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
318 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
319 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
320 package; closes: #187143
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
324 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
327 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
328 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
330 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
332 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
333 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
334 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
335 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
336 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
337 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
338 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
339 right places in the document, closes: #172897
340 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
344 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
346 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
347 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
348 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
349 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
350 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
351 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
352 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
354 - editorial changes on material added in this version
355 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
356 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
357 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
358 closes: #139957, #108416
359 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
360 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
364 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
367 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
369 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
370 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
371 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
372 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
374 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
375 for best practices for documentation
376 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
377 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
378 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
379 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
381 - spell-checking pass
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
385 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
388 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
389 descriptions" moved under there
390 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
391 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
392 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
393 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
394 the document where these tools are discussed
395 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
396 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
397 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
398 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
399 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
400 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
402 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
403 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
404 that can be fixed by DDP folks
405 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
406 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
407 - simply PS and PDF building rules
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
411 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
414 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
415 section and adjusted links
416 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
418 - ChangeLog attribution updates
419 - fix typos, closes: #171781
420 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
421 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
422 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
423 for debian/rules", and write an intro
424 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
425 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
426 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
427 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
428 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
429 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
430 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
431 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
432 "Internationalization"
433 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
434 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
435 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
436 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
437 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
438 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
439 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
440 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
441 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
443 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
444 rather useless and broken
445 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
446 names and the first word
447 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
448 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
449 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
451 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
452 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
453 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
457 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
460 - DDP publishing update
462 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
463 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
464 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
465 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
469 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
472 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
473 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
474 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
476 - added myself as co-author
477 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
479 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
480 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
482 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
483 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
487 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
490 - Corrected several errors with —
491 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
492 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
493 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
494 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
495 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
496 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
497 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
499 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
500 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
501 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
502 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
503 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
504 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
505 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
506 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
507 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
509 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
510 descriptions". closes: #158609
511 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
512 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
513 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
514 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
515 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
517 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
518 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
519 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
520 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
521 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
522 - updated the mailing lists section
524 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
525 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
530 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
533 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
534 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
536 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
538 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
539 Ch "The Debian Archive"
541 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
543 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
544 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
545 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
546 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
547 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
549 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
550 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
551 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
552 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
553 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
554 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
555 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
557 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
558 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
561 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
562 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
563 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
564 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
565 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
566 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
567 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
568 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
569 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
570 work-around with <...>
571 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
572 - update copyright date
573 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
574 - spell check and grammar corrections
578 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
580 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
581 recompile"; closes: #102626
582 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
583 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
584 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
585 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
586 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
588 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
589 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
590 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
592 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
594 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
595 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
596 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
597 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
598 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
599 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
600 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
601 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
602 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
604 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
606 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
608 - updated the list of available architectures.
609 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
610 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
611 of the package and nothing more.
612 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
613 any pain to the ftpmasters.
614 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
615 the use of the delayed queue.
616 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
617 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
619 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
620 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
621 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
622 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
623 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
624 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
625 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
627 - new Sec "Documentation"
628 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
629 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
630 "Being kind to porter" too
631 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
632 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
633 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
634 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
635 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
637 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
638 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
641 - update French translation
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
645 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
648 - some grammar corrections
649 - update French translation
651 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
652 anymore; closes: #135559
653 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
655 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
657 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
658 that would be welcome)
659 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
660 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
661 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
662 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
663 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
664 - other minor wording changes
665 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
666 - Ch "Package uploads":
667 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
668 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
669 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
670 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
671 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
672 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
673 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
677 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
679 * from Martin Michlmayr
680 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
681 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
682 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
684 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
686 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
688 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
690 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
691 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
692 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
695 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
697 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
702 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
705 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
707 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
708 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
709 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
710 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
711 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
712 talking about uploading to distributions
713 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
714 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
715 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
717 - French translation updated
719 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
720 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
721 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
725 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
728 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
729 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
734 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
737 * fix a typo in a link
738 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
739 update documentation accordingly
741 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
742 forwarding bugs upstream
744 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
745 entities which should be used
746 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
747 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
753 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
754 * French version: completely up-to-date now
755 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
756 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
758 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
763 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
765 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
767 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
768 this translation needs updating
769 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
770 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
771 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
773 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
774 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
775 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
777 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
778 included yet, however
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
782 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
784 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
786 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
787 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
789 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
793 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
795 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
796 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
797 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
799 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
803 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
806 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
807 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
808 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
809 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
810 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
811 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
812 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
813 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
814 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
815 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
816 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
817 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
819 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
820 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
821 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
822 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
823 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
825 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
827 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
828 * update copyright notice for 2001
829 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
830 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
831 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
835 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
837 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
839 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
841 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
845 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
848 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
850 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
851 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
852 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
853 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
854 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
855 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
856 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
857 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
858 could be used if necessary
859 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
860 mention the rsync dupload method
861 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
863 * other small corrections
864 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
865 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
866 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
867 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
869 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
871 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
872 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
878 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
879 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
880 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
881 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
883 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
884 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
885 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
886 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
887 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
889 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
891 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
892 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
893 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
894 team (closes: Bug#52906)
895 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
896 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
897 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
899 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
900 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
901 - added a section about the LDAP database
902 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
903 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
905 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
906 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
910 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
912 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
913 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
914 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
916 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
917 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
918 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
919 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
920 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
921 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
922 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
923 description from developers-reference.sgml
925 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
929 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
930 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
932 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
934 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
935 releases are available at archive.debian.org
936 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
937 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
938 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
939 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
940 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
941 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
942 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
943 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
945 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
946 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
947 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
948 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
950 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
951 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
952 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
953 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
954 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
955 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
956 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
957 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
958 suggestion from James Troup
959 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
960 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
961 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
962 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
969 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
970 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
974 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
976 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
977 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
978 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
979 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
980 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
981 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
982 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
989 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
990 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
991 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
992 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
993 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
995 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
996 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
998 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1006 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1007 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1008 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1009 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1010 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1012 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1013 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1014 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1015 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1017 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1018 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1019 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1020 a normal developer may have access.
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1027 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1028 step all over each other
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1032 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1035 address for PGP key updates
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1039 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1042 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1043 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1044 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1045 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1049 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1052 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1053 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1054 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1055 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1056 <keyring-maint> instead)
1057 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1058 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1060 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1062 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1063 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1064 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1068 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1070 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1071 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1072 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1073 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1074 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1075 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1077 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1078 tighten up the language a bit
1079 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1080 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1081 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1082 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1084 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1085 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1086 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1087 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1088 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1089 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1091 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1092 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1093 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1094 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1095 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1096 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1097 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1098 number of available packages
1099 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1100 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1104 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1111 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * not officially released
1114 * more spelling corrections
1115 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1119 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * not officially released
1122 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1123 * some PGP-centricity removed
1124 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1125 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1126 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1127 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1128 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1129 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1133 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1135 * not officially released
1136 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1137 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1138 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1139 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1140 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1141 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1142 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1143 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1144 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1145 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1146 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1147 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1148 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1149 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1151 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1152 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1154 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1156 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1157 take a couple of weeks
1158 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1159 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1160 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1161 excited about it and can't wait
1162 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1163 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1165 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1166 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1168 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1169 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1170 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1174 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1176 * move to 3-level version number:
1177 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1178 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1179 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1180 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1181 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1184 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1185 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1186 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1188 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1190 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1191 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1192 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1193 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1194 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1195 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1197 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1199 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1200 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1201 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1202 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1203 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1204 - "The CVS server": new section added
1205 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1207 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1208 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1209 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1210 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1211 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1212 with respect to GPG.
1213 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1214 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1215 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1216 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1217 a canonical location?)
1218 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1219 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1220 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1221 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1223 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1225 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1226 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1227 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1228 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1230 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1232 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1235 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1236 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1237 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1238 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1239 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1240 and should not be included in this Reference.
1241 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1242 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1243 maintainer tools only!
1244 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1245 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1246 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1247 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1248 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1249 * Little corrections here and there.
1250 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1251 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1254 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1256 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1259 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1260 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1262 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1263 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1264 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1265 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1266 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1267 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1268 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1269 do prior to uploading
1270 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1271 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1273 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1274 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1275 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1276 duties with respect to bugs
1277 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1278 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1279 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1281 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1282 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1283 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1284 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1285 explicit what is used to build this package
1287 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1289 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1293 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1294 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1295 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1296 * utilize the new URL tag
1297 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1300 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1302 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1304 * non-maintainer release
1305 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1306 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1307 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1308 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1309 text, it can't hurt you.)
1310 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1311 reflect this packages version number
1312 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1314 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1316 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1320 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1322 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1324 * New version numbering scheme:
1326 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1327 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1328 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1331 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1332 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1333 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1334 differ between the manuals.
1336 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1337 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1338 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1339 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1341 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1342 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1344 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1346 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1348 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1352 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1353 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1355 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1356 (as requested by James Troup)
1358 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1360 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1364 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1368 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1370 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1372 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1373 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1374 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1375 the non-maintainer release
1377 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1378 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1379 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1382 - Lots of typos fixed
1384 * Compressed SGML source code
1386 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1387 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1389 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1391 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1393 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1396 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1397 - Announcing package uploads
1398 * New section about Debian Mentors
1399 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1400 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1401 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1402 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1404 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1406 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1409 of our FTP server and the development process
1410 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1411 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1412 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1414 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1415 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1416 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1417 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1418 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1419 contacting the maintainer
1420 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1421 a new manual released soon)
1422 * Some minor changes
1423 * Include SGML source in package
1424 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1425 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1427 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1429 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200