1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
8 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
9 The most important changes are:
10 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
11 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
14 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
15 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
16 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
17 distinction. Closes: #464230.
18 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
19 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
20 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
21 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
22 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
23 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
25 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
26 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
28 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
29 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
31 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
32 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
34 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
36 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
37 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
40 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:36:50 +0100
42 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
46 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
47 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
48 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
49 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
50 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
51 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
52 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
54 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
56 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
59 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
60 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
61 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
62 release codenames in <literal>
63 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
64 doesn't exist anymore.
65 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
66 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
67 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
68 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
69 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
70 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
71 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
72 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
73 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
74 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
75 team before upload. Closes: #459343
76 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
77 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
78 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
79 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
80 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
81 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
82 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
84 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
85 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
87 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
88 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
89 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
90 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
91 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
92 Thomas. Closes: #485837
94 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
95 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
97 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
99 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
103 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
104 - fix debian/copyright
105 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
106 - add pdf for French version.
107 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
108 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
109 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
110 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
111 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
112 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
113 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
114 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
115 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
117 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
118 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
120 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
122 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
123 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
124 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
125 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
126 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
127 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
129 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
132 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
133 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
134 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
135 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
136 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
137 * Update information concerning Alioth.
138 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
139 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
141 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
142 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
144 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
147 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
149 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
151 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
153 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
154 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
156 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
157 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
158 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
160 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
161 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
162 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
164 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
165 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
166 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
167 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
168 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
169 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
170 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
171 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
172 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
173 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
174 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
175 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
177 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
178 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
179 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
180 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
181 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
182 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
183 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
184 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
185 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
186 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
190 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
192 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
194 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
197 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
198 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
199 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
200 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
201 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
202 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
204 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
206 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
208 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
210 - non-us discontinued.
211 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
213 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
214 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
215 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
216 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
217 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
218 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
219 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
220 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
221 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
222 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
223 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
224 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
225 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
226 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
227 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
228 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
229 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
230 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
232 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
233 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
235 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
238 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
240 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
242 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
245 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
246 - madison is on merkel.
247 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
248 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
249 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
250 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
251 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
252 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
254 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
255 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
256 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
257 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
258 - sync NM rules with reality.
260 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
262 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
264 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
267 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
268 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
269 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
270 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
271 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
272 - spelling, grammer fixes.
273 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
274 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
275 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
276 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
277 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
278 - add myself to uploaders.
279 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
280 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
281 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
282 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
283 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
284 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
285 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
286 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
287 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
288 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
289 - rewrote the NMU section, and
290 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
291 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
292 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
293 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
294 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
295 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
296 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
297 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
299 - Security uploads get urgency=high
300 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
302 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
304 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
306 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
309 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
310 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
311 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
312 - documented Alioth, somewhat
314 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
315 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
317 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
318 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
319 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
320 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
324 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
326 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
327 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
328 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
329 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
334 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
337 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
339 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
340 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
341 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
343 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
344 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
345 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
346 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
349 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
351 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
352 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
353 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
354 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
355 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
357 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
358 it clear these are special cases
359 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
361 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
365 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
368 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
369 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
371 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
373 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
375 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
378 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
380 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
381 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
382 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
384 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
385 - the synopsis formula changed to either
386 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
388 <package-name> is <synopsis>
390 <package-name> are <synopsis>
392 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
393 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
394 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
395 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
396 package; closes: #187143
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
400 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
403 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
404 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
406 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
408 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
409 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
410 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
411 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
412 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
413 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
414 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
415 right places in the document, closes: #172897
416 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
420 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
422 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
423 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
424 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
425 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
426 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
427 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
428 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
430 - editorial changes on material added in this version
431 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
432 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
433 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
434 closes: #139957, #108416
435 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
436 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
440 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
443 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
445 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
446 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
447 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
448 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
450 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
451 for best practices for documentation
452 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
453 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
454 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
455 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
457 - spell-checking pass
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
461 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
464 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
465 descriptions" moved under there
466 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
467 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
468 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
469 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
470 the document where these tools are discussed
471 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
472 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
473 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
474 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
475 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
476 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
478 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
479 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
480 that can be fixed by DDP folks
481 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
482 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
483 - simply PS and PDF building rules
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
487 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
490 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
491 section and adjusted links
492 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
494 - ChangeLog attribution updates
495 - fix typos, closes: #171781
496 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
497 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
498 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
499 for debian/rules", and write an intro
500 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
501 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
502 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
503 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
504 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
505 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
506 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
507 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
508 "Internationalization"
509 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
510 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
511 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
512 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
513 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
514 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
515 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
516 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
517 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
519 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
520 rather useless and broken
521 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
522 names and the first word
523 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
524 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
525 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
527 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
528 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
529 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
533 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
536 - DDP publishing update
538 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
539 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
540 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
541 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
545 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
548 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
549 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
550 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
552 - added myself as co-author
553 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
555 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
556 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
558 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
559 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
563 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
566 - Corrected several errors with —
567 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
568 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
569 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
570 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
571 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
572 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
573 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
575 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
576 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
577 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
578 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
579 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
580 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
581 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
582 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
583 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
585 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
586 descriptions". closes: #158609
587 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
588 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
589 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
590 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
591 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
593 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
594 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
595 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
596 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
597 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
598 - updated the mailing lists section
600 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
601 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
606 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
609 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
610 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
612 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
614 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
615 Ch "The Debian Archive"
617 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
619 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
620 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
621 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
622 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
623 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
625 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
626 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
627 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
628 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
629 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
630 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
631 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
633 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
634 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
637 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
638 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
639 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
640 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
641 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
642 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
643 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
644 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
645 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
646 work-around with <...>
647 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
648 - update copyright date
649 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
650 - spell check and grammar corrections
654 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
656 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
657 recompile"; closes: #102626
658 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
659 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
660 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
661 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
662 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
664 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
665 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
666 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
668 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
670 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
671 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
672 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
673 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
674 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
675 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
676 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
677 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
678 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
680 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
682 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
684 - updated the list of available architectures.
685 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
686 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
687 of the package and nothing more.
688 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
689 any pain to the ftpmasters.
690 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
691 the use of the delayed queue.
692 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
693 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
695 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
696 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
697 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
698 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
699 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
700 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
701 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
703 - new Sec "Documentation"
704 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
705 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
706 "Being kind to porter" too
707 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
708 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
709 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
710 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
711 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
713 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
714 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
717 - update French translation
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
721 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
724 - some grammar corrections
725 - update French translation
727 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
728 anymore; closes: #135559
729 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
731 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
733 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
734 that would be welcome)
735 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
736 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
737 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
738 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
739 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
740 - other minor wording changes
741 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
742 - Ch "Package uploads":
743 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
744 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
745 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
746 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
747 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
748 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
749 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
753 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
755 * from Martin Michlmayr
756 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
757 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
758 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
760 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
762 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
764 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
766 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
767 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
768 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
771 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
773 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
778 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
783 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
784 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
785 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
786 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
787 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
788 talking about uploading to distributions
789 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
790 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
791 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
793 - French translation updated
795 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
796 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
797 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
804 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
805 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
813 * fix a typo in a link
814 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
815 update documentation accordingly
817 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
818 forwarding bugs upstream
820 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
821 entities which should be used
822 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
823 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
825 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
827 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
829 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
830 * French version: completely up-to-date now
831 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
832 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
834 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
839 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
841 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
843 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
844 this translation needs updating
845 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
846 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
847 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
849 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
850 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
851 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
853 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
854 included yet, however
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
858 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
860 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
862 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
863 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
865 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
869 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
871 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
872 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
873 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
875 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
879 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
882 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
883 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
884 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
885 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
886 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
887 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
888 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
889 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
890 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
891 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
892 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
893 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
895 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
896 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
897 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
898 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
899 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
901 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
903 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
904 * update copyright notice for 2001
905 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
906 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
907 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
911 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
913 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
915 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
917 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
919 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
921 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
923 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
924 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
926 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
927 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
928 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
929 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
930 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
931 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
932 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
933 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
934 could be used if necessary
935 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
936 mention the rsync dupload method
937 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
939 * other small corrections
940 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
941 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
942 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
943 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
945 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
947 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
948 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
954 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
955 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
956 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
957 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
959 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
960 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
961 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
962 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
963 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
965 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
967 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
968 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
969 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
970 team (closes: Bug#52906)
971 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
972 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
973 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
975 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
976 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
977 - added a section about the LDAP database
978 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
979 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
981 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
982 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
989 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
990 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
992 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
993 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
994 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
995 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
996 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
997 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
998 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
999 description from developers-reference.sgml
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1006 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1008 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1010 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1011 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1012 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1013 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1014 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1015 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1016 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1017 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1018 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1019 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1021 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1022 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1023 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1024 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1026 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1027 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1028 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1029 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1030 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1031 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1032 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1033 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1034 suggestion from James Troup
1035 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1036 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1037 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1038 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1046 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1048 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1053 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1054 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1055 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1056 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1057 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1058 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1062 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1065 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1066 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1067 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1068 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1069 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1071 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1072 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1074 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1082 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1083 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1084 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1085 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1086 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1088 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1089 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1090 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1091 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1093 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1094 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1095 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1096 a normal developer may have access.
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1103 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1104 step all over each other
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1108 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1111 address for PGP key updates
1113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1115 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1118 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1119 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1120 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1121 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1125 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1128 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1129 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1130 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1131 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1132 <keyring-maint> instead)
1133 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1134 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1136 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1138 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1139 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1140 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1144 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1146 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1147 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1148 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1149 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1150 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1151 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1153 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1154 tighten up the language a bit
1155 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1156 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1157 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1158 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1160 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1161 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1162 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1163 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1164 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1165 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1167 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1168 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1169 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1170 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1171 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1172 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1173 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1174 number of available packages
1175 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1176 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1180 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1187 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * not officially released
1190 * more spelling corrections
1191 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1195 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * not officially released
1198 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1199 * some PGP-centricity removed
1200 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1201 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1202 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1203 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1204 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1205 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1209 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1211 * not officially released
1212 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1213 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1214 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1215 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1216 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1217 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1218 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1219 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1220 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1221 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1222 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1223 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1224 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1225 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1227 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1228 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1230 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1232 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1233 take a couple of weeks
1234 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1235 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1236 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1237 excited about it and can't wait
1238 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1239 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1241 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1242 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1244 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1245 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1246 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1250 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1252 * move to 3-level version number:
1253 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1254 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1255 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1256 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1257 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1260 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1261 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1262 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1264 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1266 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1267 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1268 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1269 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1270 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1271 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1273 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1275 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1276 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1277 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1278 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1279 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1280 - "The CVS server": new section added
1281 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1283 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1284 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1285 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1286 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1287 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1288 with respect to GPG.
1289 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1290 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1291 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1292 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1293 a canonical location?)
1294 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1295 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1296 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1297 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1299 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1301 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1302 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1303 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1304 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1306 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1308 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1311 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1312 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1313 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1314 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1315 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1316 and should not be included in this Reference.
1317 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1318 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1319 maintainer tools only!
1320 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1321 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1322 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1323 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1324 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1325 * Little corrections here and there.
1326 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1327 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1330 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1332 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1335 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1336 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1338 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1339 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1340 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1341 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1342 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1343 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1344 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1345 do prior to uploading
1346 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1347 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1349 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1350 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1351 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1352 duties with respect to bugs
1353 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1354 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1355 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1357 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1358 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1359 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1360 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1361 explicit what is used to build this package
1363 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1365 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1369 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1370 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1371 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1372 * utilize the new URL tag
1373 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1376 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1378 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1380 * non-maintainer release
1381 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1382 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1383 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1384 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1385 text, it can't hurt you.)
1386 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1387 reflect this packages version number
1388 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1390 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1392 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1396 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1398 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1400 * New version numbering scheme:
1402 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1403 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1404 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1407 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1408 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1409 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1410 differ between the manuals.
1412 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1413 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1414 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1415 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1417 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1418 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1420 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1422 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1424 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1428 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1429 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1431 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1432 (as requested by James Troup)
1434 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1436 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1438 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1440 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1444 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1446 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1448 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1449 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1450 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1451 the non-maintainer release
1453 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1454 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1455 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1458 - Lots of typos fixed
1460 * Compressed SGML source code
1462 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1463 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1465 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1469 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1472 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1473 - Announcing package uploads
1474 * New section about Debian Mentors
1475 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1476 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1477 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1478 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1480 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1482 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1485 of our FTP server and the development process
1486 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1487 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1488 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1490 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1491 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1492 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1493 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1494 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1495 contacting the maintainer
1496 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1497 a new manual released soon)
1498 * Some minor changes
1499 * Include SGML source in package
1500 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1501 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1505 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200