1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
43 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
45 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
48 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
50 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
52 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
54 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
55 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
57 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
59 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
62 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
63 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
64 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
65 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
66 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
67 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
68 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
69 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
70 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
71 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
72 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
73 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
74 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
75 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
76 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
77 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
78 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
79 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
80 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
81 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
82 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
84 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
86 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
93 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
94 The most important changes are:
95 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
96 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
99 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
100 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
101 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
102 distinction. Closes: #464230.
103 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
104 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
105 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
106 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
107 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
108 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
110 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
111 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
113 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
114 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
116 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
117 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
119 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
121 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
122 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
124 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
125 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
126 Closes: #512620, #510783.
128 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
130 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
134 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
135 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
136 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
137 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
138 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
139 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
140 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
142 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
144 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
147 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
148 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
149 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
150 release codenames in <literal>
151 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
152 doesn't exist anymore.
153 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
154 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
155 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
156 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
157 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
158 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
159 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
160 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
161 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
162 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
163 team before upload. Closes: #459343
164 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
165 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
166 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
167 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
168 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
169 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
170 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
172 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
173 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
175 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
176 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
177 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
178 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
179 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
180 Thomas. Closes: #485837
182 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
183 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
185 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
187 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
191 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
192 - fix debian/copyright
193 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
194 - add pdf for French version.
195 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
196 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
197 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
198 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
199 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
200 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
201 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
202 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
203 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
205 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
206 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
208 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
210 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
211 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
212 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
213 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
214 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
215 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
217 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
220 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
221 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
222 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
223 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
224 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
225 * Update information concerning Alioth.
226 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
227 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
229 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
230 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
232 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
235 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
237 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
239 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
241 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
242 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
244 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
245 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
246 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
248 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
249 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
250 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
252 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
253 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
254 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
255 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
256 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
257 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
258 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
259 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
260 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
261 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
262 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
263 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
265 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
266 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
267 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
268 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
269 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
270 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
271 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
272 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
273 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
274 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
278 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
280 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
282 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
285 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
286 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
287 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
288 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
289 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
290 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
292 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
294 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
296 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
298 - non-us discontinued.
299 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
301 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
302 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
303 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
304 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
305 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
306 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
307 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
308 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
309 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
310 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
311 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
312 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
313 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
314 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
315 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
316 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
317 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
318 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
320 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
321 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
323 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
326 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
328 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
330 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
333 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
334 - madison is on merkel.
335 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
336 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
337 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
338 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
339 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
340 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
342 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
343 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
344 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
345 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
346 - sync NM rules with reality.
348 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
350 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
352 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
355 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
356 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
357 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
358 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
359 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
360 - spelling, grammer fixes.
361 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
362 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
363 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
364 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
365 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
366 - add myself to uploaders.
367 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
368 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
369 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
370 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
371 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
372 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
373 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
374 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
375 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
376 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
377 - rewrote the NMU section, and
378 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
379 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
380 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
381 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
382 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
383 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
384 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
385 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
387 - Security uploads get urgency=high
388 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
390 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
392 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
394 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
397 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
398 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
399 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
400 - documented Alioth, somewhat
402 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
403 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
405 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
406 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
407 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
408 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
412 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
414 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
415 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
416 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
417 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
422 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
425 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
427 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
428 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
429 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
431 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
432 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
433 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
434 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
437 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
439 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
440 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
441 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
442 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
443 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
445 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
446 it clear these are special cases
447 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
449 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
453 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
456 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
457 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
459 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
463 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
466 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
468 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
469 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
470 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
472 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
473 - the synopsis formula changed to either
474 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
476 <package-name> is <synopsis>
478 <package-name> are <synopsis>
480 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
481 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
482 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
483 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
484 package; closes: #187143
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
488 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
491 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
492 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
494 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
496 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
497 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
498 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
499 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
500 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
501 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
502 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
503 right places in the document, closes: #172897
504 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
508 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
510 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
511 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
512 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
513 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
514 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
515 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
516 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
518 - editorial changes on material added in this version
519 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
520 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
521 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
522 closes: #139957, #108416
523 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
524 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
528 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
531 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
533 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
534 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
535 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
536 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
538 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
539 for best practices for documentation
540 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
541 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
542 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
543 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
545 - spell-checking pass
547 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
549 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
552 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
553 descriptions" moved under there
554 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
555 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
556 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
557 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
558 the document where these tools are discussed
559 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
560 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
561 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
562 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
563 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
564 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
566 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
567 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
568 that can be fixed by DDP folks
569 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
570 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
571 - simply PS and PDF building rules
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
575 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
578 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
579 section and adjusted links
580 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
582 - ChangeLog attribution updates
583 - fix typos, closes: #171781
584 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
585 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
586 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
587 for debian/rules", and write an intro
588 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
589 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
590 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
591 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
592 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
593 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
594 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
595 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
596 "Internationalization"
597 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
598 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
599 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
600 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
601 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
602 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
603 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
604 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
605 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
607 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
608 rather useless and broken
609 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
610 names and the first word
611 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
612 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
613 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
615 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
616 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
617 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
621 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
624 - DDP publishing update
626 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
627 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
628 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
629 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
633 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
636 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
637 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
638 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
640 - added myself as co-author
641 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
643 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
644 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
646 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
647 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
651 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 - Corrected several errors with —
655 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
656 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
657 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
658 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
659 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
660 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
661 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
663 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
664 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
665 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
666 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
667 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
668 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
669 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
670 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
671 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
673 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
674 descriptions". closes: #158609
675 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
676 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
677 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
678 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
679 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
681 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
682 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
683 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
684 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
685 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
686 - updated the mailing lists section
688 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
689 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
694 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
697 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
698 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
700 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
702 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
703 Ch "The Debian Archive"
705 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
707 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
708 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
709 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
710 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
711 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
713 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
714 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
715 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
716 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
717 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
718 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
719 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
721 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
722 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
725 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
726 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
727 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
728 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
729 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
730 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
731 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
732 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
733 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
734 work-around with <...>
735 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
736 - update copyright date
737 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
738 - spell check and grammar corrections
742 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
744 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
745 recompile"; closes: #102626
746 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
747 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
748 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
749 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
750 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
752 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
753 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
754 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
756 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
758 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
759 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
760 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
761 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
762 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
763 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
764 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
765 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
766 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
768 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
770 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
772 - updated the list of available architectures.
773 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
774 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
775 of the package and nothing more.
776 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
777 any pain to the ftpmasters.
778 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
779 the use of the delayed queue.
780 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
781 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
783 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
784 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
785 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
786 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
787 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
788 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
789 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
791 - new Sec "Documentation"
792 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
793 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
794 "Being kind to porter" too
795 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
796 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
797 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
798 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
799 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
801 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
802 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
805 - update French translation
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
812 - some grammar corrections
813 - update French translation
815 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
816 anymore; closes: #135559
817 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
819 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
821 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
822 that would be welcome)
823 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
824 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
825 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
826 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
827 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
828 - other minor wording changes
829 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
830 - Ch "Package uploads":
831 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
832 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
833 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
834 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
835 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
836 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
837 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
841 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
843 * from Martin Michlmayr
844 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
845 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
846 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
848 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
850 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
852 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
854 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
855 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
856 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
859 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
861 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
866 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
869 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
871 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
872 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
873 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
874 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
875 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
876 talking about uploading to distributions
877 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
878 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
879 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
881 - French translation updated
883 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
884 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
885 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
892 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
893 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
898 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
901 * fix a typo in a link
902 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
903 update documentation accordingly
905 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
906 forwarding bugs upstream
908 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
909 entities which should be used
910 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
911 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
915 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
917 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
918 * French version: completely up-to-date now
919 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
920 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
922 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
925 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
929 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
931 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
932 this translation needs updating
933 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
934 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
935 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
937 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
938 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
939 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
941 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
942 included yet, however
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
946 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
948 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
950 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
951 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
953 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
957 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
959 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
960 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
961 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
963 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
967 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
970 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
971 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
972 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
973 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
974 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
975 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
976 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
977 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
978 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
979 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
980 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
981 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
983 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
984 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
985 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
986 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
987 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
989 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
991 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
992 * update copyright notice for 2001
993 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
994 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
995 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
999 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1003 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1005 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1009 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1012 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1014 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1015 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1016 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1017 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1018 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1019 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1020 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1021 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1022 could be used if necessary
1023 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1024 mention the rsync dupload method
1025 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1027 * other small corrections
1028 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1029 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1030 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1031 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1033 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1035 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1036 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1040 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1042 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1043 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1044 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1045 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1047 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1048 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1049 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1050 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1051 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1053 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1055 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1056 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1057 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1058 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1059 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1060 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1061 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1063 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1064 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1065 - added a section about the LDAP database
1066 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1067 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1069 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1070 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1072 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1074 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1077 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1078 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1080 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1081 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1082 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1083 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1084 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1085 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1086 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1087 description from developers-reference.sgml
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1094 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1096 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1098 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1099 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1100 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1101 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1102 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1103 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1104 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1105 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1106 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1107 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1109 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1110 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1111 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1112 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1114 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1115 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1116 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1117 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1118 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1119 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1120 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1121 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1122 suggestion from James Troup
1123 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1124 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1125 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1126 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1131 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1134 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1138 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1141 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1142 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1143 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1144 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1145 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1146 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1153 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1154 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1155 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1156 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1157 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1159 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1160 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1162 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1170 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1171 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1172 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1173 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1174 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1176 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1177 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1178 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1179 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1181 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1182 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1183 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1184 a normal developer may have access.
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1188 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1191 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1192 step all over each other
1194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1196 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1199 address for PGP key updates
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1203 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1206 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1207 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1208 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1209 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1216 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1217 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1218 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1219 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1220 <keyring-maint> instead)
1221 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1222 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1224 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1226 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1227 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1228 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1232 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1234 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1235 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1236 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1237 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1238 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1239 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1241 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1242 tighten up the language a bit
1243 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1244 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1245 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1246 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1248 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1249 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1250 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1251 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1252 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1253 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1255 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1256 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1257 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1258 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1259 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1260 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1261 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1262 number of available packages
1263 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1264 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1268 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1275 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * not officially released
1278 * more spelling corrections
1279 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1281 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1283 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * not officially released
1286 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1287 * some PGP-centricity removed
1288 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1289 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1290 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1291 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1292 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1293 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1297 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1299 * not officially released
1300 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1301 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1302 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1303 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1304 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1305 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1306 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1307 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1308 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1309 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1310 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1311 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1312 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1313 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1315 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1316 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1318 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1320 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1321 take a couple of weeks
1322 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1323 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1324 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1325 excited about it and can't wait
1326 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1327 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1329 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1330 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1332 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1333 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1334 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1338 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1340 * move to 3-level version number:
1341 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1342 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1343 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1344 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1345 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1348 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1349 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1350 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1352 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1354 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1355 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1356 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1357 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1358 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1359 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1361 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1363 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1364 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1365 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1366 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1367 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1368 - "The CVS server": new section added
1369 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1371 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1372 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1373 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1374 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1375 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1376 with respect to GPG.
1377 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1378 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1379 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1380 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1381 a canonical location?)
1382 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1383 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1384 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1385 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1387 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1389 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1390 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1391 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1392 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1394 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1396 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1399 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1400 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1401 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1402 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1403 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1404 and should not be included in this Reference.
1405 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1406 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1407 maintainer tools only!
1408 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1409 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1410 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1411 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1412 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1413 * Little corrections here and there.
1414 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1415 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1418 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1420 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1423 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1424 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1426 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1427 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1428 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1429 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1430 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1431 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1432 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1433 do prior to uploading
1434 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1435 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1437 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1438 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1439 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1440 duties with respect to bugs
1441 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1442 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1443 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1445 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1446 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1447 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1448 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1449 explicit what is used to build this package
1451 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1453 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1457 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1458 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1459 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1460 * utilize the new URL tag
1461 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1464 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1466 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1468 * non-maintainer release
1469 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1470 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1471 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1472 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1473 text, it can't hurt you.)
1474 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1475 reflect this packages version number
1476 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1478 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1480 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1484 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1486 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1488 * New version numbering scheme:
1490 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1491 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1492 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1495 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1496 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1497 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1498 differ between the manuals.
1500 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1501 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1502 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1503 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1505 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1506 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1508 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1510 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1512 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1516 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1517 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1519 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1520 (as requested by James Troup)
1522 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1524 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1528 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1532 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1534 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1536 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1537 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1538 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1539 the non-maintainer release
1541 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1542 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1543 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1546 - Lots of typos fixed
1548 * Compressed SGML source code
1550 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1551 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1553 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1557 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1560 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1561 - Announcing package uploads
1562 * New section about Debian Mentors
1563 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1564 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1565 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1566 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1570 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1573 of our FTP server and the development process
1574 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1575 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1576 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1578 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1579 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1580 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1581 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1582 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1583 contacting the maintainer
1584 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1585 a new manual released soon)
1586 * Some minor changes
1587 * Include SGML source in package
1588 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1589 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1591 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1593 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1597 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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