1 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
6 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
7 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
8 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
9 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
10 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
11 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
12 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
13 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
14 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
15 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
16 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
17 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
18 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
19 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
20 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
21 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
22 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
23 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
24 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
25 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
28 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
29 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
30 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
31 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
34 * Translation updates (all completed)
35 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
36 - German by Chris Leick.
37 - French by David Prévot.
39 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
41 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
45 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
48 * Update my email address.
49 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
50 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
51 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
52 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
53 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
54 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
57 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
59 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
65 version tracking removed that requirement.
68 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
69 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
70 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
71 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
72 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
73 needed. Closes: #619990
74 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
75 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
78 * Initial German translation.
81 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
82 * Update French translation.
83 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
84 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
85 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
88 * Update Japanese translation.
90 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
92 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
96 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
99 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
100 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
101 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
102 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
103 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
104 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
105 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
106 patch. Closes: #540231
107 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
108 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
109 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
110 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
111 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
112 for the patch. Closes: #548823
113 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
114 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
115 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
116 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
117 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
118 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
119 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
120 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
121 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
122 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
123 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
124 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
125 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
126 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
128 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
129 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
130 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
132 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
133 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
134 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
135 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
136 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
138 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
140 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
141 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
142 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
143 patch. Closes: #573110
144 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
146 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
147 multi-lines substitution variables.
150 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
151 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
152 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
153 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
154 * Activate Japanese package.
155 * Handle addendum if it exists.
157 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
159 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
162 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
164 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
166 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
168 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
169 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
171 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
173 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
176 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
177 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
178 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
179 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
180 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
181 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
182 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
183 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
184 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
185 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
186 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
187 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
188 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
189 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
190 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
191 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
192 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
193 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
194 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
195 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
196 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
198 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
200 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
207 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
208 The most important changes are:
209 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
210 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
213 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
214 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
215 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
216 distinction. Closes: #464230.
217 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
218 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
219 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
220 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
221 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
222 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
224 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
225 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
227 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
228 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
230 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
231 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
233 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
235 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
236 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
238 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
239 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
240 Closes: #512620, #510783.
242 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
244 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
248 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
249 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
250 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
251 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
252 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
253 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
254 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
256 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
258 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
261 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
262 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
263 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
264 release codenames in <literal>
265 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
266 doesn't exist anymore.
267 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
268 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
269 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
270 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
271 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
272 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
273 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
274 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
275 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
276 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
277 team before upload. Closes: #459343
278 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
279 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
280 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
281 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
282 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
283 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
284 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
286 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
287 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
289 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
290 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
291 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
292 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
293 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
294 Thomas. Closes: #485837
296 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
297 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
299 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
301 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
305 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
306 - fix debian/copyright
307 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
308 - add pdf for French version.
309 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
310 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
311 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
312 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
313 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
314 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
315 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
316 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
317 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
319 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
320 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
322 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
324 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
325 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
326 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
327 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
328 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
329 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
331 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
334 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
335 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
336 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
337 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
338 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
339 * Update information concerning Alioth.
340 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
341 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
343 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
344 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
346 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
349 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
351 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
353 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
355 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
356 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
358 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
359 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
360 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
362 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
363 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
364 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
366 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
367 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
368 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
369 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
370 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
371 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
372 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
373 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
374 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
375 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
376 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
377 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
379 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
380 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
381 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
382 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
383 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
384 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
385 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
386 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
387 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
388 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
392 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
394 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
396 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
399 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
400 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
401 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
402 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
403 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
404 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
406 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
408 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
410 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
412 - non-us discontinued.
413 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
415 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
416 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
417 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
418 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
419 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
420 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
421 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
422 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
423 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
424 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
425 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
426 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
427 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
428 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
429 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
430 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
431 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
432 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
434 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
435 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
437 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
440 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
442 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
444 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
447 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
448 - madison is on merkel.
449 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
450 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
451 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
452 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
453 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
454 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
456 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
457 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
458 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
459 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
460 - sync NM rules with reality.
462 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
464 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
466 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
469 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
470 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
471 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
472 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
473 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
474 - spelling, grammer fixes.
475 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
476 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
477 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
478 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
479 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
480 - add myself to uploaders.
481 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
482 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
483 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
484 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
485 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
486 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
487 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
488 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
489 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
490 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
491 - rewrote the NMU section, and
492 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
493 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
494 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
495 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
496 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
497 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
498 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
499 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
501 - Security uploads get urgency=high
502 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
504 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
506 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
508 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
511 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
512 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
513 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
514 - documented Alioth, somewhat
516 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
517 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
519 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
520 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
521 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
522 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
526 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
528 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
529 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
530 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
531 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
536 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
539 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
541 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
542 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
543 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
545 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
546 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
547 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
548 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
551 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
553 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
554 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
555 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
556 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
557 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
559 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
560 it clear these are special cases
561 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
563 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
567 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
570 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
571 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
573 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
577 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
580 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
582 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
583 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
584 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
586 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
587 - the synopsis formula changed to either
588 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
590 <package-name> is <synopsis>
592 <package-name> are <synopsis>
594 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
595 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
596 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
597 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
598 package; closes: #187143
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
602 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
605 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
606 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
608 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
610 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
611 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
612 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
613 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
614 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
615 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
616 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
617 right places in the document, closes: #172897
618 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
622 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
624 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
625 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
626 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
627 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
628 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
629 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
630 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
632 - editorial changes on material added in this version
633 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
634 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
635 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
636 closes: #139957, #108416
637 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
638 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
642 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
645 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
647 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
648 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
649 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
650 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
652 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
653 for best practices for documentation
654 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
655 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
656 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
657 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
659 - spell-checking pass
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
663 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
666 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
667 descriptions" moved under there
668 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
669 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
670 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
671 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
672 the document where these tools are discussed
673 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
674 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
675 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
676 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
677 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
678 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
680 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
681 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
682 that can be fixed by DDP folks
683 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
684 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
685 - simply PS and PDF building rules
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
689 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
692 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
693 section and adjusted links
694 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
696 - ChangeLog attribution updates
697 - fix typos, closes: #171781
698 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
699 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
700 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
701 for debian/rules", and write an intro
702 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
703 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
704 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
705 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
706 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
707 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
708 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
709 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
710 "Internationalization"
711 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
712 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
713 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
714 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
715 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
716 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
717 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
718 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
719 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
721 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
722 rather useless and broken
723 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
724 names and the first word
725 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
726 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
727 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
729 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
730 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
731 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
735 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
738 - DDP publishing update
740 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
741 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
742 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
743 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
747 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
750 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
751 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
752 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
754 - added myself as co-author
755 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
757 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
758 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
760 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
761 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
765 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
768 - Corrected several errors with —
769 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
770 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
771 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
772 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
773 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
774 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
775 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
777 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
778 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
779 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
780 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
781 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
782 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
783 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
784 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
785 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
787 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
788 descriptions". closes: #158609
789 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
790 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
791 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
792 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
793 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
795 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
796 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
797 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
798 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
799 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
800 - updated the mailing lists section
802 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
803 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
808 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
812 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
814 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
816 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
817 Ch "The Debian Archive"
819 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
821 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
822 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
823 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
824 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
825 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
827 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
828 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
829 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
830 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
831 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
832 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
833 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
835 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
836 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
839 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
840 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
841 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
842 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
843 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
844 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
845 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
846 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
847 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
848 work-around with <...>
849 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
850 - update copyright date
851 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
852 - spell check and grammar corrections
856 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
858 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
859 recompile"; closes: #102626
860 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
861 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
862 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
863 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
864 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
866 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
867 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
868 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
870 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
872 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
873 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
874 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
875 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
876 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
877 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
878 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
879 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
880 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
882 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
884 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
886 - updated the list of available architectures.
887 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
888 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
889 of the package and nothing more.
890 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
891 any pain to the ftpmasters.
892 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
893 the use of the delayed queue.
894 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
895 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
897 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
898 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
899 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
900 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
901 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
902 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
903 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
905 - new Sec "Documentation"
906 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
907 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
908 "Being kind to porter" too
909 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
910 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
911 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
912 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
913 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
915 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
916 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
919 - update French translation
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
923 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
926 - some grammar corrections
927 - update French translation
929 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
930 anymore; closes: #135559
931 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
933 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
935 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
936 that would be welcome)
937 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
938 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
939 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
940 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
941 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
942 - other minor wording changes
943 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
944 - Ch "Package uploads":
945 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
946 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
947 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
948 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
949 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
950 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
951 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
955 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
957 * from Martin Michlmayr
958 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
959 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
960 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
962 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
964 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
966 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
968 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
969 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
970 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
973 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
975 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
980 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
983 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
985 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
986 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
987 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
988 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
989 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
990 talking about uploading to distributions
991 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
992 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
993 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
995 - French translation updated
997 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
998 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
999 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1006 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1007 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1012 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * fix a typo in a link
1016 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1017 update documentation accordingly
1019 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1020 forwarding bugs upstream
1022 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1023 entities which should be used
1024 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1025 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1029 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1032 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1033 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1034 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1036 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1045 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1046 this translation needs updating
1047 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1048 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1049 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1051 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1052 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1053 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1055 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1056 included yet, however
1058 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1060 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1064 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1065 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1067 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1069 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1071 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1074 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1075 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1077 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1081 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1084 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1085 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1086 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1087 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1088 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1089 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1090 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1091 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1092 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1093 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1094 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1095 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1097 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1098 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1099 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1100 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1101 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1103 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1105 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1106 * update copyright notice for 2001
1107 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1108 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1109 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1111 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1113 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1117 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1119 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1123 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1126 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1128 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1129 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1130 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1131 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1132 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1133 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1134 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1135 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1136 could be used if necessary
1137 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1138 mention the rsync dupload method
1139 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1141 * other small corrections
1142 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1143 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1144 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1145 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1147 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1149 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1150 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1154 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1156 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1157 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1158 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1159 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1161 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1162 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1163 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1164 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1165 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1167 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1169 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1170 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1171 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1172 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1173 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1174 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1175 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1177 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1178 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1179 - added a section about the LDAP database
1180 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1181 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1183 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1184 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1188 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1191 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1192 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1194 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1195 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1196 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1197 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1198 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1199 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1200 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1201 description from developers-reference.sgml
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1208 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1210 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1212 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1213 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1214 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1215 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1216 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1217 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1218 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1219 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1220 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1221 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1223 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1224 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1225 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1226 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1228 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1229 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1230 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1231 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1232 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1233 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1234 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1235 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1236 suggestion from James Troup
1237 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1238 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1239 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1240 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1245 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1248 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1252 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1255 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1256 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1257 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1258 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1259 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1260 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1264 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1267 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1268 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1269 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1270 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1271 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1273 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1274 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1276 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1280 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1284 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1285 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1286 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1287 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1288 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1290 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1291 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1292 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1293 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1295 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1296 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1297 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1298 a normal developer may have access.
1300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1302 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1305 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1306 step all over each other
1308 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1310 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1313 address for PGP key updates
1315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1317 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1320 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1321 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1322 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1323 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1327 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1330 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1331 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1332 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1333 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1334 <keyring-maint> instead)
1335 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1336 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1338 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1340 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1341 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1342 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1346 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1348 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1349 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1350 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1351 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1352 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1353 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1355 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1356 tighten up the language a bit
1357 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1358 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1359 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1360 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1362 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1363 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1364 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1365 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1366 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1367 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1369 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1370 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1371 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1372 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1373 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1374 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1375 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1376 number of available packages
1377 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1378 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1382 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1389 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * not officially released
1392 * more spelling corrections
1393 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1397 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * not officially released
1400 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1401 * some PGP-centricity removed
1402 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1403 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1404 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1405 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1406 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1407 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1411 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1413 * not officially released
1414 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1415 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1416 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1417 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1418 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1419 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1420 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1421 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1422 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1423 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1424 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1425 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1426 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1427 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1429 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1430 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1432 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1434 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1435 take a couple of weeks
1436 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1437 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1438 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1439 excited about it and can't wait
1440 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1441 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1443 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1444 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1446 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1447 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1448 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1452 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1454 * move to 3-level version number:
1455 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1456 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1457 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1458 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1459 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1462 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1463 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1464 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1466 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1468 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1469 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1470 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1471 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1472 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1473 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1475 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1477 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1478 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1479 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1480 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1481 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1482 - "The CVS server": new section added
1483 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1485 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1486 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1487 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1488 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1489 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1490 with respect to GPG.
1491 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1492 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1493 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1494 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1495 a canonical location?)
1496 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1497 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1498 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1499 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1501 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1503 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1504 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1505 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1506 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1508 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1510 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1512 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1513 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1514 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1515 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1516 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1517 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1518 and should not be included in this Reference.
1519 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1520 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1521 maintainer tools only!
1522 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1523 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1524 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1525 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1526 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1527 * Little corrections here and there.
1528 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1529 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1532 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1534 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1537 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1538 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1540 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1541 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1542 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1543 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1544 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1545 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1546 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1547 do prior to uploading
1548 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1549 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1551 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1552 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1553 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1554 duties with respect to bugs
1555 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1556 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1557 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1559 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1560 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1561 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1562 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1563 explicit what is used to build this package
1565 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1567 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1571 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1572 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1573 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1574 * utilize the new URL tag
1575 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1578 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1580 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1582 * non-maintainer release
1583 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1584 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1585 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1586 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1587 text, it can't hurt you.)
1588 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1589 reflect this packages version number
1590 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1592 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1594 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1598 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1600 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1602 * New version numbering scheme:
1604 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1605 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1606 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1609 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1610 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1611 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1612 differ between the manuals.
1614 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1615 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1616 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1617 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1619 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1620 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1622 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1624 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1626 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1628 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1630 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1631 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1633 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1634 (as requested by James Troup)
1636 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1638 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1640 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1642 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1644 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1646 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1648 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1650 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1651 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1652 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1653 the non-maintainer release
1655 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1656 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1657 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1660 - Lots of typos fixed
1662 * Compressed SGML source code
1664 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1665 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1667 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1669 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1671 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1674 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1675 - Announcing package uploads
1676 * New section about Debian Mentors
1677 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1678 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1679 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1680 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1682 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1684 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1686 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1687 of our FTP server and the development process
1688 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1689 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1690 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1692 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1693 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1694 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1695 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1696 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1697 contacting the maintainer
1698 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1699 a new manual released soon)
1700 * Some minor changes
1701 * Include SGML source in package
1702 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1703 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1707 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1711 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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