1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
8 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
9 The most important changes are:
10 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
11 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
14 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
15 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
16 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
17 distinction. Closes: #464230.
18 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
19 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
20 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
21 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
22 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
23 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
25 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
26 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
28 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
29 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
31 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
32 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
34 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
36 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
37 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
39 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
40 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
41 Closes: #512620, #510783.
43 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:45:13 +0100
45 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
49 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
50 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
51 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
52 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
53 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
54 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
55 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
57 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
59 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
62 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
63 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
64 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
65 release codenames in <literal>
66 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
67 doesn't exist anymore.
68 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
69 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
70 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
71 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
72 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
73 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
74 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
75 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
76 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
77 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
78 team before upload. Closes: #459343
79 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
80 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
81 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
82 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
83 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
84 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
85 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
87 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
88 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
90 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
91 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
92 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
93 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
94 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
95 Thomas. Closes: #485837
97 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
98 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
100 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
102 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
106 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
107 - fix debian/copyright
108 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
109 - add pdf for French version.
110 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
111 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
112 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
113 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
114 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
115 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
116 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
117 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
118 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
120 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
121 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
123 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
125 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
126 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
127 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
128 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
129 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
130 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
132 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
135 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
136 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
137 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
138 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
139 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
140 * Update information concerning Alioth.
141 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
142 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
144 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
145 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
147 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
150 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
152 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
154 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
156 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
157 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
159 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
160 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
161 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
163 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
164 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
165 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
167 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
168 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
169 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
170 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
171 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
172 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
173 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
174 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
175 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
176 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
177 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
178 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
180 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
181 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
182 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
183 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
184 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
185 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
186 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
187 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
188 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
189 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
193 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
195 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
197 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
200 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
201 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
202 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
203 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
204 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
205 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
207 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
209 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
211 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
213 - non-us discontinued.
214 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
216 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
217 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
218 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
219 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
220 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
221 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
222 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
223 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
224 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
225 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
226 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
227 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
228 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
229 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
230 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
231 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
232 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
233 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
235 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
236 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
238 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
241 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
243 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
245 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
248 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
249 - madison is on merkel.
250 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
251 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
252 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
253 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
254 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
255 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
257 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
258 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
259 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
260 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
261 - sync NM rules with reality.
263 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
265 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
267 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
270 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
271 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
272 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
273 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
274 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
275 - spelling, grammer fixes.
276 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
277 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
278 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
279 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
280 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
281 - add myself to uploaders.
282 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
283 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
284 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
285 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
286 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
287 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
288 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
289 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
290 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
291 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
292 - rewrote the NMU section, and
293 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
294 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
295 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
296 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
297 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
298 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
299 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
300 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
302 - Security uploads get urgency=high
303 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
305 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
307 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
309 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
312 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
313 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
314 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
315 - documented Alioth, somewhat
317 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
318 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
320 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
321 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
322 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
323 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
327 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
329 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
330 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
331 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
332 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
337 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
340 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
342 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
343 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
344 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
346 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
347 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
348 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
349 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
352 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
354 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
355 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
356 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
357 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
358 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
360 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
361 it clear these are special cases
362 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
364 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
368 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
371 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
372 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
374 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
378 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
381 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
383 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
384 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
385 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
387 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
388 - the synopsis formula changed to either
389 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
391 <package-name> is <synopsis>
393 <package-name> are <synopsis>
395 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
396 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
397 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
398 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
399 package; closes: #187143
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
403 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
406 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
407 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
409 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
411 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
412 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
413 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
414 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
415 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
416 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
417 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
418 right places in the document, closes: #172897
419 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
423 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
425 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
426 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
427 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
428 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
429 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
430 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
431 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
433 - editorial changes on material added in this version
434 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
435 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
436 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
437 closes: #139957, #108416
438 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
439 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
443 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
446 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
448 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
449 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
450 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
451 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
453 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
454 for best practices for documentation
455 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
456 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
457 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
458 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
460 - spell-checking pass
462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
464 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
467 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
468 descriptions" moved under there
469 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
470 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
471 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
472 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
473 the document where these tools are discussed
474 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
475 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
476 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
477 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
478 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
479 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
481 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
482 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
483 that can be fixed by DDP folks
484 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
485 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
486 - simply PS and PDF building rules
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
490 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
493 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
494 section and adjusted links
495 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
497 - ChangeLog attribution updates
498 - fix typos, closes: #171781
499 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
500 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
501 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
502 for debian/rules", and write an intro
503 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
504 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
505 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
506 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
507 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
508 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
509 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
510 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
511 "Internationalization"
512 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
513 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
514 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
515 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
516 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
517 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
518 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
519 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
520 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
522 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
523 rather useless and broken
524 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
525 names and the first word
526 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
527 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
528 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
530 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
531 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
532 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
536 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
539 - DDP publishing update
541 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
542 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
543 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
544 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
548 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
551 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
552 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
553 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
555 - added myself as co-author
556 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
558 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
559 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
561 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
562 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
564 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
566 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
569 - Corrected several errors with —
570 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
571 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
572 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
573 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
574 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
575 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
576 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
578 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
579 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
580 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
581 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
582 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
583 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
584 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
585 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
586 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
588 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
589 descriptions". closes: #158609
590 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
591 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
592 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
593 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
594 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
596 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
597 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
598 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
599 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
600 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
601 - updated the mailing lists section
603 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
604 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
607 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
609 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
612 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
613 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
615 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
617 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
618 Ch "The Debian Archive"
620 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
622 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
623 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
624 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
625 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
626 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
628 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
629 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
630 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
631 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
632 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
633 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
634 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
636 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
637 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
640 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
641 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
642 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
643 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
644 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
645 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
646 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
647 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
648 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
649 work-around with <...>
650 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
651 - update copyright date
652 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
653 - spell check and grammar corrections
657 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
659 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
660 recompile"; closes: #102626
661 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
662 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
663 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
664 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
665 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
667 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
668 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
669 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
671 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
673 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
674 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
675 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
676 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
677 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
678 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
679 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
680 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
681 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
683 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
685 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
687 - updated the list of available architectures.
688 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
689 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
690 of the package and nothing more.
691 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
692 any pain to the ftpmasters.
693 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
694 the use of the delayed queue.
695 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
696 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
698 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
699 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
700 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
701 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
702 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
703 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
704 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
706 - new Sec "Documentation"
707 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
708 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
709 "Being kind to porter" too
710 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
711 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
712 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
713 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
714 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
716 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
717 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
720 - update French translation
722 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
724 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
727 - some grammar corrections
728 - update French translation
730 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
731 anymore; closes: #135559
732 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
734 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
736 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
737 that would be welcome)
738 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
739 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
740 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
741 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
742 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
743 - other minor wording changes
744 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
745 - Ch "Package uploads":
746 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
747 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
748 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
749 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
750 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
751 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
752 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
756 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
758 * from Martin Michlmayr
759 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
760 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
761 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
763 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
765 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
767 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
769 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
770 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
771 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
774 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
776 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
781 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
784 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
786 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
787 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
788 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
789 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
790 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
791 talking about uploading to distributions
792 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
793 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
794 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
796 - French translation updated
798 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
799 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
800 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
804 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
807 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
808 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
813 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
816 * fix a typo in a link
817 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
818 update documentation accordingly
820 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
821 forwarding bugs upstream
823 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
824 entities which should be used
825 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
826 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
832 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
833 * French version: completely up-to-date now
834 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
835 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
837 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
842 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
844 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
846 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
847 this translation needs updating
848 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
849 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
850 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
852 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
853 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
854 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
856 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
857 included yet, however
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
861 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
863 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
865 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
866 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
868 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
872 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
874 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
875 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
876 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
878 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
882 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
885 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
886 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
887 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
888 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
889 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
890 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
891 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
892 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
893 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
894 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
895 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
896 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
898 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
899 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
900 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
901 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
902 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
904 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
906 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
907 * update copyright notice for 2001
908 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
909 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
910 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
914 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
916 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
918 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
920 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
922 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
924 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
927 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
929 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
930 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
931 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
932 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
933 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
934 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
935 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
936 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
937 could be used if necessary
938 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
939 mention the rsync dupload method
940 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
942 * other small corrections
943 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
944 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
945 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
946 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
948 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
950 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
951 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
955 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
957 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
958 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
959 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
960 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
962 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
963 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
964 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
965 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
966 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
968 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
970 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
971 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
972 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
973 team (closes: Bug#52906)
974 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
975 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
976 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
978 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
979 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
980 - added a section about the LDAP database
981 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
982 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
984 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
985 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
992 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
993 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
995 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
996 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
997 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
998 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
999 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1000 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1001 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1002 description from developers-reference.sgml
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1006 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1009 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1011 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1013 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1014 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1015 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1016 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1017 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1018 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1019 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1020 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1021 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1022 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1024 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1025 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1026 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1027 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1029 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1030 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1031 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1032 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1033 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1034 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1035 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1036 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1037 suggestion from James Troup
1038 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1039 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1040 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1041 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1044 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1046 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1049 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1053 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1056 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1057 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1058 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1059 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1060 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1061 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1068 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1069 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1070 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1071 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1072 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1074 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1075 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1077 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1081 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1085 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1086 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1087 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1088 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1089 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1091 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1092 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1093 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1094 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1096 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1097 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1098 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1099 a normal developer may have access.
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1103 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1106 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1107 step all over each other
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1114 address for PGP key updates
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1121 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1122 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1123 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1124 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1128 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1131 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1132 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1133 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1134 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1135 <keyring-maint> instead)
1136 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1137 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1139 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1141 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1142 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1143 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1147 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1149 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1150 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1151 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1152 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1153 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1154 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1156 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1157 tighten up the language a bit
1158 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1159 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1160 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1161 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1163 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1164 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1165 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1166 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1167 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1168 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1170 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1171 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1172 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1173 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1174 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1175 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1176 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1177 number of available packages
1178 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1179 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1183 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1190 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * not officially released
1193 * more spelling corrections
1194 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1198 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * not officially released
1201 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1202 * some PGP-centricity removed
1203 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1204 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1205 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1206 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1207 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1208 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1212 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 * not officially released
1215 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1216 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1217 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1218 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1219 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1220 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1221 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1222 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1223 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1224 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1225 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1226 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1227 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1228 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1230 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1231 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1233 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1235 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1236 take a couple of weeks
1237 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1238 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1239 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1240 excited about it and can't wait
1241 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1242 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1244 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1245 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1247 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1248 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1249 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1253 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1255 * move to 3-level version number:
1256 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1257 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1258 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1259 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1260 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1263 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1264 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1265 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1267 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1269 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1270 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1271 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1272 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1273 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1274 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1276 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1278 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1279 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1280 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1281 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1282 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1283 - "The CVS server": new section added
1284 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1286 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1287 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1288 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1289 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1290 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1291 with respect to GPG.
1292 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1293 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1294 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1295 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1296 a canonical location?)
1297 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1298 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1299 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1300 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1302 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1304 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1305 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1306 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1307 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1309 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1311 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1314 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1315 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1316 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1317 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1318 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1319 and should not be included in this Reference.
1320 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1321 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1322 maintainer tools only!
1323 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1324 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1325 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1326 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1327 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1328 * Little corrections here and there.
1329 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1330 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1333 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1335 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1338 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1339 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1341 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1342 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1343 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1344 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1345 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1346 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1347 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1348 do prior to uploading
1349 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1350 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1352 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1353 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1354 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1355 duties with respect to bugs
1356 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1357 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1358 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1360 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1361 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1362 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1363 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1364 explicit what is used to build this package
1366 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1368 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1371 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1372 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1373 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1374 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1375 * utilize the new URL tag
1376 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1379 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1381 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1383 * non-maintainer release
1384 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1385 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1386 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1387 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1388 text, it can't hurt you.)
1389 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1390 reflect this packages version number
1391 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1393 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1399 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1401 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1403 * New version numbering scheme:
1405 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1406 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1407 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1410 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1411 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1412 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1413 differ between the manuals.
1415 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1416 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1417 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1418 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1420 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1421 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1423 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1425 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1427 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1431 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1432 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1434 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1435 (as requested by James Troup)
1437 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1439 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1441 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1443 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1445 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1447 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1449 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1451 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1452 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1453 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1454 the non-maintainer release
1456 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1457 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1458 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1461 - Lots of typos fixed
1463 * Compressed SGML source code
1465 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1466 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1468 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1470 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1472 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1475 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1476 - Announcing package uploads
1477 * New section about Debian Mentors
1478 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1479 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1480 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1481 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1483 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1485 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1487 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1488 of our FTP server and the development process
1489 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1490 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1491 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1493 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1494 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1495 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1496 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1497 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1498 contacting the maintainer
1499 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1500 a new manual released soon)
1501 * Some minor changes
1502 * Include SGML source in package
1503 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1504 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1508 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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