1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
15 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
18 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
19 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
20 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
21 release codenames in <literal>
22 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
23 doesn't exist anymore.
24 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
25 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
26 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
27 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
28 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
29 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
30 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
31 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
32 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
33 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
34 team before upload. Closes: #459343
35 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
36 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
37 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
38 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
39 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
40 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
41 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
43 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
44 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
47 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
49 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
53 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
54 - fix debian/copyright
55 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
56 - add pdf for French version.
57 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
58 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
59 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
60 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
61 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
62 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
63 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
64 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
65 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
67 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
68 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
70 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
72 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
73 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
74 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
75 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
76 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
77 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
79 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
82 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
83 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
84 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
85 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
86 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
87 * Update information concerning Alioth.
88 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
89 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
91 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
92 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
94 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
97 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
99 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
101 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
103 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
104 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
106 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
107 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
108 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
110 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
111 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
112 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
114 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
115 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
116 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
117 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
118 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
119 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
120 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
121 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
122 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
123 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
124 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
125 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
127 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
128 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
129 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
130 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
131 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
132 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
133 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
134 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
135 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
136 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
140 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
142 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
144 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
147 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
148 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
149 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
150 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
151 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
152 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
154 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
156 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
158 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
160 - non-us discontinued.
161 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
163 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
164 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
165 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
166 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
167 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
168 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
169 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
170 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
171 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
172 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
173 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
174 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
175 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
176 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
177 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
178 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
179 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
180 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
182 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
183 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
185 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
188 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
190 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
192 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
195 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
196 - madison is on merkel.
197 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
198 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
199 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
200 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
201 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
202 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
204 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
205 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
206 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
207 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
208 - sync NM rules with reality.
210 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
212 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
214 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
217 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
218 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
219 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
220 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
221 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
222 - spelling, grammer fixes.
223 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
224 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
225 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
226 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
227 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
228 - add myself to uploaders.
229 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
230 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
231 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
232 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
233 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
234 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
235 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
236 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
237 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
238 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
239 - rewrote the NMU section, and
240 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
241 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
242 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
243 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
244 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
245 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
246 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
247 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
249 - Security uploads get urgency=high
250 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
252 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
254 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
256 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
259 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
260 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
261 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
262 - documented Alioth, somewhat
264 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
265 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
267 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
268 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
269 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
270 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
274 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
276 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
277 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
278 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
279 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
284 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
287 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
289 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
290 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
291 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
293 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
294 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
295 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
296 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
299 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
301 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
302 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
303 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
304 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
305 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
307 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
308 it clear these are special cases
309 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
311 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
315 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
318 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
319 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
321 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
325 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
328 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
330 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
331 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
332 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
334 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
335 - the synopsis formula changed to either
336 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
338 <package-name> is <synopsis>
340 <package-name> are <synopsis>
342 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
343 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
344 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
345 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
346 package; closes: #187143
348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
350 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
353 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
354 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
356 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
358 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
359 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
360 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
361 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
362 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
363 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
364 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
365 right places in the document, closes: #172897
366 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
370 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
372 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
373 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
374 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
375 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
376 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
377 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
378 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
380 - editorial changes on material added in this version
381 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
382 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
383 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
384 closes: #139957, #108416
385 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
386 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
390 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
393 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
395 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
396 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
397 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
398 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
400 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
401 for best practices for documentation
402 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
403 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
404 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
405 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
407 - spell-checking pass
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
411 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
414 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
415 descriptions" moved under there
416 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
417 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
418 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
419 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
420 the document where these tools are discussed
421 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
422 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
423 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
424 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
425 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
426 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
428 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
429 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
430 that can be fixed by DDP folks
431 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
432 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
433 - simply PS and PDF building rules
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
437 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
440 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
441 section and adjusted links
442 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
444 - ChangeLog attribution updates
445 - fix typos, closes: #171781
446 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
447 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
448 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
449 for debian/rules", and write an intro
450 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
451 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
452 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
453 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
454 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
455 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
456 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
457 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
458 "Internationalization"
459 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
460 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
461 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
462 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
463 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
464 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
465 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
466 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
467 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
469 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
470 rather useless and broken
471 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
472 names and the first word
473 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
474 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
475 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
477 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
478 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
479 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
481 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
483 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
486 - DDP publishing update
488 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
489 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
490 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
491 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
495 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
498 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
499 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
500 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
502 - added myself as co-author
503 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
505 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
506 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
508 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
509 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
513 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
516 - Corrected several errors with —
517 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
518 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
519 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
520 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
521 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
522 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
523 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
525 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
526 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
527 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
528 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
529 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
530 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
531 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
532 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
533 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
535 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
536 descriptions". closes: #158609
537 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
538 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
539 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
540 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
541 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
543 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
544 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
545 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
546 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
547 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
548 - updated the mailing lists section
550 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
551 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
556 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
560 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
562 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
564 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
565 Ch "The Debian Archive"
567 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
569 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
570 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
571 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
572 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
573 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
575 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
576 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
577 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
578 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
579 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
580 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
581 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
583 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
584 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
587 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
588 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
589 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
590 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
591 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
592 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
593 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
594 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
595 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
596 work-around with <...>
597 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
598 - update copyright date
599 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
600 - spell check and grammar corrections
604 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
606 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
607 recompile"; closes: #102626
608 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
609 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
610 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
611 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
612 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
614 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
615 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
616 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
618 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
620 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
621 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
622 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
623 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
624 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
625 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
626 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
627 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
628 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
630 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
632 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
634 - updated the list of available architectures.
635 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
636 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
637 of the package and nothing more.
638 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
639 any pain to the ftpmasters.
640 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
641 the use of the delayed queue.
642 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
643 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
645 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
646 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
647 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
648 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
649 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
650 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
651 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
653 - new Sec "Documentation"
654 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
655 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
656 "Being kind to porter" too
657 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
658 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
659 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
660 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
661 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
663 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
664 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
667 - update French translation
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
671 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
674 - some grammar corrections
675 - update French translation
677 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
678 anymore; closes: #135559
679 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
681 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
683 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
684 that would be welcome)
685 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
686 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
687 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
688 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
689 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
690 - other minor wording changes
691 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
692 - Ch "Package uploads":
693 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
694 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
695 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
696 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
697 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
698 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
699 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
703 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
705 * from Martin Michlmayr
706 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
707 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
708 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
710 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
712 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
714 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
716 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
717 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
718 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
721 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
723 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
728 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
731 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
733 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
734 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
735 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
736 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
737 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
738 talking about uploading to distributions
739 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
740 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
741 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
743 - French translation updated
745 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
746 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
747 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
754 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
755 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
760 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
763 * fix a typo in a link
764 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
765 update documentation accordingly
767 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
768 forwarding bugs upstream
770 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
771 entities which should be used
772 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
773 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
779 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
780 * French version: completely up-to-date now
781 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
782 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
784 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
787 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
789 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
791 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
793 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
794 this translation needs updating
795 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
796 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
797 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
799 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
800 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
801 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
803 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
804 included yet, however
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
808 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
810 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
812 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
813 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
815 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
819 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
821 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
822 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
823 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
825 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
829 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
832 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
833 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
834 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
835 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
836 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
837 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
838 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
839 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
840 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
841 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
842 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
843 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
845 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
846 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
847 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
848 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
849 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
851 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
853 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
854 * update copyright notice for 2001
855 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
856 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
857 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
861 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
863 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
865 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
867 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
871 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
874 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
876 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
877 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
878 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
879 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
880 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
881 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
882 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
883 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
884 could be used if necessary
885 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
886 mention the rsync dupload method
887 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
889 * other small corrections
890 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
891 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
892 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
893 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
895 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
897 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
898 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
902 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
904 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
905 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
906 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
907 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
909 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
910 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
911 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
912 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
913 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
915 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
917 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
918 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
919 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
920 team (closes: Bug#52906)
921 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
922 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
923 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
925 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
926 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
927 - added a section about the LDAP database
928 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
929 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
931 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
932 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
936 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
939 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
940 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
942 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
943 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
944 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
945 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
946 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
947 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
948 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
949 description from developers-reference.sgml
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
955 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
956 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
958 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
960 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
961 releases are available at archive.debian.org
962 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
963 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
964 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
965 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
966 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
967 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
968 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
969 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
971 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
972 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
973 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
974 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
976 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
977 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
978 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
979 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
980 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
981 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
982 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
983 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
984 suggestion from James Troup
985 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
986 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
987 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
988 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
993 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
995 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
996 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1003 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1004 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1005 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1006 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1007 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1008 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1012 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1015 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1016 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1017 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1018 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1019 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1021 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1022 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1024 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1028 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1032 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1033 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1034 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1035 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1036 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1038 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1039 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1040 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1041 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1043 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1044 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1045 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1046 a normal developer may have access.
1048 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1053 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1054 step all over each other
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1058 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1061 address for PGP key updates
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1068 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1069 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1070 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1071 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1078 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1079 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1080 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1081 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1082 <keyring-maint> instead)
1083 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1084 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1086 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1088 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1089 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1090 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1096 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1097 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1098 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1099 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1100 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1101 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1103 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1104 tighten up the language a bit
1105 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1106 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1107 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1108 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1110 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1111 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1112 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1113 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1114 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1115 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1117 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1118 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1119 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1120 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1121 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1122 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1123 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1124 number of available packages
1125 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1126 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1130 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1137 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * not officially released
1140 * more spelling corrections
1141 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1145 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * not officially released
1148 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1149 * some PGP-centricity removed
1150 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1151 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1152 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1153 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1154 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1155 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1159 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1161 * not officially released
1162 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1163 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1164 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1165 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1166 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1167 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1168 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1169 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1170 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1171 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1172 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1173 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1174 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1175 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1177 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1178 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1180 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1182 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1183 take a couple of weeks
1184 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1185 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1186 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1187 excited about it and can't wait
1188 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1189 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1191 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1192 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1194 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1195 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1196 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1200 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1202 * move to 3-level version number:
1203 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1204 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1205 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1206 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1207 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1210 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1211 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1212 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1214 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1216 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1217 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1218 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1219 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1220 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1221 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1223 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1225 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1226 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1227 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1228 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1229 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1230 - "The CVS server": new section added
1231 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1233 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1234 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1235 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1236 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1237 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1238 with respect to GPG.
1239 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1240 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1241 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1242 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1243 a canonical location?)
1244 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1245 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1246 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1247 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1249 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1251 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1252 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1253 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1254 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1256 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1258 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1261 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1262 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1263 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1264 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1265 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1266 and should not be included in this Reference.
1267 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1268 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1269 maintainer tools only!
1270 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1271 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1272 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1273 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1274 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1275 * Little corrections here and there.
1276 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1277 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1280 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1282 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1285 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1286 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1288 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1289 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1290 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1291 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1292 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1293 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1294 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1295 do prior to uploading
1296 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1297 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1299 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1300 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1301 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1302 duties with respect to bugs
1303 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1304 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1305 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1307 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1308 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1309 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1310 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1311 explicit what is used to build this package
1313 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1315 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1318 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1319 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1320 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1321 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1322 * utilize the new URL tag
1323 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1326 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1328 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1330 * non-maintainer release
1331 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1332 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1333 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1334 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1335 text, it can't hurt you.)
1336 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1337 reflect this packages version number
1338 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1340 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1342 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1346 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1348 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1350 * New version numbering scheme:
1352 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1353 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1354 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1357 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1358 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1359 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1360 differ between the manuals.
1362 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1363 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1364 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1365 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1367 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1368 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1370 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1374 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1378 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1379 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1381 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1382 (as requested by James Troup)
1384 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1386 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1388 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1390 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1394 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1396 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1398 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1399 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1400 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1401 the non-maintainer release
1403 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1404 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1405 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1408 - Lots of typos fixed
1410 * Compressed SGML source code
1412 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1413 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1415 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1419 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1422 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1423 - Announcing package uploads
1424 * New section about Debian Mentors
1425 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1426 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1427 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1428 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1430 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1432 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1435 of our FTP server and the development process
1436 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1437 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1438 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1440 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1441 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1442 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1443 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1444 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1445 contacting the maintainer
1446 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1447 a new manual released soon)
1448 * Some minor changes
1449 * Include SGML source in package
1450 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1451 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1455 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1459 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200