1 developers-reference (3.4.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
4 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
5 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
7 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:19:21 +0200
9 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
13 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
16 * Update my email address.
17 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
18 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
19 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
20 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
21 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
22 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
25 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
27 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
33 version tracking removed that requirement.
36 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
37 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
38 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
39 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
40 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
41 needed. Closes: #619990
42 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
43 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
46 * Initial German translation.
49 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
50 * Update French translation.
51 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
52 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
53 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
56 * Update Japanese translation.
58 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
60 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
64 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
67 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
68 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
69 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
70 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
71 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
72 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
73 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
74 patch. Closes: #540231
75 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
76 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
77 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
78 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
79 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
80 for the patch. Closes: #548823
81 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
82 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
83 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
84 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
85 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
86 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
87 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
88 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
89 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
90 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
91 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
92 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
93 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
94 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
96 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
97 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
98 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
100 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
101 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
102 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
103 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
104 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
106 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
108 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
109 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
110 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
111 patch. Closes: #573110
112 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
114 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
115 multi-lines substitution variables.
118 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
119 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
120 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
121 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
122 * Activate Japanese package.
123 * Handle addendum if it exists.
125 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
127 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
130 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
132 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
134 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
136 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
137 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
139 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
141 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
143 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
144 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
145 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
146 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
147 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
148 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
149 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
150 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
151 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
152 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
153 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
154 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
155 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
156 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
157 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
158 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
159 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
160 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
161 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
162 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
163 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
164 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
166 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
168 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
175 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
176 The most important changes are:
177 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
178 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
181 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
182 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
183 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
184 distinction. Closes: #464230.
185 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
186 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
187 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
188 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
189 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
190 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
192 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
193 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
195 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
196 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
198 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
199 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
201 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
203 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
204 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
206 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
207 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
208 Closes: #512620, #510783.
210 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
212 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
215 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
216 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
217 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
218 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
219 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
220 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
221 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
222 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
224 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
226 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
229 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
230 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
231 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
232 release codenames in <literal>
233 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
234 doesn't exist anymore.
235 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
236 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
237 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
238 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
239 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
240 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
241 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
242 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
243 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
244 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
245 team before upload. Closes: #459343
246 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
247 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
248 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
249 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
250 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
251 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
252 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
254 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
255 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
257 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
258 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
259 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
260 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
261 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
262 Thomas. Closes: #485837
264 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
265 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
267 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
269 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
273 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
274 - fix debian/copyright
275 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
276 - add pdf for French version.
277 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
278 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
279 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
280 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
281 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
282 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
283 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
284 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
285 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
287 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
288 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
290 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
292 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
293 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
294 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
295 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
296 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
297 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
299 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
302 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
303 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
304 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
305 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
306 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
307 * Update information concerning Alioth.
308 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
309 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
311 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
312 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
314 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
317 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
319 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
321 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
323 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
324 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
326 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
327 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
328 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
330 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
331 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
332 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
334 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
335 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
336 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
337 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
338 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
339 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
340 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
341 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
342 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
343 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
344 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
345 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
347 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
348 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
349 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
350 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
351 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
352 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
353 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
354 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
355 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
356 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
360 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
362 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
364 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
367 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
368 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
369 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
370 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
371 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
372 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
374 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
376 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
378 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
380 - non-us discontinued.
381 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
383 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
384 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
385 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
386 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
387 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
388 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
389 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
390 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
391 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
392 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
393 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
394 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
395 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
396 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
397 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
398 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
399 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
400 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
402 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
403 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
405 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
408 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
410 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
412 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
415 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
416 - madison is on merkel.
417 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
418 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
419 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
420 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
421 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
422 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
424 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
425 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
426 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
427 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
428 - sync NM rules with reality.
430 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
432 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
434 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
437 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
438 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
439 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
440 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
441 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
442 - spelling, grammer fixes.
443 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
444 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
445 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
446 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
447 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
448 - add myself to uploaders.
449 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
450 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
451 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
452 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
453 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
454 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
455 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
456 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
457 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
458 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
459 - rewrote the NMU section, and
460 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
461 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
462 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
463 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
464 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
465 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
466 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
467 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
469 - Security uploads get urgency=high
470 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
472 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
474 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
476 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
479 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
480 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
481 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
482 - documented Alioth, somewhat
484 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
485 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
487 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
488 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
489 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
490 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
494 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
496 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
497 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
498 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
499 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
504 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
507 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
509 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
510 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
511 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
513 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
514 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
515 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
516 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
519 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
521 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
522 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
523 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
524 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
525 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
527 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
528 it clear these are special cases
529 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
531 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
535 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
538 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
539 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
541 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
545 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
548 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
550 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
551 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
552 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
554 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
555 - the synopsis formula changed to either
556 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
558 <package-name> is <synopsis>
560 <package-name> are <synopsis>
562 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
563 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
564 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
565 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
566 package; closes: #187143
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
570 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
573 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
574 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
576 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
578 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
579 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
580 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
581 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
582 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
583 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
584 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
585 right places in the document, closes: #172897
586 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
590 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
592 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
593 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
594 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
595 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
596 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
597 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
598 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
600 - editorial changes on material added in this version
601 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
602 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
603 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
604 closes: #139957, #108416
605 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
606 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
610 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
613 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
615 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
616 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
617 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
618 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
620 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
621 for best practices for documentation
622 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
623 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
624 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
625 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
627 - spell-checking pass
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
631 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
634 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
635 descriptions" moved under there
636 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
637 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
638 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
639 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
640 the document where these tools are discussed
641 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
642 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
643 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
644 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
645 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
646 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
648 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
649 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
650 that can be fixed by DDP folks
651 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
652 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
653 - simply PS and PDF building rules
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
657 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
660 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
661 section and adjusted links
662 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
664 - ChangeLog attribution updates
665 - fix typos, closes: #171781
666 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
667 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
668 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
669 for debian/rules", and write an intro
670 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
671 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
672 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
673 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
674 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
675 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
676 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
677 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
678 "Internationalization"
679 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
680 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
681 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
682 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
683 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
684 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
685 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
686 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
687 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
689 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
690 rather useless and broken
691 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
692 names and the first word
693 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
694 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
695 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
697 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
698 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
699 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
703 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
706 - DDP publishing update
708 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
709 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
710 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
711 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
715 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
718 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
719 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
720 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
722 - added myself as co-author
723 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
725 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
726 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
728 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
729 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
731 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
733 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
736 - Corrected several errors with —
737 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
738 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
739 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
740 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
741 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
742 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
743 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
745 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
746 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
747 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
748 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
749 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
750 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
751 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
752 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
753 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
755 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
756 descriptions". closes: #158609
757 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
758 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
759 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
760 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
761 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
763 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
764 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
765 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
766 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
767 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
768 - updated the mailing lists section
770 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
771 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
776 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
779 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
780 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
782 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
784 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
785 Ch "The Debian Archive"
787 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
789 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
790 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
791 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
792 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
793 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
795 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
796 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
797 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
798 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
799 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
800 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
801 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
803 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
804 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
807 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
808 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
809 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
810 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
811 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
812 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
813 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
814 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
815 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
816 work-around with <...>
817 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
818 - update copyright date
819 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
820 - spell check and grammar corrections
824 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
826 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
827 recompile"; closes: #102626
828 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
829 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
830 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
831 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
832 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
834 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
835 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
836 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
838 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
840 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
841 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
842 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
843 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
844 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
845 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
846 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
847 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
848 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
850 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
852 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
854 - updated the list of available architectures.
855 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
856 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
857 of the package and nothing more.
858 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
859 any pain to the ftpmasters.
860 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
861 the use of the delayed queue.
862 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
863 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
865 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
866 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
867 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
868 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
869 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
870 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
871 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
873 - new Sec "Documentation"
874 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
875 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
876 "Being kind to porter" too
877 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
878 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
879 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
880 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
881 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
883 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
884 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
887 - update French translation
889 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
891 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
894 - some grammar corrections
895 - update French translation
897 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
898 anymore; closes: #135559
899 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
901 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
903 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
904 that would be welcome)
905 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
906 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
907 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
908 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
909 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
910 - other minor wording changes
911 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
912 - Ch "Package uploads":
913 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
914 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
915 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
916 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
917 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
918 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
919 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
923 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
925 * from Martin Michlmayr
926 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
927 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
928 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
930 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
932 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
934 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
936 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
937 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
938 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
941 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
943 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
948 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
951 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
953 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
954 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
955 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
956 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
957 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
958 talking about uploading to distributions
959 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
960 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
961 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
963 - French translation updated
965 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
966 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
967 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
971 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
974 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
975 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
980 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
983 * fix a typo in a link
984 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
985 update documentation accordingly
987 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
988 forwarding bugs upstream
990 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
991 entities which should be used
992 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
993 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
999 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1000 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1001 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1002 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1004 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1013 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1014 this translation needs updating
1015 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1016 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1017 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1019 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1020 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1021 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1023 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1024 included yet, however
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1028 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1032 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1033 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1035 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1042 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1043 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1045 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1049 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1052 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1053 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1054 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1055 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1056 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1057 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1058 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1059 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1060 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1061 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1062 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1063 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1065 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1066 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1067 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1068 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1069 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1071 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1073 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1074 * update copyright notice for 2001
1075 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1076 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1077 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1081 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1085 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1087 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1091 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1094 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1096 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1097 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1098 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1099 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1100 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1101 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1102 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1103 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1104 could be used if necessary
1105 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1106 mention the rsync dupload method
1107 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1109 * other small corrections
1110 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1111 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1112 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1113 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1115 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1117 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1118 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1124 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1125 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1126 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1127 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1129 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1130 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1131 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1132 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1133 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1135 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1137 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1138 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1139 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1140 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1141 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1142 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1143 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1145 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1146 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1147 - added a section about the LDAP database
1148 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1149 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1151 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1152 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1159 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1160 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1162 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1163 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1164 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1165 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1166 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1167 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1168 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1169 description from developers-reference.sgml
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1173 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1176 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1178 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1180 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1181 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1182 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1183 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1184 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1185 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1186 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1187 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1188 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1189 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1191 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1192 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1193 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1194 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1196 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1197 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1198 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1199 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1200 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1201 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1202 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1203 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1204 suggestion from James Troup
1205 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1206 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1207 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1208 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1216 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1220 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1223 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1224 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1225 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1226 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1227 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1228 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1235 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1236 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1237 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1238 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1239 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1241 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1242 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1244 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1248 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1252 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1253 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1254 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1255 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1256 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1258 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1259 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1260 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1261 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1263 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1264 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1265 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1266 a normal developer may have access.
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1273 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1274 step all over each other
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1281 address for PGP key updates
1283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1285 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1288 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1289 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1290 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1291 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1295 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1298 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1299 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1300 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1301 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1302 <keyring-maint> instead)
1303 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1304 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1306 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1308 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1309 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1310 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1314 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1316 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1317 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1318 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1319 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1320 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1321 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1323 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1324 tighten up the language a bit
1325 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1326 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1327 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1328 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1330 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1331 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1332 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1333 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1334 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1335 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1337 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1338 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1339 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1340 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1341 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1342 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1343 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1344 number of available packages
1345 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1346 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1350 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1357 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * not officially released
1360 * more spelling corrections
1361 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1365 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1367 * not officially released
1368 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1369 * some PGP-centricity removed
1370 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1371 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1372 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1373 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1374 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1375 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1379 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1381 * not officially released
1382 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1383 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1384 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1385 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1386 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1387 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1388 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1389 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1390 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1391 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1392 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1393 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1394 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1395 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1397 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1398 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1400 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1402 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1403 take a couple of weeks
1404 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1405 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1406 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1407 excited about it and can't wait
1408 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1409 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1411 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1412 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1414 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1415 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1416 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1420 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1422 * move to 3-level version number:
1423 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1424 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1425 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1426 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1427 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1430 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1431 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1432 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1434 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1436 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1437 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1438 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1439 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1440 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1441 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1443 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1445 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1446 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1447 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1448 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1449 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1450 - "The CVS server": new section added
1451 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1453 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1454 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1455 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1456 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1457 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1458 with respect to GPG.
1459 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1460 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1461 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1462 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1463 a canonical location?)
1464 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1465 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1466 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1467 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1469 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1471 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1472 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1473 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1474 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1476 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1478 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1481 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1482 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1483 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1484 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1485 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1486 and should not be included in this Reference.
1487 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1488 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1489 maintainer tools only!
1490 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1491 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1492 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1493 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1494 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1495 * Little corrections here and there.
1496 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1497 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1500 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1502 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1505 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1506 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1508 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1509 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1510 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1511 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1512 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1513 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1514 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1515 do prior to uploading
1516 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1517 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1519 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1520 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1521 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1522 duties with respect to bugs
1523 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1524 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1525 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1527 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1528 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1529 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1530 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1531 explicit what is used to build this package
1533 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1535 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1539 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1540 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1541 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1542 * utilize the new URL tag
1543 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1546 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1548 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1550 * non-maintainer release
1551 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1552 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1553 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1554 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1555 text, it can't hurt you.)
1556 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1557 reflect this packages version number
1558 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1560 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1562 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1568 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1570 * New version numbering scheme:
1572 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1573 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1574 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1577 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1578 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1579 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1580 differ between the manuals.
1582 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1583 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1584 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1585 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1587 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1588 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1590 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1592 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1594 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1598 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1599 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1601 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1602 (as requested by James Troup)
1604 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1606 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1608 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1610 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1612 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1614 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1616 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1618 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1619 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1620 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1621 the non-maintainer release
1623 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1624 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1625 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1628 - Lots of typos fixed
1630 * Compressed SGML source code
1632 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1633 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1635 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1637 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1639 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1641 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1642 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1643 - Announcing package uploads
1644 * New section about Debian Mentors
1645 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1646 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1647 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1648 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1650 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1652 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1654 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1655 of our FTP server and the development process
1656 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1657 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1658 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1660 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1661 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1662 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1663 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1664 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1665 contacting the maintainer
1666 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1667 a new manual released soon)
1668 * Some minor changes
1669 * Include SGML source in package
1670 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1671 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1673 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1675 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1679 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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