1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 -- Andreas Barth <aba@gluck.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
15 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
17 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
19 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
20 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
22 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
23 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
24 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
26 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
27 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
28 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
30 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
31 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
32 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
33 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
34 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
35 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
36 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
37 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
38 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
39 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
40 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
41 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
43 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
44 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
45 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
46 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
47 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
48 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
49 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
50 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
51 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
52 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
56 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
58 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
60 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
63 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
64 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
65 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
66 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
67 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
68 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
70 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
72 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
74 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
76 - non-us discontinued.
77 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
79 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
80 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
81 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
82 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
83 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
84 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
85 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
86 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
87 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
88 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
89 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
90 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
91 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
92 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
93 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
94 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
95 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
96 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
98 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
99 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
101 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
104 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
106 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
108 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
111 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
112 - madison is on merkel.
113 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
114 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
115 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
116 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
117 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
118 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
120 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
121 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
122 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
123 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
124 - sync NM rules with reality.
126 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
128 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
130 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
133 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
134 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
135 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
136 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
137 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
138 - spelling, grammer fixes.
139 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
140 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
141 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
142 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
143 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
144 - add myself to uploaders.
145 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
146 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
147 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
148 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
149 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
150 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
151 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
152 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
153 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
154 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
155 - rewrote the NMU section, and
156 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
157 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
158 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
159 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
160 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
161 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
162 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
163 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
165 - Security uploads get urgency=high
166 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
168 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
170 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
172 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
175 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
176 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
177 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
178 - documented Alioth, somewhat
180 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
181 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
183 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
184 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
185 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
186 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
190 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
192 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
193 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
194 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
195 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
200 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
203 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
205 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
206 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
207 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
209 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
210 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
211 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
212 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
215 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
217 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
218 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
219 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
220 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
221 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
223 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
224 it clear these are special cases
225 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
227 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
231 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
234 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
235 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
237 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
239 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
241 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
244 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
246 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
247 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
248 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
250 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
251 - the synopsis formula changed to either
252 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
254 <package-name> is <synopsis>
256 <package-name> are <synopsis>
258 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
259 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
260 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
261 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
262 package; closes: #187143
264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
266 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
269 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
270 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
272 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
274 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
275 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
276 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
277 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
278 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
279 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
280 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
281 right places in the document, closes: #172897
282 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
286 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
288 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
289 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
290 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
291 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
292 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
293 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
294 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
296 - editorial changes on material added in this version
297 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
298 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
299 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
300 closes: #139957, #108416
301 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
302 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
306 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
309 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
311 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
312 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
313 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
314 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
316 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
317 for best practices for documentation
318 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
319 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
320 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
321 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
323 - spell-checking pass
325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
327 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
330 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
331 descriptions" moved under there
332 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
333 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
334 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
335 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
336 the document where these tools are discussed
337 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
338 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
339 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
340 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
341 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
342 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
344 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
345 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
346 that can be fixed by DDP folks
347 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
348 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
349 - simply PS and PDF building rules
351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
353 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
356 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
357 section and adjusted links
358 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
360 - ChangeLog attribution updates
361 - fix typos, closes: #171781
362 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
363 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
364 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
365 for debian/rules", and write an intro
366 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
367 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
368 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
369 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
370 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
371 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
372 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
373 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
374 "Internationalization"
375 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
376 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
377 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
378 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
379 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
380 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
381 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
382 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
383 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
385 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
386 rather useless and broken
387 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
388 names and the first word
389 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
390 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
391 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
393 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
394 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
395 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
399 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
402 - DDP publishing update
404 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
405 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
406 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
407 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
411 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
414 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
415 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
416 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
418 - added myself as co-author
419 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
421 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
422 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
424 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
425 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
429 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
432 - Corrected several errors with —
433 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
434 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
435 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
436 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
437 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
438 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
439 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
441 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
442 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
443 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
444 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
445 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
446 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
447 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
448 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
449 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
451 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
452 descriptions". closes: #158609
453 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
454 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
455 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
456 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
457 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
459 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
460 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
461 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
462 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
463 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
464 - updated the mailing lists section
466 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
467 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
472 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
475 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
476 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
478 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
480 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
481 Ch "The Debian Archive"
483 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
485 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
486 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
487 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
488 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
489 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
491 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
492 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
493 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
494 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
495 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
496 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
497 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
499 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
500 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
503 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
504 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
505 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
506 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
507 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
508 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
509 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
510 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
511 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
512 work-around with <...>
513 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
514 - update copyright date
515 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
516 - spell check and grammar corrections
520 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
522 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
523 recompile"; closes: #102626
524 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
525 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
526 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
527 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
528 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
530 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
531 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
532 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
534 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
536 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
537 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
538 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
539 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
540 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
541 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
542 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
543 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
544 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
546 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
548 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
550 - updated the list of available architectures.
551 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
552 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
553 of the package and nothing more.
554 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
555 any pain to the ftpmasters.
556 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
557 the use of the delayed queue.
558 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
559 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
561 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
562 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
563 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
564 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
565 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
566 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
567 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
569 - new Sec "Documentation"
570 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
571 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
572 "Being kind to porter" too
573 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
574 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
575 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
576 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
577 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
579 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
580 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
583 - update French translation
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
587 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
590 - some grammar corrections
591 - update French translation
593 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
594 anymore; closes: #135559
595 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
597 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
599 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
600 that would be welcome)
601 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
602 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
603 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
604 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
605 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
606 - other minor wording changes
607 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
608 - Ch "Package uploads":
609 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
610 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
611 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
612 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
613 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
614 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
615 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
617 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
619 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 * from Martin Michlmayr
622 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
623 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
624 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
626 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
628 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
630 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
632 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
633 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
634 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
637 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
639 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
644 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
647 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
649 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
650 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
651 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
652 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
653 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
654 talking about uploading to distributions
655 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
656 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
657 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
659 - French translation updated
661 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
662 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
663 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
667 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
670 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
671 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
674 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
676 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
679 * fix a typo in a link
680 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
681 update documentation accordingly
683 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
684 forwarding bugs upstream
686 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
687 entities which should be used
688 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
689 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
693 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
695 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
696 * French version: completely up-to-date now
697 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
698 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
700 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
705 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
707 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
709 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
710 this translation needs updating
711 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
712 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
713 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
715 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
716 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
717 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
719 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
720 included yet, however
722 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
724 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
726 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
728 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
729 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
731 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
735 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
737 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
738 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
739 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
741 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
745 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
748 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
749 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
750 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
751 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
752 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
753 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
754 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
755 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
756 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
757 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
758 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
759 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
761 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
762 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
763 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
764 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
765 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
767 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
769 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
770 * update copyright notice for 2001
771 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
772 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
773 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
777 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
779 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
781 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
783 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
787 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
790 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
792 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
793 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
794 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
795 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
796 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
797 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
798 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
799 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
800 could be used if necessary
801 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
802 mention the rsync dupload method
803 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
805 * other small corrections
806 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
807 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
808 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
809 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
811 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
813 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
814 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
816 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
818 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
820 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
821 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
822 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
823 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
825 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
826 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
827 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
828 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
829 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
831 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
833 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
834 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
835 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
836 team (closes: Bug#52906)
837 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
838 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
839 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
841 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
842 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
843 - added a section about the LDAP database
844 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
845 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
847 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
848 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
855 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
856 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
858 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
859 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
860 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
861 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
862 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
863 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
864 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
865 description from developers-reference.sgml
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
871 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
872 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
874 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
876 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
877 releases are available at archive.debian.org
878 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
879 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
880 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
881 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
882 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
883 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
884 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
885 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
887 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
888 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
889 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
890 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
892 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
893 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
894 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
895 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
896 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
897 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
898 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
899 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
900 suggestion from James Troup
901 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
902 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
903 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
904 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
909 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
911 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
912 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
916 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
918 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
919 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
920 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
921 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
922 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
923 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
924 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
926 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
928 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
930 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
931 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
932 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
933 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
934 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
935 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
937 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
938 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
940 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
948 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
949 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
950 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
951 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
952 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
954 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
955 with intro; demoted server sections under that
956 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
957 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
959 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
960 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
961 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
962 a normal developer may have access.
964 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
966 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
968 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
969 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
970 step all over each other
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
974 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
976 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
977 address for PGP key updates
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
983 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
984 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
985 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
986 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
987 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
989 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
991 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
993 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
994 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
995 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
996 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
997 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
998 <keyring-maint> instead)
999 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1000 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1002 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1004 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1005 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1006 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1010 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1012 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1013 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1014 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1015 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1016 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1017 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1019 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1020 tighten up the language a bit
1021 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1022 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1023 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1024 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1026 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1027 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1028 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1029 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1030 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1031 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1033 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1034 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1035 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1036 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1037 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1038 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1039 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1040 number of available packages
1041 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1042 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1044 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1046 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1053 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * not officially released
1056 * more spelling corrections
1057 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1061 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * not officially released
1064 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1065 * some PGP-centricity removed
1066 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1067 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1068 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1069 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1070 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1071 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1075 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1077 * not officially released
1078 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1079 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1080 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1081 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1082 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1083 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1084 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1085 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1086 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1087 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1088 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1089 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1090 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1091 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1093 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1094 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1096 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1098 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1099 take a couple of weeks
1100 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1101 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1102 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1103 excited about it and can't wait
1104 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1105 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1107 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1108 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1110 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1111 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1112 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1116 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1118 * move to 3-level version number:
1119 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1120 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1121 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1122 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1123 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1126 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1127 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1128 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1130 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1132 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1133 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1134 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1135 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1136 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1137 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1139 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1141 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1142 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1143 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1144 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1145 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1146 - "The CVS server": new section added
1147 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1149 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1150 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1151 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1152 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1153 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1154 with respect to GPG.
1155 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1156 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1157 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1158 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1159 a canonical location?)
1160 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1161 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1162 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1163 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1165 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1167 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1168 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1169 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1170 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1172 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1174 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1177 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1178 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1179 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1180 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1181 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1182 and should not be included in this Reference.
1183 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1184 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1185 maintainer tools only!
1186 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1187 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1188 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1189 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1190 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1191 * Little corrections here and there.
1192 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1193 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1196 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1198 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1201 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1202 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1204 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1205 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1206 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1207 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1208 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1209 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1210 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1211 do prior to uploading
1212 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1213 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1215 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1216 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1217 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1218 duties with respect to bugs
1219 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1220 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1221 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1223 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1224 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1225 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1226 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1227 explicit what is used to build this package
1229 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1231 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1235 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1236 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1237 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1238 * utilize the new URL tag
1239 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1242 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1246 * non-maintainer release
1247 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1248 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1249 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1250 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1251 text, it can't hurt you.)
1252 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1253 reflect this packages version number
1254 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1256 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1258 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1262 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1264 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1266 * New version numbering scheme:
1268 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1269 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1270 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1273 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1274 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1275 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1276 differ between the manuals.
1278 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1279 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1280 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1281 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1283 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1284 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1286 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1288 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1290 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1294 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1295 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1297 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1298 (as requested by James Troup)
1300 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1302 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1306 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1310 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1312 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1314 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1315 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1316 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1317 the non-maintainer release
1319 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1320 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1321 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1324 - Lots of typos fixed
1326 * Compressed SGML source code
1328 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1329 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1331 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1335 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1338 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1339 - Announcing package uploads
1340 * New section about Debian Mentors
1341 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1342 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1343 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1344 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1346 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1348 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1351 of our FTP server and the development process
1352 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1353 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1354 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1356 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1357 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1358 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1359 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1360 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1361 contacting the maintainer
1362 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1363 a new manual released soon)
1364 * Some minor changes
1365 * Include SGML source in package
1366 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1367 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1369 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1371 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200