1 developers-reference (3.4.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
4 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
6 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:57:45 +0200
8 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
14 version tracking removed that requirement.
17 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
18 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
19 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
20 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
21 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
22 needed. Closes: #619990
23 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
24 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
27 * Initial German translation.
30 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
31 * Update French translation.
32 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
33 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
34 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
37 * Update Japanese translation.
39 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
41 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
45 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
48 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
49 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
50 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
51 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
52 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
53 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
54 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
55 patch. Closes: #540231
56 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
57 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
58 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
59 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
60 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
61 for the patch. Closes: #548823
62 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
63 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
64 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
65 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
66 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
67 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
68 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
69 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
70 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
71 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
72 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
73 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
74 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
75 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
77 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
78 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
79 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
81 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
82 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
83 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
84 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
85 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
87 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
89 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
90 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
91 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
92 patch. Closes: #573110
93 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
95 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
96 multi-lines substitution variables.
99 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
100 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
101 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
102 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
103 * Activate Japanese package.
104 * Handle addendum if it exists.
106 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
108 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
111 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
113 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
115 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
117 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
118 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
120 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
122 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
125 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
126 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
127 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
128 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
129 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
130 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
131 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
132 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
133 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
134 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
135 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
136 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
137 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
138 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
139 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
140 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
141 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
142 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
143 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
144 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
145 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
147 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
149 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
156 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
157 The most important changes are:
158 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
159 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
162 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
163 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
164 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
165 distinction. Closes: #464230.
166 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
167 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
168 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
169 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
170 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
171 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
173 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
174 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
176 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
177 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
179 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
180 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
182 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
184 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
185 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
187 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
188 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
189 Closes: #512620, #510783.
191 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
193 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
197 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
198 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
199 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
200 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
201 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
202 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
203 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
205 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
207 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
210 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
211 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
212 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
213 release codenames in <literal>
214 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
215 doesn't exist anymore.
216 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
217 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
218 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
219 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
220 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
221 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
222 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
223 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
224 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
225 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
226 team before upload. Closes: #459343
227 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
228 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
229 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
230 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
231 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
232 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
233 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
235 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
236 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
238 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
239 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
240 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
241 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
242 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
243 Thomas. Closes: #485837
245 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
246 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
248 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
250 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
254 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
255 - fix debian/copyright
256 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
257 - add pdf for French version.
258 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
259 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
260 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
261 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
262 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
263 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
264 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
265 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
266 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
268 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
269 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
271 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
273 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
274 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
275 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
276 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
277 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
278 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
280 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
283 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
284 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
285 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
286 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
287 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
288 * Update information concerning Alioth.
289 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
290 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
292 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
293 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
295 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
298 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
300 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
302 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
304 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
305 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
307 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
308 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
309 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
311 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
312 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
313 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
315 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
316 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
317 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
318 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
319 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
320 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
321 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
322 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
323 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
324 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
325 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
326 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
328 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
329 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
330 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
331 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
332 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
333 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
334 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
335 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
336 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
337 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
341 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
343 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
345 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
348 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
349 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
350 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
351 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
352 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
353 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
355 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
357 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
359 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
361 - non-us discontinued.
362 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
364 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
365 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
366 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
367 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
368 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
369 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
370 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
371 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
372 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
373 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
374 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
375 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
376 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
377 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
378 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
379 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
380 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
381 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
383 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
384 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
386 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
389 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
391 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
393 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
396 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
397 - madison is on merkel.
398 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
399 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
400 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
401 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
402 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
403 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
405 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
406 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
407 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
408 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
409 - sync NM rules with reality.
411 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
413 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
415 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
418 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
419 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
420 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
421 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
422 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
423 - spelling, grammer fixes.
424 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
425 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
426 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
427 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
428 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
429 - add myself to uploaders.
430 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
431 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
432 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
433 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
434 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
435 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
436 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
437 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
438 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
439 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
440 - rewrote the NMU section, and
441 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
442 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
443 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
444 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
445 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
446 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
447 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
448 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
450 - Security uploads get urgency=high
451 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
453 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
455 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
457 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
460 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
461 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
462 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
463 - documented Alioth, somewhat
465 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
466 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
468 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
469 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
470 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
471 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
475 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
477 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
478 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
479 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
480 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
485 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
488 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
490 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
491 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
492 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
494 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
495 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
496 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
497 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
500 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
502 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
503 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
504 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
505 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
506 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
508 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
509 it clear these are special cases
510 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
512 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
516 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
519 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
520 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
522 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
526 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
529 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
531 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
532 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
533 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
535 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
536 - the synopsis formula changed to either
537 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
539 <package-name> is <synopsis>
541 <package-name> are <synopsis>
543 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
544 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
545 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
546 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
547 package; closes: #187143
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
551 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
554 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
555 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
557 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
559 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
560 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
561 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
562 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
563 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
564 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
565 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
566 right places in the document, closes: #172897
567 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
571 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
573 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
574 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
575 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
576 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
577 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
578 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
579 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
581 - editorial changes on material added in this version
582 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
583 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
584 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
585 closes: #139957, #108416
586 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
587 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
591 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
594 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
596 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
597 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
598 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
599 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
601 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
602 for best practices for documentation
603 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
604 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
605 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
606 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
608 - spell-checking pass
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
612 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
615 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
616 descriptions" moved under there
617 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
618 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
619 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
620 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
621 the document where these tools are discussed
622 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
623 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
624 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
625 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
626 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
627 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
629 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
630 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
631 that can be fixed by DDP folks
632 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
633 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
634 - simply PS and PDF building rules
636 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
638 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
641 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
642 section and adjusted links
643 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
645 - ChangeLog attribution updates
646 - fix typos, closes: #171781
647 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
648 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
649 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
650 for debian/rules", and write an intro
651 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
652 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
653 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
654 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
655 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
656 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
657 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
658 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
659 "Internationalization"
660 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
661 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
662 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
663 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
664 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
665 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
666 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
667 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
668 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
670 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
671 rather useless and broken
672 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
673 names and the first word
674 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
675 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
676 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
678 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
679 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
680 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
684 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
687 - DDP publishing update
689 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
690 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
691 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
692 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
696 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
699 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
700 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
701 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
703 - added myself as co-author
704 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
706 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
707 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
709 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
710 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
714 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
717 - Corrected several errors with —
718 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
719 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
720 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
721 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
722 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
723 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
724 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
726 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
727 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
728 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
729 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
730 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
731 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
732 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
733 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
734 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
736 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
737 descriptions". closes: #158609
738 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
739 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
740 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
741 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
742 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
744 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
745 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
746 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
747 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
748 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
749 - updated the mailing lists section
751 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
752 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
757 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
761 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
763 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
765 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
766 Ch "The Debian Archive"
768 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
770 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
771 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
772 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
773 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
774 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
776 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
777 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
778 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
779 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
780 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
781 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
782 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
784 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
785 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
788 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
789 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
790 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
791 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
792 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
793 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
794 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
795 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
796 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
797 work-around with <...>
798 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
799 - update copyright date
800 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
801 - spell check and grammar corrections
805 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
807 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
808 recompile"; closes: #102626
809 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
810 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
811 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
812 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
813 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
815 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
816 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
817 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
819 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
821 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
822 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
823 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
824 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
825 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
826 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
827 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
828 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
829 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
831 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
833 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
835 - updated the list of available architectures.
836 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
837 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
838 of the package and nothing more.
839 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
840 any pain to the ftpmasters.
841 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
842 the use of the delayed queue.
843 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
844 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
846 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
847 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
848 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
849 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
850 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
851 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
852 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
854 - new Sec "Documentation"
855 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
856 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
857 "Being kind to porter" too
858 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
859 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
860 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
861 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
862 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
864 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
865 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
868 - update French translation
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
872 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
875 - some grammar corrections
876 - update French translation
878 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
879 anymore; closes: #135559
880 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
882 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
884 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
885 that would be welcome)
886 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
887 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
888 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
889 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
890 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
891 - other minor wording changes
892 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
893 - Ch "Package uploads":
894 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
895 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
896 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
897 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
898 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
899 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
900 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
904 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * from Martin Michlmayr
907 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
908 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
909 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
911 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
913 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
915 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
917 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
918 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
919 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
922 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
924 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
929 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
932 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
934 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
935 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
936 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
937 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
938 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
939 talking about uploading to distributions
940 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
941 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
942 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
944 - French translation updated
946 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
947 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
948 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
955 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
956 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
964 * fix a typo in a link
965 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
966 update documentation accordingly
968 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
969 forwarding bugs upstream
971 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
972 entities which should be used
973 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
974 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
978 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
980 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
981 * French version: completely up-to-date now
982 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
983 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
985 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
992 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
994 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
995 this translation needs updating
996 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
997 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
998 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1000 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1001 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1002 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1004 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1005 included yet, however
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1013 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1014 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1016 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1020 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1023 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1024 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1026 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1033 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1034 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1035 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1036 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1037 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1038 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1039 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1040 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1041 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1042 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1043 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1044 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1046 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1047 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1048 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1049 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1050 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1052 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1054 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1055 * update copyright notice for 2001
1056 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1057 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1058 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1062 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1066 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1068 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1072 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1075 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1077 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1078 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1079 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1080 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1081 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1082 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1083 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1084 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1085 could be used if necessary
1086 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1087 mention the rsync dupload method
1088 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1090 * other small corrections
1091 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1092 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1093 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1094 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1096 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1098 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1099 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1103 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1105 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1106 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1107 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1108 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1110 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1111 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1112 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1113 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1114 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1116 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1118 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1119 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1120 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1121 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1122 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1123 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1124 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1126 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1127 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1128 - added a section about the LDAP database
1129 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1130 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1132 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1133 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1140 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1141 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1143 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1144 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1145 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1146 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1147 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1148 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1149 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1150 description from developers-reference.sgml
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1154 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1157 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1159 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1161 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1162 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1163 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1164 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1165 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1166 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1167 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1168 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1169 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1170 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1172 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1173 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1174 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1175 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1177 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1178 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1179 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1180 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1181 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1182 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1183 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1184 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1185 suggestion from James Troup
1186 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1187 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1188 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1189 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1194 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1197 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1201 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1203 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1204 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1205 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1206 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1207 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1208 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1209 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1216 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1217 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1218 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1219 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1220 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1222 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1223 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1225 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1227 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1229 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1233 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1234 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1235 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1236 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1237 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1239 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1240 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1241 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1242 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1244 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1245 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1246 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1247 a normal developer may have access.
1249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1251 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1254 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1255 step all over each other
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1262 address for PGP key updates
1264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1266 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1269 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1270 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1271 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1272 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1276 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1279 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1280 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1281 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1282 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1283 <keyring-maint> instead)
1284 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1285 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1287 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1289 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1290 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1291 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1295 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1297 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1298 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1299 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1300 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1301 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1302 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1304 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1305 tighten up the language a bit
1306 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1307 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1308 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1309 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1311 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1312 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1313 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1314 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1315 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1316 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1318 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1319 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1320 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1321 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1322 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1323 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1324 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1325 number of available packages
1326 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1327 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1331 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1338 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * not officially released
1341 * more spelling corrections
1342 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1346 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * not officially released
1349 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1350 * some PGP-centricity removed
1351 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1352 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1353 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1354 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1355 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1356 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1360 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1362 * not officially released
1363 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1364 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1365 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1366 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1367 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1368 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1369 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1370 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1371 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1372 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1373 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1374 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1375 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1376 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1378 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1379 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1381 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1383 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1384 take a couple of weeks
1385 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1386 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1387 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1388 excited about it and can't wait
1389 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1390 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1392 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1393 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1395 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1396 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1397 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1401 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1403 * move to 3-level version number:
1404 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1405 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1406 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1407 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1408 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1411 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1412 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1413 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1415 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1417 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1418 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1419 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1420 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1421 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1422 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1424 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1426 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1427 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1428 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1429 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1430 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1431 - "The CVS server": new section added
1432 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1434 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1435 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1436 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1437 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1438 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1439 with respect to GPG.
1440 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1441 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1442 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1443 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1444 a canonical location?)
1445 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1446 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1447 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1448 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1450 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1452 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1453 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1454 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1455 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1457 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1459 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1462 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1463 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1464 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1465 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1466 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1467 and should not be included in this Reference.
1468 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1469 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1470 maintainer tools only!
1471 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1472 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1473 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1474 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1475 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1476 * Little corrections here and there.
1477 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1478 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1481 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1483 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1486 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1487 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1489 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1490 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1491 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1492 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1493 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1494 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1495 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1496 do prior to uploading
1497 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1498 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1500 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1501 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1502 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1503 duties with respect to bugs
1504 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1505 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1506 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1508 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1509 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1510 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1511 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1512 explicit what is used to build this package
1514 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1516 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1520 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1521 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1522 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1523 * utilize the new URL tag
1524 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1527 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1529 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1531 * non-maintainer release
1532 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1533 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1534 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1535 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1536 text, it can't hurt you.)
1537 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1538 reflect this packages version number
1539 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1541 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1543 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1549 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1551 * New version numbering scheme:
1553 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1554 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1555 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1558 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1559 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1560 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1561 differ between the manuals.
1563 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1564 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1565 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1566 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1568 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1569 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1571 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1575 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1579 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1580 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1582 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1583 (as requested by James Troup)
1585 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1587 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1591 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1593 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1595 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1597 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1599 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1600 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1601 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1602 the non-maintainer release
1604 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1605 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1606 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1609 - Lots of typos fixed
1611 * Compressed SGML source code
1613 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1614 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1616 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1618 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1620 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1622 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1623 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1624 - Announcing package uploads
1625 * New section about Debian Mentors
1626 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1627 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1628 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1629 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1631 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1633 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1636 of our FTP server and the development process
1637 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1638 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1639 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1641 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1642 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1643 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1644 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1645 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1646 contacting the maintainer
1647 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1648 a new manual released soon)
1649 * Some minor changes
1650 * Include SGML source in package
1651 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1652 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1654 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1656 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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