1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
35 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
37 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
40 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
42 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
44 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
46 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
47 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
49 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
51 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
54 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
55 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
56 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
57 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
58 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
59 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
60 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
61 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
62 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
63 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
64 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
65 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
66 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
67 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
68 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
69 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
70 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
71 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
72 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
73 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
74 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
76 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
78 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
85 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
86 The most important changes are:
87 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
88 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
91 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
92 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
93 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
94 distinction. Closes: #464230.
95 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
96 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
97 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
98 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
99 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
100 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
102 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
103 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
105 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
106 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
108 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
109 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
111 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
113 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
114 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
116 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
117 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
118 Closes: #512620, #510783.
120 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
122 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
126 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
127 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
128 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
129 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
130 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
131 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
132 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
134 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
136 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
139 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
140 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
141 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
142 release codenames in <literal>
143 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
144 doesn't exist anymore.
145 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
146 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
147 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
148 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
149 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
150 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
151 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
152 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
153 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
154 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
155 team before upload. Closes: #459343
156 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
157 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
158 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
159 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
160 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
161 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
162 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
164 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
165 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
167 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
168 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
169 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
170 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
171 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
172 Thomas. Closes: #485837
174 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
175 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
177 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
179 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
183 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
184 - fix debian/copyright
185 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
186 - add pdf for French version.
187 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
188 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
189 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
190 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
191 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
192 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
193 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
194 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
195 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
197 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
198 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
200 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
202 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
203 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
204 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
205 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
206 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
207 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
209 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
212 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
213 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
214 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
215 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
216 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
217 * Update information concerning Alioth.
218 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
219 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
221 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
222 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
224 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
227 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
229 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
231 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
233 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
234 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
236 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
237 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
238 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
240 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
241 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
242 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
244 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
245 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
246 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
247 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
248 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
249 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
250 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
251 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
252 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
253 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
254 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
255 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
257 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
258 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
259 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
260 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
261 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
262 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
263 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
264 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
265 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
266 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
270 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
272 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
274 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
277 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
278 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
279 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
280 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
281 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
282 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
284 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
286 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
288 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
290 - non-us discontinued.
291 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
293 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
294 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
295 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
296 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
297 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
298 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
299 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
300 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
301 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
302 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
303 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
304 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
305 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
306 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
307 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
308 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
309 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
310 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
312 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
313 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
315 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
318 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
320 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
322 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
325 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
326 - madison is on merkel.
327 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
328 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
329 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
330 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
331 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
332 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
334 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
335 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
336 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
337 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
338 - sync NM rules with reality.
340 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
342 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
344 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
347 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
348 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
349 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
350 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
351 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
352 - spelling, grammer fixes.
353 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
354 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
355 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
356 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
357 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
358 - add myself to uploaders.
359 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
360 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
361 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
362 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
363 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
364 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
365 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
366 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
367 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
368 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
369 - rewrote the NMU section, and
370 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
371 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
372 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
373 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
374 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
375 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
376 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
377 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
379 - Security uploads get urgency=high
380 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
382 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
384 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
386 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
389 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
390 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
391 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
392 - documented Alioth, somewhat
394 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
395 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
397 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
398 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
399 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
400 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
404 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
406 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
407 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
408 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
409 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
414 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
417 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
419 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
420 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
421 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
423 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
424 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
425 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
426 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
429 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
431 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
432 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
433 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
434 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
435 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
437 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
438 it clear these are special cases
439 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
441 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
445 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
448 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
449 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
451 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
455 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
458 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
460 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
461 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
462 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
464 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
465 - the synopsis formula changed to either
466 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
468 <package-name> is <synopsis>
470 <package-name> are <synopsis>
472 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
473 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
474 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
475 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
476 package; closes: #187143
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
480 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
483 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
484 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
486 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
488 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
489 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
490 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
491 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
492 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
493 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
494 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
495 right places in the document, closes: #172897
496 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
500 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
502 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
503 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
504 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
505 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
506 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
507 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
508 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
510 - editorial changes on material added in this version
511 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
512 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
513 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
514 closes: #139957, #108416
515 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
516 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
520 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
523 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
525 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
526 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
527 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
528 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
530 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
531 for best practices for documentation
532 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
533 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
534 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
535 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
537 - spell-checking pass
539 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
541 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
544 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
545 descriptions" moved under there
546 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
547 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
548 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
549 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
550 the document where these tools are discussed
551 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
552 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
553 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
554 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
555 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
556 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
558 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
559 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
560 that can be fixed by DDP folks
561 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
562 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
563 - simply PS and PDF building rules
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
567 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
570 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
571 section and adjusted links
572 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
574 - ChangeLog attribution updates
575 - fix typos, closes: #171781
576 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
577 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
578 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
579 for debian/rules", and write an intro
580 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
581 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
582 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
583 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
584 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
585 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
586 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
587 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
588 "Internationalization"
589 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
590 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
591 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
592 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
593 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
594 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
595 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
596 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
597 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
599 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
600 rather useless and broken
601 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
602 names and the first word
603 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
604 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
605 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
607 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
608 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
609 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
613 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
616 - DDP publishing update
618 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
619 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
620 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
621 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
625 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
628 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
629 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
630 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
632 - added myself as co-author
633 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
635 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
636 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
638 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
639 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
643 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
646 - Corrected several errors with —
647 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
648 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
649 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
650 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
651 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
652 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
653 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
655 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
656 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
657 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
658 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
659 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
660 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
661 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
662 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
663 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
665 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
666 descriptions". closes: #158609
667 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
668 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
669 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
670 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
671 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
673 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
674 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
675 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
676 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
677 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
678 - updated the mailing lists section
680 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
681 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
686 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
690 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
692 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
694 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
695 Ch "The Debian Archive"
697 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
699 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
700 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
701 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
702 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
703 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
705 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
706 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
707 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
708 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
709 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
710 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
711 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
713 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
714 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
717 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
718 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
719 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
720 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
721 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
722 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
723 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
724 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
725 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
726 work-around with <...>
727 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
728 - update copyright date
729 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
730 - spell check and grammar corrections
734 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
736 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
737 recompile"; closes: #102626
738 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
739 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
740 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
741 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
742 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
744 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
745 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
746 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
748 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
750 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
751 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
752 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
753 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
754 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
755 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
756 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
757 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
758 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
760 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
762 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
764 - updated the list of available architectures.
765 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
766 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
767 of the package and nothing more.
768 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
769 any pain to the ftpmasters.
770 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
771 the use of the delayed queue.
772 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
773 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
775 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
776 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
777 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
778 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
779 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
780 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
781 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
783 - new Sec "Documentation"
784 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
785 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
786 "Being kind to porter" too
787 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
788 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
789 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
790 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
791 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
793 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
794 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
797 - update French translation
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
804 - some grammar corrections
805 - update French translation
807 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
808 anymore; closes: #135559
809 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
811 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
813 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
814 that would be welcome)
815 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
816 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
817 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
818 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
819 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
820 - other minor wording changes
821 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
822 - Ch "Package uploads":
823 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
824 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
825 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
826 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
827 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
828 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
829 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
833 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
835 * from Martin Michlmayr
836 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
837 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
838 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
840 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
842 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
844 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
846 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
847 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
848 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
851 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
853 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
858 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
863 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
864 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
865 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
866 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
867 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
868 talking about uploading to distributions
869 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
870 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
871 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
873 - French translation updated
875 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
876 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
877 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
884 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
885 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
890 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
893 * fix a typo in a link
894 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
895 update documentation accordingly
897 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
898 forwarding bugs upstream
900 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
901 entities which should be used
902 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
903 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
907 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
909 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
910 * French version: completely up-to-date now
911 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
912 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
914 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
919 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
921 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
923 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
924 this translation needs updating
925 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
926 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
927 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
929 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
930 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
931 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
933 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
934 included yet, however
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
940 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
942 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
943 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
945 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
949 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
951 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
952 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
953 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
955 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
962 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
963 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
964 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
965 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
966 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
967 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
968 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
969 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
970 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
971 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
972 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
973 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
975 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
976 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
977 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
978 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
979 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
981 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
983 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
984 * update copyright notice for 2001
985 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
986 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
987 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
989 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
991 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
993 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
995 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
997 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1001 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1004 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1006 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1007 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1008 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1009 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1010 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1011 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1012 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1013 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1014 could be used if necessary
1015 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1016 mention the rsync dupload method
1017 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1019 * other small corrections
1020 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1021 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1022 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1023 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1025 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1027 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1028 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1032 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1034 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1035 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1036 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1037 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1039 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1040 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1041 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1042 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1043 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1045 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1047 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1048 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1049 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1050 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1051 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1052 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1053 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1055 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1056 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1057 - added a section about the LDAP database
1058 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1059 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1061 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1062 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1066 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1069 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1070 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1072 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1073 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1074 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1075 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1076 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1077 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1078 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1079 description from developers-reference.sgml
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1083 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1086 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1088 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1090 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1091 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1092 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1093 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1094 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1095 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1096 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1097 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1098 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1099 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1101 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1102 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1103 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1104 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1106 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1107 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1108 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1109 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1110 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1111 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1112 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1113 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1114 suggestion from James Troup
1115 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1116 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1117 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1118 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1123 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1126 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1133 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1134 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1135 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1136 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1137 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1138 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1142 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1145 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1146 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1147 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1148 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1149 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1151 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1152 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1154 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1162 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1163 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1164 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1165 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1166 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1168 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1169 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1170 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1171 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1173 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1174 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1175 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1176 a normal developer may have access.
1178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1180 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1183 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1184 step all over each other
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1188 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1191 address for PGP key updates
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1195 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1198 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1199 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1200 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1201 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1208 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1209 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1210 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1211 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1212 <keyring-maint> instead)
1213 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1214 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1216 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1218 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1219 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1220 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1224 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1226 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1227 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1228 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1229 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1230 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1231 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1233 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1234 tighten up the language a bit
1235 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1236 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1237 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1238 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1240 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1241 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1242 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1243 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1244 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1245 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1247 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1248 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1249 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1250 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1251 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1252 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1253 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1254 number of available packages
1255 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1256 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1260 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1267 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * not officially released
1270 * more spelling corrections
1271 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1275 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * not officially released
1278 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1279 * some PGP-centricity removed
1280 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1281 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1282 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1283 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1284 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1285 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1289 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1291 * not officially released
1292 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1293 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1294 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1295 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1296 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1297 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1298 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1299 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1300 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1301 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1302 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1303 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1304 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1305 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1307 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1308 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1310 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1312 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1313 take a couple of weeks
1314 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1315 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1316 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1317 excited about it and can't wait
1318 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1319 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1321 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1322 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1324 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1325 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1326 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1330 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1332 * move to 3-level version number:
1333 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1334 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1335 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1336 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1337 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1340 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1341 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1342 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1344 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1346 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1347 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1348 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1349 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1350 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1351 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1353 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1355 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1356 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1357 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1358 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1359 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1360 - "The CVS server": new section added
1361 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1363 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1364 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1365 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1366 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1367 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1368 with respect to GPG.
1369 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1370 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1371 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1372 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1373 a canonical location?)
1374 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1375 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1376 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1377 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1379 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1381 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1382 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1383 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1384 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1386 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1388 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1391 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1392 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1393 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1394 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1395 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1396 and should not be included in this Reference.
1397 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1398 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1399 maintainer tools only!
1400 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1401 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1402 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1403 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1404 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1405 * Little corrections here and there.
1406 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1407 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1410 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1412 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1415 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1416 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1418 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1419 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1420 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1421 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1422 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1423 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1424 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1425 do prior to uploading
1426 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1427 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1429 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1430 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1431 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1432 duties with respect to bugs
1433 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1434 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1435 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1437 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1438 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1439 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1440 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1441 explicit what is used to build this package
1443 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1445 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1449 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1450 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1451 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1452 * utilize the new URL tag
1453 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1456 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1458 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1460 * non-maintainer release
1461 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1462 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1463 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1464 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1465 text, it can't hurt you.)
1466 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1467 reflect this packages version number
1468 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1470 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1472 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1478 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1480 * New version numbering scheme:
1482 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1483 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1484 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1487 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1488 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1489 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1490 differ between the manuals.
1492 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1493 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1494 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1495 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1497 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1498 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1500 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1504 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1506 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1508 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1509 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1511 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1512 (as requested by James Troup)
1514 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1516 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1520 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1524 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1526 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1528 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1529 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1530 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1531 the non-maintainer release
1533 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1534 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1535 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1538 - Lots of typos fixed
1540 * Compressed SGML source code
1542 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1543 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1545 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1549 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1552 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1553 - Announcing package uploads
1554 * New section about Debian Mentors
1555 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1556 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1557 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1558 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1562 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1565 of our FTP server and the development process
1566 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1567 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1568 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1570 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1571 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1572 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1573 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1574 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1575 contacting the maintainer
1576 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1577 a new manual released soon)
1578 * Some minor changes
1579 * Include SGML source in package
1580 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1581 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1583 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1585 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200