1 developers-reference (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
5 section and adjusted links
6 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
10 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
13 - DDP publishing update
15 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
16 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
17 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
18 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
20 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
22 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
25 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
26 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
27 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
29 - added myself as co-author
30 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
32 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
33 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
35 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
36 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
38 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
40 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
43 - Corrected several errors with —
44 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
45 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
46 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
47 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
48 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
49 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
50 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
52 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
53 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
54 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
55 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
56 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
57 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
58 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
59 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
60 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
62 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
63 descriptions". closes: #158609
64 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
65 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
66 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
67 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
68 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
70 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
71 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
72 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
73 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
74 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
75 - updated the mailing lists section
77 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
78 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
81 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
83 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
86 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
87 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
89 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
91 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
92 Ch "The Debian Archive"
94 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
96 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
97 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
98 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
99 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
100 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
102 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
103 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
104 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
105 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
106 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
107 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
108 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
110 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
111 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
114 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
115 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
116 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
117 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
118 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
119 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
120 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
121 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
122 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
123 work-around with <...>
124 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
125 - update copyright date
126 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
127 - spell check and grammar corrections
131 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
133 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
134 recompile"; closes: #102626
135 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
136 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
137 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
138 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
139 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
141 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
142 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
143 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
145 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
147 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
148 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
149 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
150 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
151 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
152 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
153 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
154 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
155 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
157 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
159 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
161 - updated the list of available architectures.
162 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
163 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
164 of the package and nothing more.
165 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
166 any pain to the ftpmasters.
167 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
168 the use of the delayed queue.
169 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
170 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
172 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
173 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
174 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
175 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
176 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
177 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
178 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
180 - new Sec "Documentation"
181 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
182 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
183 "Being kind to porter" too
184 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
185 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
186 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
187 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
188 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
190 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
191 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
194 - update French translation
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
198 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
201 - some grammar corrections
202 - update French translation
204 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
205 anymore; closes: #135559
206 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
208 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
210 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
211 that would be welcome)
212 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
213 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
214 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
215 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
216 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
217 - other minor wording changes
218 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
219 - Ch "Package uploads":
220 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
221 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
222 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
223 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
224 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
225 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
226 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
230 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
232 * from Martin Michlmayr
233 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
234 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
235 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
237 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
239 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
241 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
243 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
244 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
245 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
248 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
250 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
255 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
258 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
260 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
261 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
262 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
263 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
264 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
265 talking about uploading to distributions
266 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
267 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
268 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
270 - French translation updated
272 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
273 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
274 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
278 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
281 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
282 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
287 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
290 * fix a typo in a link
291 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
292 update documentation accordingly
294 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
295 forwarding bugs upstream
297 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
298 entities which should be used
299 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
300 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
304 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
306 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
307 * French version: completely up-to-date now
308 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
309 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
311 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
314 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
316 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
318 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
320 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
321 this translation needs updating
322 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
323 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
324 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
326 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
327 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
328 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
330 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
331 included yet, however
333 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
335 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
337 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
339 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
340 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
342 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
346 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
348 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
349 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
350 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
352 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
356 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
359 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
360 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
361 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
362 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
363 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
364 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
365 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
366 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
367 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
368 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
369 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
370 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
372 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
373 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
374 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
375 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
376 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
378 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
380 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
381 * update copyright notice for 2001
382 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
383 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
384 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
388 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
390 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
392 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
394 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
398 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
401 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
403 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
404 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
405 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
406 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
407 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
408 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
409 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
410 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
411 could be used if necessary
412 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
413 mention the rsync dupload method
414 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
416 * other small corrections
417 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
418 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
419 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
420 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
422 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
424 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
425 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
429 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
431 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
432 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
433 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
434 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
436 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
437 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
438 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
439 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
440 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
442 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
444 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
445 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
446 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
447 team (closes: Bug#52906)
448 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
449 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
450 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
452 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
453 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
454 - added a section about the LDAP database
455 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
456 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
458 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
459 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
463 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
466 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
467 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
469 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
470 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
471 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
472 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
473 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
474 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
475 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
476 description from developers-reference.sgml
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
480 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
482 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
483 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
485 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
487 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
488 releases are available at archive.debian.org
489 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
490 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
491 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
492 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
493 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
494 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
495 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
496 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
498 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
499 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
500 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
501 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
503 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
504 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
505 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
506 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
507 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
508 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
509 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
510 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
511 suggestion from James Troup
512 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
513 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
514 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
515 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
520 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
522 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
523 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
527 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
529 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
530 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
531 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
532 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
533 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
534 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
535 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
539 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
542 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
543 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
544 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
545 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
546 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
548 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
549 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
551 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
555 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
559 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
560 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
561 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
562 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
563 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
565 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
566 with intro; demoted server sections under that
567 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
568 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
570 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
571 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
572 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
573 a normal developer may have access.
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
577 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
579 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
580 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
581 step all over each other
583 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
585 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
587 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
588 address for PGP key updates
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
592 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
595 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
596 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
597 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
598 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
602 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
604 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
605 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
606 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
607 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
608 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
609 <keyring-maint> instead)
610 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
611 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
613 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
615 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
616 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
617 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
621 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
623 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
624 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
625 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
626 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
627 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
628 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
630 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
631 tighten up the language a bit
632 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
633 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
634 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
635 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
637 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
638 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
639 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
640 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
641 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
642 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
644 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
645 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
646 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
647 about how to depart Debian gracefully
648 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
649 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
650 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
651 number of available packages
652 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
653 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
657 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
659 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
664 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
666 * not officially released
667 * more spelling corrections
668 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
672 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
674 * not officially released
675 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
676 * some PGP-centricity removed
677 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
678 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
679 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
680 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
681 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
682 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
686 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
688 * not officially released
689 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
690 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
691 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
692 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
693 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
694 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
695 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
696 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
697 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
698 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
699 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
700 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
701 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
702 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
704 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
705 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
707 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
709 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
710 take a couple of weeks
711 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
712 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
713 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
714 excited about it and can't wait
715 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
716 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
718 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
719 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
721 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
722 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
723 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
727 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
729 * move to 3-level version number:
730 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
731 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
732 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
733 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
734 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
737 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
738 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
739 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
741 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
743 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
744 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
745 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
746 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
747 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
748 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
750 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
752 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
753 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
754 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
755 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
756 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
757 - "The CVS server": new section added
758 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
760 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
761 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
762 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
763 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
764 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
766 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
767 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
768 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
769 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
770 a canonical location?)
771 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
772 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
773 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
774 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
776 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
778 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
779 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
780 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
781 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
783 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
785 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
788 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
789 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
790 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
791 them. (closes Bug#26948)
792 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
793 and should not be included in this Reference.
794 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
795 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
796 maintainer tools only!
797 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
798 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
799 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
800 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
801 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
802 * Little corrections here and there.
803 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
804 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
807 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
811 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
812 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
813 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
815 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
816 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
817 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
818 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
819 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
820 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
821 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
822 do prior to uploading
823 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
824 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
826 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
827 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
828 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
829 duties with respect to bugs
830 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
831 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
832 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
834 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
835 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
836 * grammar and markup changes throughout
837 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
838 explicit what is used to build this package
840 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
842 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
845 * version number and date are automatically populated now
846 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
847 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
848 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
849 * utilize the new URL tag
850 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
853 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
855 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
857 * non-maintainer release
858 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
859 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
860 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
861 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
862 text, it can't hurt you.)
863 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
864 reflect this packages version number
865 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
867 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
873 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
875 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
877 * New version numbering scheme:
879 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
880 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
881 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
884 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
885 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
886 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
887 differ between the manuals.
889 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
890 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
891 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
892 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
894 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
895 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
897 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
899 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
901 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
905 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
906 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
908 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
909 (as requested by James Troup)
911 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
913 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
915 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
917 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
921 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
923 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
925 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
926 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
927 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
928 the non-maintainer release
930 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
931 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
932 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
935 - Lots of typos fixed
937 * Compressed SGML source code
939 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
940 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
942 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
944 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
946 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
949 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
950 - Announcing package uploads
951 * New section about Debian Mentors
952 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
953 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
954 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
955 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
959 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
961 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
962 of our FTP server and the development process
963 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
964 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
965 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
967 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
968 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
969 debian-devel before they are uploaded
970 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
971 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
972 contacting the maintainer
973 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
974 a new manual released soon)
976 * Include SGML source in package
977 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
978 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
980 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
982 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
986 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200