1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
7 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:45:20 +0200
9 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
13 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
14 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
15 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
16 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
17 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
18 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
19 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
21 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
23 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
26 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
27 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
28 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
29 release codenames in <literal>
30 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
31 doesn't exist anymore.
32 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
33 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
34 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
35 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
36 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
37 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
38 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
39 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
40 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
41 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
42 team before upload. Closes: #459343
43 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
44 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
45 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
46 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
47 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
48 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
49 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
51 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
52 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
54 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
55 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
56 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
57 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
58 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
59 Thomas. Closes: #485837
61 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
62 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
64 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
66 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
70 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
71 - fix debian/copyright
72 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
73 - add pdf for French version.
74 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
75 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
76 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
77 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
78 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
79 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
80 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
81 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
82 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
84 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
85 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
87 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
89 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
90 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
91 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
92 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
93 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
94 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
96 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
99 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
100 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
101 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
102 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
103 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
104 * Update information concerning Alioth.
105 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
106 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
108 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
109 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
111 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
114 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
116 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
118 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
120 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
121 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
123 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
124 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
125 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
127 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
128 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
129 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
131 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
132 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
133 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
134 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
135 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
136 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
137 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
138 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
139 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
140 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
141 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
142 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
144 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
145 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
146 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
147 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
148 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
149 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
150 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
151 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
152 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
153 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
157 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
159 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
161 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
164 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
165 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
166 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
167 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
168 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
169 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
171 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
173 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
175 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
177 - non-us discontinued.
178 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
180 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
181 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
182 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
183 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
184 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
185 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
186 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
187 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
188 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
189 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
190 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
191 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
192 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
193 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
194 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
195 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
196 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
197 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
199 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
200 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
202 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
205 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
207 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
209 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
212 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
213 - madison is on merkel.
214 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
215 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
216 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
217 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
218 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
219 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
221 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
222 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
223 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
224 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
225 - sync NM rules with reality.
227 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
229 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
231 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
234 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
235 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
236 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
237 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
238 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
239 - spelling, grammer fixes.
240 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
241 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
242 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
243 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
244 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
245 - add myself to uploaders.
246 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
247 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
248 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
249 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
250 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
251 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
252 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
253 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
254 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
255 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
256 - rewrote the NMU section, and
257 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
258 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
259 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
260 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
261 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
262 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
263 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
264 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
266 - Security uploads get urgency=high
267 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
269 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
271 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
273 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
276 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
277 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
278 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
279 - documented Alioth, somewhat
281 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
282 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
284 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
285 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
286 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
287 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
291 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
293 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
294 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
295 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
296 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
301 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
304 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
306 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
307 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
308 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
310 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
311 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
312 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
313 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
316 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
318 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
319 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
320 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
321 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
322 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
324 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
325 it clear these are special cases
326 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
328 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
332 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
335 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
336 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
338 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
342 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
345 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
347 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
348 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
349 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
351 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
352 - the synopsis formula changed to either
353 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
355 <package-name> is <synopsis>
357 <package-name> are <synopsis>
359 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
360 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
361 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
362 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
363 package; closes: #187143
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
367 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
370 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
371 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
373 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
375 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
376 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
377 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
378 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
379 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
380 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
381 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
382 right places in the document, closes: #172897
383 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
387 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
389 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
390 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
391 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
392 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
393 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
394 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
395 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
397 - editorial changes on material added in this version
398 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
399 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
400 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
401 closes: #139957, #108416
402 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
403 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
407 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
410 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
412 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
413 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
414 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
415 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
417 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
418 for best practices for documentation
419 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
420 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
421 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
422 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
424 - spell-checking pass
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
428 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
431 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
432 descriptions" moved under there
433 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
434 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
435 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
436 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
437 the document where these tools are discussed
438 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
439 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
440 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
441 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
442 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
443 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
445 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
446 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
447 that can be fixed by DDP folks
448 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
449 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
450 - simply PS and PDF building rules
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
454 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
457 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
458 section and adjusted links
459 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
461 - ChangeLog attribution updates
462 - fix typos, closes: #171781
463 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
464 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
465 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
466 for debian/rules", and write an intro
467 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
468 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
469 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
470 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
471 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
472 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
473 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
474 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
475 "Internationalization"
476 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
477 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
478 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
479 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
480 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
481 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
482 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
483 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
484 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
486 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
487 rather useless and broken
488 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
489 names and the first word
490 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
491 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
492 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
494 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
495 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
496 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
500 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
503 - DDP publishing update
505 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
506 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
507 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
508 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
512 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
515 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
516 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
517 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
519 - added myself as co-author
520 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
522 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
523 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
525 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
526 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
530 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
533 - Corrected several errors with —
534 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
535 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
536 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
537 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
538 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
539 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
540 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
542 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
543 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
544 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
545 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
546 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
547 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
548 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
549 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
550 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
552 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
553 descriptions". closes: #158609
554 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
555 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
556 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
557 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
558 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
560 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
561 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
562 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
563 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
564 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
565 - updated the mailing lists section
567 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
568 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
573 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
576 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
577 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
579 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
581 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
582 Ch "The Debian Archive"
584 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
586 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
587 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
588 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
589 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
590 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
592 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
593 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
594 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
595 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
596 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
597 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
598 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
600 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
601 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
604 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
605 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
606 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
607 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
608 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
609 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
610 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
611 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
612 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
613 work-around with <...>
614 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
615 - update copyright date
616 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
617 - spell check and grammar corrections
621 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
623 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
624 recompile"; closes: #102626
625 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
626 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
627 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
628 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
629 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
631 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
632 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
633 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
635 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
637 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
638 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
639 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
640 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
641 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
642 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
643 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
644 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
645 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
647 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
649 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
651 - updated the list of available architectures.
652 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
653 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
654 of the package and nothing more.
655 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
656 any pain to the ftpmasters.
657 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
658 the use of the delayed queue.
659 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
660 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
662 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
663 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
664 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
665 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
666 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
667 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
668 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
670 - new Sec "Documentation"
671 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
672 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
673 "Being kind to porter" too
674 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
675 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
676 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
677 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
678 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
680 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
681 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
684 - update French translation
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
691 - some grammar corrections
692 - update French translation
694 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
695 anymore; closes: #135559
696 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
698 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
700 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
701 that would be welcome)
702 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
703 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
704 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
705 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
706 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
707 - other minor wording changes
708 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
709 - Ch "Package uploads":
710 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
711 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
712 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
713 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
714 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
715 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
716 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
720 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
722 * from Martin Michlmayr
723 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
724 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
725 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
727 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
729 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
731 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
733 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
734 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
735 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
738 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
740 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
745 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
750 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
751 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
752 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
753 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
754 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
755 talking about uploading to distributions
756 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
757 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
758 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
760 - French translation updated
762 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
763 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
764 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
768 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
771 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
772 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
780 * fix a typo in a link
781 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
782 update documentation accordingly
784 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
785 forwarding bugs upstream
787 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
788 entities which should be used
789 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
790 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
794 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
796 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
797 * French version: completely up-to-date now
798 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
799 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
801 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
806 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
808 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
810 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
811 this translation needs updating
812 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
813 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
814 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
816 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
817 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
818 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
820 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
821 included yet, however
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
825 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
827 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
829 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
830 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
832 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
836 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
838 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
839 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
840 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
842 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
846 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
849 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
850 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
851 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
852 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
853 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
854 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
855 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
856 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
857 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
858 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
859 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
860 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
862 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
863 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
864 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
865 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
866 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
868 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
870 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
871 * update copyright notice for 2001
872 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
873 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
874 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
878 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
880 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
882 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
884 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
888 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
891 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
893 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
894 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
895 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
896 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
897 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
898 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
899 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
900 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
901 could be used if necessary
902 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
903 mention the rsync dupload method
904 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
906 * other small corrections
907 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
908 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
909 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
910 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
912 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
914 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
915 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
919 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
921 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
922 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
923 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
924 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
926 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
927 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
928 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
929 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
930 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
932 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
934 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
935 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
936 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
937 team (closes: Bug#52906)
938 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
939 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
940 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
942 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
943 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
944 - added a section about the LDAP database
945 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
946 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
948 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
949 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
955 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
956 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
957 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
959 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
960 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
961 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
962 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
963 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
964 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
965 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
966 description from developers-reference.sgml
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
970 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
972 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
973 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
975 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
977 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
978 releases are available at archive.debian.org
979 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
980 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
981 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
982 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
983 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
984 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
985 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
986 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
988 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
989 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
990 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
991 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
993 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
994 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
995 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
996 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
997 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
998 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
999 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1000 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1001 suggestion from James Troup
1002 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1003 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1004 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1005 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1010 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1013 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1020 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1021 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1022 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1023 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1024 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1025 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1029 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1032 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1033 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1034 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1035 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1036 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1038 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1039 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1041 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1049 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1050 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1051 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1052 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1053 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1055 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1056 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1057 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1058 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1060 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1061 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1062 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1063 a normal developer may have access.
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1067 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1070 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1071 step all over each other
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1078 address for PGP key updates
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1082 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1085 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1086 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1087 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1088 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1092 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1095 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1096 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1097 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1098 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1099 <keyring-maint> instead)
1100 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1101 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1103 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1105 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1106 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1107 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1111 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1113 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1114 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1115 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1116 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1117 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1118 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1120 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1121 tighten up the language a bit
1122 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1123 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1124 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1125 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1127 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1128 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1129 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1130 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1131 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1132 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1134 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1135 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1136 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1137 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1138 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1139 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1140 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1141 number of available packages
1142 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1143 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1147 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1154 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * not officially released
1157 * more spelling corrections
1158 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1162 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * not officially released
1165 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1166 * some PGP-centricity removed
1167 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1168 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1169 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1170 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1171 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1172 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1176 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1178 * not officially released
1179 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1180 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1181 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1182 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1183 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1184 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1185 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1186 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1187 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1188 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1189 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1190 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1191 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1192 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1194 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1195 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1197 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1199 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1200 take a couple of weeks
1201 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1202 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1203 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1204 excited about it and can't wait
1205 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1206 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1208 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1209 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1211 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1212 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1213 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1217 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1219 * move to 3-level version number:
1220 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1221 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1222 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1223 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1224 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1227 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1228 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1229 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1231 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1233 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1234 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1235 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1236 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1237 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1238 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1240 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1242 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1243 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1244 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1245 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1246 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1247 - "The CVS server": new section added
1248 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1250 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1251 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1252 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1253 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1254 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1255 with respect to GPG.
1256 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1257 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1258 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1259 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1260 a canonical location?)
1261 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1262 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1263 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1264 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1266 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1268 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1269 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1270 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1271 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1273 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1275 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1278 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1279 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1280 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1281 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1282 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1283 and should not be included in this Reference.
1284 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1285 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1286 maintainer tools only!
1287 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1288 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1289 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1290 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1291 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1292 * Little corrections here and there.
1293 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1294 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1297 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1299 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1302 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1303 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1305 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1306 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1307 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1308 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1309 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1310 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1311 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1312 do prior to uploading
1313 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1314 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1316 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1317 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1318 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1319 duties with respect to bugs
1320 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1321 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1322 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1324 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1325 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1326 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1327 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1328 explicit what is used to build this package
1330 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1332 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1336 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1337 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1338 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1339 * utilize the new URL tag
1340 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1343 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1345 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1347 * non-maintainer release
1348 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1349 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1350 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1351 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1352 text, it can't hurt you.)
1353 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1354 reflect this packages version number
1355 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1357 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1359 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1363 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1365 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1367 * New version numbering scheme:
1369 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1370 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1371 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1374 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1375 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1376 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1377 differ between the manuals.
1379 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1380 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1381 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1382 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1384 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1385 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1387 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1391 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1395 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1396 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1398 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1399 (as requested by James Troup)
1401 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1403 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1407 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1411 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1413 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1415 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1416 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1417 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1418 the non-maintainer release
1420 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1421 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1422 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1425 - Lots of typos fixed
1427 * Compressed SGML source code
1429 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1430 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1432 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1434 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1436 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1438 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1439 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1440 - Announcing package uploads
1441 * New section about Debian Mentors
1442 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1443 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1444 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1445 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1449 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1452 of our FTP server and the development process
1453 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1454 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1455 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1457 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1458 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1459 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1460 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1461 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1462 contacting the maintainer
1463 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1464 a new manual released soon)
1465 * Some minor changes
1466 * Include SGML source in package
1467 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1468 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1470 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1472 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200