1 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Corrected several errors with —
5 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
6 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
7 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
8 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
9 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
11 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
12 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
13 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
15 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:51:44 +0200
17 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
20 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
21 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
23 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
25 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
26 Ch "The Debian Archive"
28 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
30 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
31 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
32 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
33 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
34 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
36 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
37 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
38 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
39 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
40 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
41 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
42 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
44 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
45 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
48 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
49 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
50 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
51 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
52 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
53 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
54 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
55 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
56 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
57 work-around with <...>
58 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
59 - update copyright date
60 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
61 - spell check and grammar corrections
65 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
67 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
68 recompile"; closes: #102626
69 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
70 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
71 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
72 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
73 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
75 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
76 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
77 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
79 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
81 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
82 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
83 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
84 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
85 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
86 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
87 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
88 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
89 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
91 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
93 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
95 - updated the list of available architectures.
96 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
97 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
98 of the package and nothing more.
99 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
100 any pain to the ftpmasters.
101 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
102 the use of the delayed queue.
103 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
104 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
106 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
107 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
108 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
109 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
110 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
111 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
112 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
114 - new Sec "Documentation"
115 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
116 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
117 "Being kind to porter" too
118 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
119 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
120 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
121 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
122 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
124 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
125 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
128 - update French translation
130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
132 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
135 - some grammar corrections
136 - update French translation
138 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
139 anymore; closes: #135559
140 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
142 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
144 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
145 that would be welcome)
146 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
147 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
148 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
149 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
150 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
151 - other minor wording changes
152 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
153 - Ch "Package uploads":
154 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
155 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
156 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
157 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
158 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
159 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
160 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
164 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
166 * from Martin Michlmayr
167 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
168 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
169 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
171 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
173 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
175 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
177 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
178 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
179 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
182 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
184 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
189 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
192 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
194 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
195 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
196 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
197 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
198 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
199 talking about uploading to distributions
200 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
201 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
202 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
204 - French translation updated
206 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
207 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
208 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
212 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
215 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
216 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
221 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
224 * fix a typo in a link
225 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
226 update documentation accordingly
228 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
229 forwarding bugs upstream
231 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
232 entities which should be used
233 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
234 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
238 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
240 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
241 * French version: completely up-to-date now
242 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
243 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
245 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
250 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
252 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
254 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
255 this translation needs updating
256 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
257 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
258 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
260 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
261 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
262 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
264 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
265 included yet, however
267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
269 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
271 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
273 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
274 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
276 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
280 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
282 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
283 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
284 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
286 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
290 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
293 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
294 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
295 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
296 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
297 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
298 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
299 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
300 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
301 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
302 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
303 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
304 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
306 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
307 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
308 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
309 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
310 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
312 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
314 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
315 * update copyright notice for 2001
316 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
317 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
318 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
322 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
324 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
326 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
328 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
332 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
335 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
337 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
338 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
339 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
340 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
341 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
342 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
343 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
344 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
345 could be used if necessary
346 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
347 mention the rsync dupload method
348 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
350 * other small corrections
351 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
352 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
353 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
354 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
356 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
358 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
359 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
363 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
365 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
366 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
367 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
368 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
370 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
371 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
372 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
373 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
374 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
376 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
378 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
379 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
380 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
381 team (closes: Bug#52906)
382 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
383 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
384 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
386 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
387 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
388 - added a section about the LDAP database
389 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
390 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
392 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
393 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
397 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
399 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
400 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
401 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
403 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
404 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
405 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
406 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
407 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
408 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
409 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
410 description from developers-reference.sgml
412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
414 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
417 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
419 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
421 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
422 releases are available at archive.debian.org
423 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
424 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
425 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
426 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
427 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
428 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
429 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
430 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
432 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
433 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
434 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
435 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
437 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
438 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
439 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
440 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
441 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
442 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
443 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
444 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
445 suggestion from James Troup
446 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
447 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
448 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
449 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
454 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
456 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
457 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
461 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
463 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
464 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
465 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
466 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
467 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
468 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
469 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
473 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
476 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
477 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
478 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
479 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
480 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
482 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
483 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
485 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
489 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
493 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
494 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
495 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
496 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
497 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
499 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
500 with intro; demoted server sections under that
501 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
502 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
504 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
505 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
506 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
507 a normal developer may have access.
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
511 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
513 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
514 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
515 step all over each other
517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
519 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
521 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
522 address for PGP key updates
524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
526 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
529 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
530 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
531 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
532 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
536 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
538 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
539 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
540 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
541 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
542 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
543 <keyring-maint> instead)
544 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
545 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
547 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
549 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
550 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
551 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
555 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
557 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
558 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
559 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
560 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
561 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
562 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
564 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
565 tighten up the language a bit
566 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
567 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
568 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
569 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
571 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
572 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
573 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
574 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
575 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
576 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
578 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
579 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
580 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
581 about how to depart Debian gracefully
582 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
583 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
584 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
585 number of available packages
586 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
587 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
591 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
593 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
596 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
598 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
600 * not officially released
601 * more spelling corrections
602 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
606 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
608 * not officially released
609 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
610 * some PGP-centricity removed
611 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
612 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
613 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
614 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
615 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
616 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
620 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
622 * not officially released
623 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
624 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
625 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
626 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
627 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
628 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
629 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
630 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
631 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
632 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
633 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
634 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
635 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
636 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
638 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
639 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
641 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
643 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
644 take a couple of weeks
645 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
646 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
647 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
648 excited about it and can't wait
649 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
650 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
652 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
653 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
655 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
656 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
657 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
661 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
663 * move to 3-level version number:
664 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
665 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
666 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
667 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
668 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
671 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
672 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
673 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
675 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
677 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
678 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
679 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
680 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
681 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
682 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
684 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
686 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
687 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
688 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
689 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
690 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
691 - "The CVS server": new section added
692 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
694 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
695 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
696 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
697 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
698 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
700 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
701 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
702 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
703 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
704 a canonical location?)
705 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
706 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
707 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
708 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
710 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
712 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
713 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
714 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
715 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
717 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
719 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
721 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
722 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
723 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
724 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
725 them. (closes Bug#26948)
726 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
727 and should not be included in this Reference.
728 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
729 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
730 maintainer tools only!
731 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
732 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
733 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
734 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
735 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
736 * Little corrections here and there.
737 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
738 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
741 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
743 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
745 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
746 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
747 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
749 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
750 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
751 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
752 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
753 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
754 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
755 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
756 do prior to uploading
757 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
758 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
760 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
761 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
762 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
763 duties with respect to bugs
764 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
765 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
766 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
768 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
769 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
770 * grammar and markup changes throughout
771 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
772 explicit what is used to build this package
774 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
776 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
779 * version number and date are automatically populated now
780 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
781 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
782 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
783 * utilize the new URL tag
784 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
787 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
789 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
791 * non-maintainer release
792 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
793 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
794 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
795 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
796 text, it can't hurt you.)
797 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
798 reflect this packages version number
799 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
801 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
803 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
807 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
809 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
811 * New version numbering scheme:
813 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
814 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
815 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
818 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
819 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
820 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
821 differ between the manuals.
823 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
824 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
825 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
826 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
828 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
829 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
831 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
833 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
835 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
839 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
840 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
842 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
843 (as requested by James Troup)
845 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
847 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
849 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
851 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
855 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
857 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
859 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
860 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
861 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
862 the non-maintainer release
864 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
865 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
866 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
869 - Lots of typos fixed
871 * Compressed SGML source code
873 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
874 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
876 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
878 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
880 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
883 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
884 - Announcing package uploads
885 * New section about Debian Mentors
886 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
887 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
888 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
889 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
891 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
893 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
895 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
896 of our FTP server and the development process
897 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
898 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
899 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
901 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
902 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
903 debian-devel before they are uploaded
904 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
905 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
906 contacting the maintainer
907 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
908 a new manual released soon)
910 * Include SGML source in package
911 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
912 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
914 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
916 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
920 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200