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.
14 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
16 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
19 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
21 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
23 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
25 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
26 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
28 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
30 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
33 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
34 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
35 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
36 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
37 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
38 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
39 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
40 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
41 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
42 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
43 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
44 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
45 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
46 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
47 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
48 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
49 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
50 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
51 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
52 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
53 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
55 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
57 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
64 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
65 The most important changes are:
66 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
67 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
70 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
71 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
72 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
73 distinction. Closes: #464230.
74 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
75 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
76 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
77 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
78 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
79 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
81 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
82 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
84 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
85 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
87 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
88 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
90 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
92 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
93 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
95 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
96 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
97 Closes: #512620, #510783.
99 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
101 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
105 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
106 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
107 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
108 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
109 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
110 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
111 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
113 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
115 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
118 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
119 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
120 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
121 release codenames in <literal>
122 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
123 doesn't exist anymore.
124 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
125 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
126 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
127 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
128 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
129 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
130 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
131 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
132 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
133 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
134 team before upload. Closes: #459343
135 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
136 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
137 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
138 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
139 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
140 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
141 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
143 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
144 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
146 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
147 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
148 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
149 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
150 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
151 Thomas. Closes: #485837
153 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
154 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
156 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
158 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
162 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
163 - fix debian/copyright
164 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
165 - add pdf for French version.
166 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
167 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
168 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
169 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
170 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
171 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
172 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
173 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
174 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
176 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
177 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
179 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
181 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
182 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
183 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
184 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
185 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
186 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
188 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
191 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
192 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
193 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
194 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
195 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
196 * Update information concerning Alioth.
197 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
198 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
200 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
201 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
203 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
206 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
208 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
210 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
212 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
213 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
215 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
216 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
217 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
219 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
220 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
221 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
223 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
224 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
225 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
226 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
227 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
228 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
229 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
230 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
231 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
232 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
233 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
234 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
236 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
237 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
238 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
239 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
240 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
241 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
242 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
243 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
244 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
245 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
249 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
251 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
253 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
256 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
257 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
258 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
259 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
260 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
261 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
263 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
265 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
267 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
269 - non-us discontinued.
270 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
272 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
273 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
274 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
275 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
276 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
277 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
278 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
279 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
280 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
281 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
282 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
283 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
284 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
285 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
286 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
287 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
288 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
289 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
291 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
292 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
294 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
297 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
299 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
301 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
304 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
305 - madison is on merkel.
306 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
307 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
308 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
309 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
310 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
311 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
313 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
314 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
315 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
316 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
317 - sync NM rules with reality.
319 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
321 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
323 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
326 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
327 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
328 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
329 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
330 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
331 - spelling, grammer fixes.
332 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
333 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
334 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
335 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
336 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
337 - add myself to uploaders.
338 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
339 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
340 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
341 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
342 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
343 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
344 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
345 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
346 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
347 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
348 - rewrote the NMU section, and
349 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
350 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
351 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
352 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
353 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
354 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
355 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
356 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
358 - Security uploads get urgency=high
359 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
361 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
363 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
365 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
368 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
369 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
370 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
371 - documented Alioth, somewhat
373 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
374 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
376 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
377 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
378 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
379 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
383 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
385 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
386 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
387 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
388 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
393 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
396 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
398 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
399 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
400 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
402 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
403 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
404 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
405 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
408 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
410 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
411 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
412 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
413 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
414 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
416 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
417 it clear these are special cases
418 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
420 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
424 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
427 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
428 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
430 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
434 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
437 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
439 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
440 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
441 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
443 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
444 - the synopsis formula changed to either
445 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
447 <package-name> is <synopsis>
449 <package-name> are <synopsis>
451 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
452 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
453 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
454 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
455 package; closes: #187143
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
459 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
462 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
463 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
465 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
467 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
468 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
469 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
470 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
471 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
472 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
473 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
474 right places in the document, closes: #172897
475 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
479 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
481 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
482 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
483 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
484 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
485 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
486 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
487 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
489 - editorial changes on material added in this version
490 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
491 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
492 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
493 closes: #139957, #108416
494 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
495 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
499 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
502 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
504 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
505 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
506 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
507 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
509 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
510 for best practices for documentation
511 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
512 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
513 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
514 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
516 - spell-checking pass
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
520 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
523 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
524 descriptions" moved under there
525 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
526 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
527 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
528 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
529 the document where these tools are discussed
530 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
531 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
532 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
533 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
534 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
535 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
537 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
538 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
539 that can be fixed by DDP folks
540 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
541 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
542 - simply PS and PDF building rules
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
546 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
549 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
550 section and adjusted links
551 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
553 - ChangeLog attribution updates
554 - fix typos, closes: #171781
555 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
556 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
557 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
558 for debian/rules", and write an intro
559 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
560 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
561 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
562 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
563 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
564 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
565 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
566 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
567 "Internationalization"
568 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
569 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
570 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
571 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
572 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
573 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
574 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
575 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
576 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
578 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
579 rather useless and broken
580 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
581 names and the first word
582 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
583 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
584 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
586 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
587 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
588 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
592 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
595 - DDP publishing update
597 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
598 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
599 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
600 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
604 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
607 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
608 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
609 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
611 - added myself as co-author
612 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
614 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
615 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
617 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
618 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
620 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
622 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
625 - Corrected several errors with —
626 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
627 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
628 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
629 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
630 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
631 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
632 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
634 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
635 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
636 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
637 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
638 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
639 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
640 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
641 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
642 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
644 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
645 descriptions". closes: #158609
646 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
647 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
648 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
649 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
650 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
652 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
653 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
654 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
655 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
656 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
657 - updated the mailing lists section
659 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
660 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
665 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
668 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
669 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
671 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
673 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
674 Ch "The Debian Archive"
676 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
678 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
679 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
680 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
681 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
682 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
684 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
685 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
686 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
687 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
688 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
689 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
690 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
692 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
693 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
696 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
697 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
698 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
699 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
700 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
701 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
702 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
703 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
704 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
705 work-around with <...>
706 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
707 - update copyright date
708 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
709 - spell check and grammar corrections
713 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
715 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
716 recompile"; closes: #102626
717 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
718 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
719 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
720 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
721 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
723 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
724 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
725 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
727 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
729 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
730 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
731 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
732 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
733 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
734 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
735 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
736 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
737 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
739 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
741 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
743 - updated the list of available architectures.
744 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
745 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
746 of the package and nothing more.
747 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
748 any pain to the ftpmasters.
749 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
750 the use of the delayed queue.
751 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
752 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
754 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
755 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
756 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
757 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
758 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
759 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
760 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
762 - new Sec "Documentation"
763 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
764 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
765 "Being kind to porter" too
766 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
767 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
768 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
769 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
770 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
772 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
773 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
776 - update French translation
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
780 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
783 - some grammar corrections
784 - update French translation
786 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
787 anymore; closes: #135559
788 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
790 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
792 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
793 that would be welcome)
794 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
795 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
796 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
797 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
798 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
799 - other minor wording changes
800 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
801 - Ch "Package uploads":
802 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
803 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
804 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
805 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
806 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
807 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
808 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
810 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
812 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
814 * from Martin Michlmayr
815 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
816 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
817 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
819 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
821 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
823 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
825 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
826 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
827 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
830 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
832 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
837 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
840 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
842 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
843 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
844 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
845 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
846 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
847 talking about uploading to distributions
848 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
849 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
850 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
852 - French translation updated
854 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
855 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
856 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
863 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
864 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
872 * fix a typo in a link
873 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
874 update documentation accordingly
876 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
877 forwarding bugs upstream
879 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
880 entities which should be used
881 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
882 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
886 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
888 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
889 * French version: completely up-to-date now
890 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
891 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
893 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
898 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
900 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
902 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
903 this translation needs updating
904 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
905 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
906 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
908 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
909 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
910 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
912 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
913 included yet, however
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
919 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
921 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
922 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
924 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
926 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
928 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
930 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
931 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
932 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
934 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
938 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
941 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
942 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
943 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
944 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
945 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
946 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
947 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
948 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
949 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
950 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
951 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
952 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
954 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
955 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
956 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
957 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
958 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
960 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
962 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
963 * update copyright notice for 2001
964 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
965 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
966 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
970 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
972 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
974 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
976 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
980 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
983 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
985 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
986 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
987 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
988 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
989 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
990 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
991 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
992 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
993 could be used if necessary
994 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
995 mention the rsync dupload method
996 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
998 * other small corrections
999 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1000 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1001 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1002 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1004 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1006 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1007 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1011 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1013 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1014 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1015 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1016 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1018 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1019 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1020 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1021 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1022 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1024 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1026 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1027 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1028 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1029 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1030 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1031 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1032 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1034 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1035 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1036 - added a section about the LDAP database
1037 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1038 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1040 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1041 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1048 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1049 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1051 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1052 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1053 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1054 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1055 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1056 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1057 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1058 description from developers-reference.sgml
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1062 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1065 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1067 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1069 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1070 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1071 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1072 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1073 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1074 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1075 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1076 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1077 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1078 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1080 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1081 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1082 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1083 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1085 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1086 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1087 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1088 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1089 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1090 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1091 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1092 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1093 suggestion from James Troup
1094 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1095 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1096 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1097 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1102 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1105 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1109 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1112 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1113 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1114 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1115 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1116 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1117 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1121 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1124 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1125 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1126 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1127 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1128 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1130 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1131 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1133 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1141 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1142 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1143 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1144 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1145 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1147 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1148 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1149 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1150 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1152 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1153 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1154 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1155 a normal developer may have access.
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1162 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1163 step all over each other
1165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1167 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1170 address for PGP key updates
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1174 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1177 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1178 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1179 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1180 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1187 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1188 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1189 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1190 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1191 <keyring-maint> instead)
1192 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1193 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1195 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1197 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1198 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1199 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1203 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1205 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1206 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1207 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1208 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1209 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1210 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1212 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1213 tighten up the language a bit
1214 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1215 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1216 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1217 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1219 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1220 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1221 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1222 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1223 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1224 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1226 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1227 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1228 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1229 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1230 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1231 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1232 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1233 number of available packages
1234 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1235 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1239 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1246 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * not officially released
1249 * more spelling corrections
1250 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1254 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * not officially released
1257 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1258 * some PGP-centricity removed
1259 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1260 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1261 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1262 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1263 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1264 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1268 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1270 * not officially released
1271 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1272 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1273 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1274 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1275 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1276 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1277 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1278 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1279 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1280 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1281 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1282 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1283 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1284 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1286 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1287 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1289 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1291 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1292 take a couple of weeks
1293 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1294 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1295 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1296 excited about it and can't wait
1297 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1298 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1300 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1301 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1303 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1304 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1305 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1309 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1311 * move to 3-level version number:
1312 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1313 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1314 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1315 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1316 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1319 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1320 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1321 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1323 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1325 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1326 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1327 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1328 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1329 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1330 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1332 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1334 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1335 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1336 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1337 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1338 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1339 - "The CVS server": new section added
1340 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1342 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1343 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1344 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1345 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1346 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1347 with respect to GPG.
1348 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1349 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1350 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1351 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1352 a canonical location?)
1353 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1354 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1355 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1356 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1358 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1360 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1361 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1362 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1363 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1365 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1367 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1370 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1371 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1372 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1373 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1374 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1375 and should not be included in this Reference.
1376 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1377 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1378 maintainer tools only!
1379 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1380 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1381 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1382 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1383 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1384 * Little corrections here and there.
1385 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1386 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1389 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1391 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1394 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1395 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1397 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1398 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1399 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1400 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1401 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1402 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1403 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1404 do prior to uploading
1405 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1406 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1408 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1409 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1410 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1411 duties with respect to bugs
1412 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1413 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1414 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1416 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1417 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1418 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1419 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1420 explicit what is used to build this package
1422 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1424 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1428 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1429 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1430 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1431 * utilize the new URL tag
1432 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1435 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1437 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1439 * non-maintainer release
1440 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1441 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1442 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1443 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1444 text, it can't hurt you.)
1445 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1446 reflect this packages version number
1447 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1449 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1451 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1455 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1457 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1459 * New version numbering scheme:
1461 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1462 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1463 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1466 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1467 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1468 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1469 differ between the manuals.
1471 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1472 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1473 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1474 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1476 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1477 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1479 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1481 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1483 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1487 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1488 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1490 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1491 (as requested by James Troup)
1493 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1495 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1497 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1499 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1503 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1505 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1507 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1508 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1509 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1510 the non-maintainer release
1512 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1513 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1514 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1517 - Lots of typos fixed
1519 * Compressed SGML source code
1521 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1522 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1524 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1528 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1531 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1532 - Announcing package uploads
1533 * New section about Debian Mentors
1534 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1535 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1536 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1537 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1539 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1541 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1544 of our FTP server and the development process
1545 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1546 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1547 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1549 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1550 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1551 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1552 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1553 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1554 contacting the maintainer
1555 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1556 a new manual released soon)
1557 * Some minor changes
1558 * Include SGML source in package
1559 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1560 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1562 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1564 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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