1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
34 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
36 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
39 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
41 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
43 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
45 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
46 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
48 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
50 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
53 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
54 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
55 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
56 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
57 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
58 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
59 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
60 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
61 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
62 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
63 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
64 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
65 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
66 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
67 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
68 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
69 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
70 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
71 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
72 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
73 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
75 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
77 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
84 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
85 The most important changes are:
86 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
87 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
90 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
91 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
92 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
93 distinction. Closes: #464230.
94 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
95 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
96 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
97 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
98 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
99 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
101 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
102 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
104 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
105 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
107 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
108 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
110 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
112 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
113 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
115 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
116 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
117 Closes: #512620, #510783.
119 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
121 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
125 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
126 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
127 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
128 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
129 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
130 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
131 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
133 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
135 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
138 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
139 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
140 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
141 release codenames in <literal>
142 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
143 doesn't exist anymore.
144 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
145 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
146 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
147 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
148 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
149 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
150 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
151 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
152 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
153 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
154 team before upload. Closes: #459343
155 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
156 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
157 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
158 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
159 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
160 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
161 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
163 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
164 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
166 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
167 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
168 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
169 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
170 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
171 Thomas. Closes: #485837
173 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
174 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
176 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
178 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
182 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
183 - fix debian/copyright
184 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
185 - add pdf for French version.
186 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
187 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
188 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
189 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
190 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
191 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
192 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
193 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
194 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
196 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
197 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
199 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
201 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
202 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
203 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
204 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
205 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
206 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
208 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
211 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
212 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
213 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
214 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
215 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
216 * Update information concerning Alioth.
217 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
218 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
220 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
221 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
223 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
226 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
228 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
230 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
232 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
233 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
235 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
236 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
237 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
239 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
240 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
241 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
243 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
244 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
245 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
246 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
247 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
248 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
249 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
250 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
251 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
252 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
253 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
254 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
256 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
257 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
258 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
259 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
260 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
261 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
262 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
263 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
264 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
265 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
269 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
271 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
273 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
276 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
277 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
278 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
279 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
280 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
281 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
283 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
285 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
287 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
289 - non-us discontinued.
290 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
292 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
293 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
294 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
295 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
296 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
297 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
298 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
299 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
300 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
301 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
302 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
303 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
304 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
305 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
306 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
307 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
308 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
309 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
311 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
312 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
314 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
317 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
319 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
321 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
324 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
325 - madison is on merkel.
326 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
327 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
328 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
329 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
330 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
331 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
333 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
334 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
335 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
336 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
337 - sync NM rules with reality.
339 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
341 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
343 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
346 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
347 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
348 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
349 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
350 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
351 - spelling, grammer fixes.
352 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
353 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
354 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
355 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
356 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
357 - add myself to uploaders.
358 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
359 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
360 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
361 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
362 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
363 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
364 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
365 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
366 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
367 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
368 - rewrote the NMU section, and
369 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
370 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
371 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
372 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
373 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
374 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
375 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
376 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
378 - Security uploads get urgency=high
379 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
381 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
383 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
385 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
388 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
389 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
390 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
391 - documented Alioth, somewhat
393 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
394 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
396 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
397 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
398 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
399 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
403 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
405 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
406 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
407 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
408 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
411 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
413 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
416 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
418 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
419 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
420 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
422 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
423 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
424 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
425 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
428 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
430 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
431 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
432 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
433 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
434 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
436 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
437 it clear these are special cases
438 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
440 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
444 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
447 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
448 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
450 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
454 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
457 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
459 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
460 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
461 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
463 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
464 - the synopsis formula changed to either
465 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
467 <package-name> is <synopsis>
469 <package-name> are <synopsis>
471 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
472 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
473 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
474 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
475 package; closes: #187143
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
479 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
482 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
483 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
485 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
487 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
488 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
489 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
490 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
491 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
492 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
493 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
494 right places in the document, closes: #172897
495 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
499 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
501 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
502 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
503 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
504 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
505 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
506 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
507 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
509 - editorial changes on material added in this version
510 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
511 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
512 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
513 closes: #139957, #108416
514 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
515 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
519 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
522 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
524 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
525 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
526 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
527 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
529 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
530 for best practices for documentation
531 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
532 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
533 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
534 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
536 - spell-checking pass
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
540 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
543 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
544 descriptions" moved under there
545 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
546 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
547 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
548 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
549 the document where these tools are discussed
550 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
551 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
552 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
553 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
554 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
555 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
557 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
558 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
559 that can be fixed by DDP folks
560 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
561 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
562 - simply PS and PDF building rules
564 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
566 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
569 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
570 section and adjusted links
571 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
573 - ChangeLog attribution updates
574 - fix typos, closes: #171781
575 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
576 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
577 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
578 for debian/rules", and write an intro
579 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
580 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
581 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
582 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
583 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
584 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
585 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
586 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
587 "Internationalization"
588 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
589 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
590 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
591 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
592 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
593 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
594 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
595 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
596 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
598 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
599 rather useless and broken
600 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
601 names and the first word
602 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
603 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
604 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
606 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
607 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
608 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
612 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
615 - DDP publishing update
617 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
618 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
619 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
620 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
624 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
627 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
628 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
629 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
631 - added myself as co-author
632 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
634 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
635 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
637 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
638 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
642 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
645 - Corrected several errors with —
646 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
647 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
648 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
649 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
650 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
651 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
652 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
654 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
655 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
656 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
657 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
658 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
659 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
660 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
661 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
662 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
664 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
665 descriptions". closes: #158609
666 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
667 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
668 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
669 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
670 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
672 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
673 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
674 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
675 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
676 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
677 - updated the mailing lists section
679 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
680 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
685 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
688 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
689 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
691 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
693 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
694 Ch "The Debian Archive"
696 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
698 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
699 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
700 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
701 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
702 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
704 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
705 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
706 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
707 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
708 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
709 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
710 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
712 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
713 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
716 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
717 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
718 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
719 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
720 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
721 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
722 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
723 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
724 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
725 work-around with <...>
726 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
727 - update copyright date
728 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
729 - spell check and grammar corrections
733 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
735 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
736 recompile"; closes: #102626
737 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
738 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
739 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
740 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
741 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
743 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
744 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
745 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
747 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
749 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
750 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
751 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
752 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
753 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
754 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
755 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
756 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
757 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
759 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
761 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
763 - updated the list of available architectures.
764 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
765 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
766 of the package and nothing more.
767 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
768 any pain to the ftpmasters.
769 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
770 the use of the delayed queue.
771 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
772 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
774 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
775 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
776 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
777 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
778 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
779 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
780 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
782 - new Sec "Documentation"
783 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
784 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
785 "Being kind to porter" too
786 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
787 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
788 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
789 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
790 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
792 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
793 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
796 - update French translation
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
800 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
803 - some grammar corrections
804 - update French translation
806 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
807 anymore; closes: #135559
808 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
810 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
812 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
813 that would be welcome)
814 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
815 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
816 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
817 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
818 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
819 - other minor wording changes
820 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
821 - Ch "Package uploads":
822 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
823 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
824 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
825 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
826 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
827 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
828 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
830 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
832 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * from Martin Michlmayr
835 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
836 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
837 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
839 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
841 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
843 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
845 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
846 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
847 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
850 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
852 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
857 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
860 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
862 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
863 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
864 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
865 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
866 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
867 talking about uploading to distributions
868 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
869 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
870 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
872 - French translation updated
874 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
875 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
876 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
880 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
883 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
884 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
892 * fix a typo in a link
893 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
894 update documentation accordingly
896 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
897 forwarding bugs upstream
899 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
900 entities which should be used
901 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
902 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
904 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
906 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
908 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
909 * French version: completely up-to-date now
910 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
911 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
913 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
920 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
922 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
923 this translation needs updating
924 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
925 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
926 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
928 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
929 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
930 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
932 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
933 included yet, however
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
937 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
939 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
941 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
942 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
944 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
948 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
950 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
951 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
952 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
954 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
958 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
961 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
962 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
963 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
964 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
965 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
966 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
967 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
968 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
969 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
970 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
971 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
972 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
974 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
975 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
976 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
977 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
978 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
980 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
982 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
983 * update copyright notice for 2001
984 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
985 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
986 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
990 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
992 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
994 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
996 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1000 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1003 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1005 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1006 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1007 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1008 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1009 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1010 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1011 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1012 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1013 could be used if necessary
1014 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1015 mention the rsync dupload method
1016 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1018 * other small corrections
1019 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1020 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1021 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1022 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1024 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1026 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1027 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1031 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1033 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1034 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1035 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1036 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1038 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1039 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1040 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1041 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1042 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1044 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1046 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1047 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1048 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1049 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1050 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1051 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1052 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1054 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1055 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1056 - added a section about the LDAP database
1057 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1058 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1060 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1061 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1068 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1069 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1071 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1072 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1073 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1074 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1075 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1076 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1077 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1078 description from developers-reference.sgml
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1082 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1085 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1087 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1089 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1090 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1091 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1092 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1093 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1094 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1095 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1096 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1097 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1098 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1100 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1101 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1102 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1103 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1105 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1106 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1107 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1108 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1109 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1110 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1111 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1112 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1113 suggestion from James Troup
1114 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1115 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1116 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1117 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1125 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1129 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1132 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1133 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1134 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1135 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1136 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1137 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1141 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1144 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1145 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1146 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1147 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1148 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1150 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1151 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1153 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1161 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1162 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1163 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1164 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1165 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1167 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1168 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1169 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1170 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1172 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1173 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1174 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1175 a normal developer may have access.
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1182 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1183 step all over each other
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1187 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1190 address for PGP key updates
1192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1194 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1197 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1198 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1199 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1200 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1204 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1207 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1208 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1209 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1210 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1211 <keyring-maint> instead)
1212 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1213 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1215 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1217 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1218 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1219 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1223 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1225 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1226 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1227 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1228 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1229 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1230 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1232 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1233 tighten up the language a bit
1234 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1235 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1236 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1237 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1239 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1240 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1241 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1242 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1243 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1244 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1246 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1247 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1248 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1249 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1250 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1251 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1252 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1253 number of available packages
1254 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1255 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1259 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1266 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * not officially released
1269 * more spelling corrections
1270 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1274 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * not officially released
1277 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1278 * some PGP-centricity removed
1279 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1280 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1281 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1282 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1283 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1284 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1288 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1290 * not officially released
1291 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1292 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1293 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1294 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1295 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1296 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1297 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1298 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1299 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1300 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1301 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1302 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1303 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1304 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1306 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1307 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1309 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1311 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1312 take a couple of weeks
1313 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1314 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1315 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1316 excited about it and can't wait
1317 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1318 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1320 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1321 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1323 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1324 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1325 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1329 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1331 * move to 3-level version number:
1332 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1333 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1334 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1335 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1336 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1339 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1340 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1341 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1343 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1345 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1346 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1347 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1348 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1349 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1350 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1352 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1354 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1355 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1356 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1357 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1358 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1359 - "The CVS server": new section added
1360 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1362 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1363 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1364 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1365 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1366 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1367 with respect to GPG.
1368 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1369 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1370 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1371 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1372 a canonical location?)
1373 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1374 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1375 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1376 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1378 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1380 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1381 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1382 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1383 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1385 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1387 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1390 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1391 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1392 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1393 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1394 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1395 and should not be included in this Reference.
1396 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1397 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1398 maintainer tools only!
1399 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1400 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1401 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1402 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1403 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1404 * Little corrections here and there.
1405 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1406 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1409 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1411 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1414 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1415 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1417 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1418 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1419 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1420 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1421 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1422 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1423 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1424 do prior to uploading
1425 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1426 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1428 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1429 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1430 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1431 duties with respect to bugs
1432 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1433 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1434 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1436 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1437 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1438 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1439 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1440 explicit what is used to build this package
1442 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1444 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1448 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1449 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1450 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1451 * utilize the new URL tag
1452 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1455 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1457 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1459 * non-maintainer release
1460 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1461 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1462 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1463 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1464 text, it can't hurt you.)
1465 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1466 reflect this packages version number
1467 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1469 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1471 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1475 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1477 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1479 * New version numbering scheme:
1481 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1482 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1483 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1486 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1487 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1488 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1489 differ between the manuals.
1491 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1492 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1493 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1494 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1496 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1497 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1499 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1503 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1505 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1507 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1508 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1510 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1511 (as requested by James Troup)
1513 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1515 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1519 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1523 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1525 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1527 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1528 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1529 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1530 the non-maintainer release
1532 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1533 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1534 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1537 - Lots of typos fixed
1539 * Compressed SGML source code
1541 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1542 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1544 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1546 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1548 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1551 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1552 - Announcing package uploads
1553 * New section about Debian Mentors
1554 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1555 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1556 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1557 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1559 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1561 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1563 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1564 of our FTP server and the development process
1565 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1566 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1567 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1569 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1570 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1571 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1572 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1573 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1574 contacting the maintainer
1575 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1576 a new manual released soon)
1577 * Some minor changes
1578 * Include SGML source in package
1579 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1580 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1582 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1584 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1588 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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