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
30 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
32 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
35 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
37 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
39 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
41 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
42 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
44 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
46 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
49 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
50 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
51 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
52 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
53 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
54 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
55 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
56 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
57 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
58 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
59 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
60 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
61 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
62 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
63 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
64 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
65 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
66 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
67 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
68 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
69 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
71 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
73 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
80 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
81 The most important changes are:
82 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
83 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
86 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
87 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
88 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
89 distinction. Closes: #464230.
90 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
91 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
92 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
93 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
94 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
95 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
97 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
98 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
100 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
101 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
103 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
104 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
106 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
108 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
109 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
111 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
112 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
113 Closes: #512620, #510783.
115 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
117 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
121 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
122 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
123 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
124 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
125 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
126 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
127 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
129 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
131 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
134 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
135 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
136 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
137 release codenames in <literal>
138 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
139 doesn't exist anymore.
140 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
141 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
142 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
143 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
144 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
145 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
146 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
147 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
148 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
149 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
150 team before upload. Closes: #459343
151 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
152 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
153 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
154 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
155 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
156 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
157 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
159 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
160 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
162 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
163 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
164 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
165 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
166 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
167 Thomas. Closes: #485837
169 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
170 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
172 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
174 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
178 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
179 - fix debian/copyright
180 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
181 - add pdf for French version.
182 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
183 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
184 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
185 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
186 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
187 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
188 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
189 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
190 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
192 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
193 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
195 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
197 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
198 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
199 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
200 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
201 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
202 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jƶrg Sommer.
204 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
207 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
208 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
209 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
210 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
211 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
212 * Update information concerning Alioth.
213 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
214 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
216 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
217 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
219 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
222 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
224 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
226 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
228 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank KĆ¼ster. Closes: #365994
229 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
231 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
232 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
233 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
235 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
236 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
237 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
239 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
240 Thanks, Frank KĆ¼ster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
241 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
242 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
243 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
244 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
245 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
246 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
247 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
248 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
249 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
250 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
252 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
253 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
254 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
255 Thanks, Frank KĆ¼ster. Closes: #397786
256 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
257 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
258 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
259 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
260 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
261 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
265 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
267 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
269 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
272 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
273 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
274 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
275 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
276 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
277 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
279 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank KĆ¼ster.
281 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
283 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
285 - non-us discontinued.
286 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
288 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
289 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
290 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
291 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
292 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
293 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
294 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
295 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
296 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
297 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
298 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
299 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
300 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
301 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
302 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
303 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
304 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
305 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
307 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
308 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
310 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
313 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
315 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
317 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
320 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
321 - madison is on merkel.
322 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
323 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
324 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
325 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
326 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
327 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
329 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
330 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
331 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
332 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
333 - sync NM rules with reality.
335 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
337 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
339 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
342 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
343 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
344 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
345 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
346 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
347 - spelling, grammer fixes.
348 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
349 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
350 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
351 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
352 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
353 - add myself to uploaders.
354 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
355 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
356 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
357 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
358 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
359 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
360 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
361 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
362 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
363 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
364 - rewrote the NMU section, and
365 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
366 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
367 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
368 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
369 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
370 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
371 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
372 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
374 - Security uploads get urgency=high
375 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
377 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
379 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
381 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
384 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
385 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
386 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
387 - documented Alioth, somewhat
389 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
390 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
392 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
393 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
394 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
395 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
399 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
401 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
402 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
403 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
404 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
409 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
412 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
414 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
415 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
416 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
418 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
419 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
420 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
421 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
424 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
426 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
427 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
428 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
429 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
430 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
432 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
433 it clear these are special cases
434 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
436 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
440 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
442 * FrƩdƩric Bothamy:
443 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
444 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
446 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
450 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
453 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
455 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
456 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
457 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
459 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
460 - the synopsis formula changed to either
461 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
463 <package-name> is <synopsis>
465 <package-name> are <synopsis>
467 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
468 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
469 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
470 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
471 package; closes: #187143
473 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
475 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
477 * FrƩdƩric Bothamy:
478 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
479 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
481 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
483 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
484 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
485 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
486 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
487 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
488 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
489 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
490 right places in the document, closes: #172897
491 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
495 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
497 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
498 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
499 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
500 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
501 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
502 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
503 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
505 - editorial changes on material added in this version
506 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
507 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
508 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
509 closes: #139957, #108416
510 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
511 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
515 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
518 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
520 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
521 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
522 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
523 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
525 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
526 for best practices for documentation
527 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
528 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
529 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
530 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
532 - spell-checking pass
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
536 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
539 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
540 descriptions" moved under there
541 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
542 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
543 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
544 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
545 the document where these tools are discussed
546 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
547 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
548 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
549 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
550 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
551 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
553 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
554 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
555 that can be fixed by DDP folks
556 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
557 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
558 - simply PS and PDF building rules
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
562 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
565 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
566 section and adjusted links
567 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
569 - ChangeLog attribution updates
570 - fix typos, closes: #171781
571 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
572 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
573 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
574 for debian/rules", and write an intro
575 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
576 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
577 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
578 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
579 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
580 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
581 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
582 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
583 "Internationalization"
584 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
585 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
586 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
587 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
588 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
589 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
590 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
591 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
592 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
594 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
595 rather useless and broken
596 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
597 names and the first word
598 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
599 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
600 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
602 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
603 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
604 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
606 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
608 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
611 - DDP publishing update
613 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
614 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
615 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
616 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
620 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
623 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
624 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
625 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
627 - added myself as co-author
628 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
630 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
631 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
633 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
634 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
636 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
638 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
641 - Corrected several errors with —
642 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
643 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
644 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
645 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
646 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
647 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
648 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
650 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
651 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
652 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
653 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
654 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
655 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
656 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
657 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
658 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
660 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
661 descriptions". closes: #158609
662 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
663 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
664 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
665 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
666 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
668 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
669 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
670 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
671 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
672 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
673 - updated the mailing lists section
675 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
676 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
681 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
685 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
687 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
689 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
690 Ch "The Debian Archive"
692 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
694 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
695 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
696 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
697 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
698 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
700 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
701 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
702 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
703 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
704 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
705 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
706 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
708 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
709 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
712 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
713 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
714 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
715 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
716 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
717 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
718 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
719 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
720 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
721 work-around with <...>
722 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
723 - update copyright date
724 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
725 - spell check and grammar corrections
729 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
731 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
732 recompile"; closes: #102626
733 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
734 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
735 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
736 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
737 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
739 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
740 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
741 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
743 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
745 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
746 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
747 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
748 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
749 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
750 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
751 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
752 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
753 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
755 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
757 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
759 - updated the list of available architectures.
760 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
761 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
762 of the package and nothing more.
763 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
764 any pain to the ftpmasters.
765 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
766 the use of the delayed queue.
767 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
768 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
770 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
771 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
772 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
773 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
774 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
775 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
776 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
778 - new Sec "Documentation"
779 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
780 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
781 "Being kind to porter" too
782 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
783 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
784 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
785 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
786 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
788 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
789 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
792 - update French translation
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
796 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
799 - some grammar corrections
800 - update French translation
802 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
803 anymore; closes: #135559
804 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
806 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
808 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
809 that would be welcome)
810 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
811 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
812 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
813 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
814 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
815 - other minor wording changes
816 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
817 - Ch "Package uploads":
818 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
819 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
820 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
821 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
822 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
823 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
824 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
828 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
830 * from Martin Michlmayr
831 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
832 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
833 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
835 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
837 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
839 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
841 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
842 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
843 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
846 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
848 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
853 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
856 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
858 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
859 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
860 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
861 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
862 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
863 talking about uploading to distributions
864 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
865 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
866 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
868 - French translation updated
870 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
871 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
872 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
879 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
880 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
888 * fix a typo in a link
889 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
890 update documentation accordingly
892 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
893 forwarding bugs upstream
895 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
896 entities which should be used
897 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
898 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
902 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
904 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
905 * French version: completely up-to-date now
906 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
907 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
909 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
916 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
918 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
919 this translation needs updating
920 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
921 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
922 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
924 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
925 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
926 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
928 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
929 included yet, however
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
935 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
937 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
938 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
940 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
944 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
946 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
947 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
948 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
950 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
954 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
957 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
958 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
959 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
960 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
961 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
962 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
963 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
964 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
965 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
966 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
967 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
968 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
970 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
971 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
972 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
973 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
974 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
976 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
978 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
979 * update copyright notice for 2001
980 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
981 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
982 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
986 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
988 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
990 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
992 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
996 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
999 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1001 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1002 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1003 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1004 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1005 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1006 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1007 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1008 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1009 could be used if necessary
1010 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1011 mention the rsync dupload method
1012 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1014 * other small corrections
1015 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1016 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1017 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1018 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1020 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1022 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1023 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1027 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1029 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1030 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1031 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1032 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1034 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1035 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1036 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1037 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1038 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1040 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1042 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1043 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1044 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1045 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1046 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1047 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1048 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1050 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1051 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1052 - added a section about the LDAP database
1053 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1054 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1056 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1057 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1061 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1064 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1065 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1067 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1068 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1069 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1070 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1071 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1072 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1073 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1074 description from developers-reference.sgml
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1081 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1083 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1085 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1086 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1087 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1088 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1089 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1090 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1091 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1092 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1093 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1094 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1096 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1097 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1098 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1099 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1101 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1102 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1103 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1104 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1105 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1106 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1107 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1108 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1109 suggestion from James Troup
1110 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1111 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1112 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1113 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1121 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1125 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1128 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1129 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1130 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1131 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1132 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1133 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1140 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1141 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1142 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1143 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1144 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1146 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1147 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1149 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1157 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1158 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1159 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1160 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1161 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1163 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1164 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1165 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1166 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1168 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1169 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1170 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1171 a normal developer may have access.
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1175 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1178 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1179 step all over each other
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1183 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1186 address for PGP key updates
1188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1190 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1193 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1194 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1195 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1196 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1200 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1203 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1204 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1205 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1206 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1207 <keyring-maint> instead)
1208 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1209 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1211 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1213 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1214 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1215 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1219 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1221 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1222 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1223 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1224 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1225 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1226 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1228 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1229 tighten up the language a bit
1230 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1231 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1232 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1233 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1235 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1236 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1237 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1238 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1239 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1240 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1242 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1243 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1244 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1245 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1246 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1247 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1248 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1249 number of available packages
1250 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1251 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1255 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1262 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * not officially released
1265 * more spelling corrections
1266 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1270 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * not officially released
1273 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1274 * some PGP-centricity removed
1275 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1276 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1277 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1278 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1279 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1280 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1284 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1286 * not officially released
1287 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1288 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1289 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1290 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1291 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1292 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1293 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1294 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1295 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1296 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1297 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1298 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1299 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1300 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1302 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1303 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1305 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1307 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1308 take a couple of weeks
1309 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1310 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1311 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1312 excited about it and can't wait
1313 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1314 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1316 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1317 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1319 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1320 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1321 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1325 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1327 * move to 3-level version number:
1328 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1329 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1330 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1331 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1332 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1335 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1336 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1337 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1339 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1341 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1342 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1343 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1344 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1345 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1346 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1348 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1350 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1351 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1352 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1353 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1354 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1355 - "The CVS server": new section added
1356 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1358 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1359 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1360 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1361 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1362 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1363 with respect to GPG.
1364 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1365 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1366 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1367 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1368 a canonical location?)
1369 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1370 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1371 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1372 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1374 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1376 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1377 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1378 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1379 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1381 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1383 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1386 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1387 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1388 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1389 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1390 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1391 and should not be included in this Reference.
1392 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1393 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1394 maintainer tools only!
1395 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1396 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1397 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1398 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1399 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1400 * Little corrections here and there.
1401 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1402 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1405 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1407 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1410 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1411 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1413 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1414 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1415 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1416 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1417 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1418 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1419 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1420 do prior to uploading
1421 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1422 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1424 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1425 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1426 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1427 duties with respect to bugs
1428 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1429 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1430 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1432 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1433 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1434 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1435 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1436 explicit what is used to build this package
1438 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1440 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1444 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1445 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1446 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1447 * utilize the new URL tag
1448 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1451 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1453 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1455 * non-maintainer release
1456 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1457 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1458 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1459 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1460 text, it can't hurt you.)
1461 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1462 reflect this packages version number
1463 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1465 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1467 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1471 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1473 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1475 * New version numbering scheme:
1477 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1478 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1479 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1482 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1483 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1484 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1485 differ between the manuals.
1487 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1488 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1489 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1490 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1492 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1493 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1495 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1497 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1499 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1503 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1504 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1506 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1507 (as requested by James Troup)
1509 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1511 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1515 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1519 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1521 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1523 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1524 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1525 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1526 the non-maintainer release
1528 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1529 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1530 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1533 - Lots of typos fixed
1535 * Compressed SGML source code
1537 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1538 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1540 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1542 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1544 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1546 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1547 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1548 - Announcing package uploads
1549 * New section about Debian Mentors
1550 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1551 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1552 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1553 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1557 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1560 of our FTP server and the development process
1561 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1562 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1563 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1565 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1566 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1567 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1568 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1569 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1570 contacting the maintainer
1571 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1572 a new manual released soon)
1573 * Some minor changes
1574 * Include SGML source in package
1575 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1576 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1578 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1580 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1584 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200