1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
16 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
17 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
18 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
19 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
21 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:13:27 +0200
23 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
26 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
30 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
31 The most important changes are:
32 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
33 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
36 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
37 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
38 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
39 distinction. Closes: #464230.
40 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
41 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
42 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
43 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
44 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
45 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
47 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
48 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
50 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
51 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
53 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
54 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
56 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
58 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
59 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
61 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
62 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
63 Closes: #512620, #510783.
65 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
67 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
71 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
72 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
73 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
74 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
75 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
76 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
77 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
79 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
81 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
84 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
85 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
86 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
87 release codenames in <literal>
88 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
89 doesn't exist anymore.
90 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
91 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
92 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
93 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
94 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
95 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
96 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
97 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
98 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
99 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
100 team before upload. Closes: #459343
101 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
102 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
103 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
104 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
105 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
106 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
107 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
109 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
110 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
112 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
113 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
114 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
115 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
116 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
117 Thomas. Closes: #485837
119 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
120 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
122 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
124 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
128 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
129 - fix debian/copyright
130 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
131 - add pdf for French version.
132 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
133 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
134 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
135 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
136 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
137 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
138 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
139 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
140 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
142 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
143 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
145 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
147 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
148 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
149 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
150 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
151 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
152 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
154 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
157 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
158 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
159 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
160 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
161 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
162 * Update information concerning Alioth.
163 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
164 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
166 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
167 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
169 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
172 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
174 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
176 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
178 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
179 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
181 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
182 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
183 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
185 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
186 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
187 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
189 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
190 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
191 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
192 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
193 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
194 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
195 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
196 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
197 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
198 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
199 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
200 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
202 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
203 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
204 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
205 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
206 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
207 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
208 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
209 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
210 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
211 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
215 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
217 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
219 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
222 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
223 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
224 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
225 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
226 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
227 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
229 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
231 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
233 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
235 - non-us discontinued.
236 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
238 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
239 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
240 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
241 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
242 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
243 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
244 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
245 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
246 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
247 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
248 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
249 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
250 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
251 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
252 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
253 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
254 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
255 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
257 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
258 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
260 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
263 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
265 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
267 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
270 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
271 - madison is on merkel.
272 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
273 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
274 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
275 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
276 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
277 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
279 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
280 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
281 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
282 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
283 - sync NM rules with reality.
285 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
287 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
289 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
292 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
293 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
294 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
295 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
296 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
297 - spelling, grammer fixes.
298 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
299 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
300 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
301 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
302 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
303 - add myself to uploaders.
304 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
305 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
306 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
307 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
308 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
309 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
310 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
311 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
312 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
313 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
314 - rewrote the NMU section, and
315 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
316 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
317 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
318 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
319 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
320 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
321 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
322 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
324 - Security uploads get urgency=high
325 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
327 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
329 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
331 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
334 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
335 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
336 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
337 - documented Alioth, somewhat
339 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
340 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
342 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
343 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
344 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
345 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
349 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
351 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
352 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
353 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
354 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
359 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
362 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
364 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
365 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
366 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
368 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
369 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
370 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
371 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
374 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
376 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
377 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
378 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
379 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
380 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
382 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
383 it clear these are special cases
384 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
386 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
390 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
393 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
394 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
396 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
400 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
403 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
405 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
406 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
407 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
409 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
410 - the synopsis formula changed to either
411 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
413 <package-name> is <synopsis>
415 <package-name> are <synopsis>
417 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
418 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
419 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
420 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
421 package; closes: #187143
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
425 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
428 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
429 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
431 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
433 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
434 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
435 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
436 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
437 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
438 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
439 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
440 right places in the document, closes: #172897
441 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
445 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
447 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
448 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
449 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
450 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
451 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
452 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
453 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
455 - editorial changes on material added in this version
456 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
457 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
458 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
459 closes: #139957, #108416
460 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
461 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
465 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
468 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
470 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
471 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
472 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
473 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
475 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
476 for best practices for documentation
477 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
478 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
479 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
480 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
482 - spell-checking pass
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
486 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
489 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
490 descriptions" moved under there
491 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
492 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
493 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
494 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
495 the document where these tools are discussed
496 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
497 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
498 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
499 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
500 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
501 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
503 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
504 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
505 that can be fixed by DDP folks
506 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
507 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
508 - simply PS and PDF building rules
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
512 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
515 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
516 section and adjusted links
517 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
519 - ChangeLog attribution updates
520 - fix typos, closes: #171781
521 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
522 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
523 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
524 for debian/rules", and write an intro
525 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
526 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
527 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
528 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
529 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
530 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
531 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
532 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
533 "Internationalization"
534 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
535 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
536 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
537 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
538 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
539 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
540 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
541 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
542 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
544 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
545 rather useless and broken
546 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
547 names and the first word
548 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
549 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
550 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
552 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
553 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
554 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
556 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
558 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
561 - DDP publishing update
563 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
564 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
565 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
566 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
570 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
573 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
574 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
575 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
577 - added myself as co-author
578 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
580 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
581 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
583 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
584 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
588 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
591 - Corrected several errors with —
592 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
593 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
594 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
595 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
596 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
597 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
598 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
600 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
601 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
602 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
603 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
604 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
605 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
606 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
607 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
608 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
610 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
611 descriptions". closes: #158609
612 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
613 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
614 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
615 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
616 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
618 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
619 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
620 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
621 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
622 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
623 - updated the mailing lists section
625 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
626 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
631 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
634 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
635 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
637 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
639 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
640 Ch "The Debian Archive"
642 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
644 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
645 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
646 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
647 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
648 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
650 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
651 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
652 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
653 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
654 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
655 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
656 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
658 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
659 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
662 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
663 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
664 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
665 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
666 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
667 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
668 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
669 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
670 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
671 work-around with <...>
672 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
673 - update copyright date
674 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
675 - spell check and grammar corrections
679 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
681 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
682 recompile"; closes: #102626
683 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
684 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
685 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
686 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
687 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
689 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
690 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
691 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
693 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
695 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
696 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
697 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
698 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
699 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
700 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
701 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
702 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
703 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
705 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
707 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
709 - updated the list of available architectures.
710 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
711 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
712 of the package and nothing more.
713 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
714 any pain to the ftpmasters.
715 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
716 the use of the delayed queue.
717 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
718 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
720 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
721 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
722 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
723 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
724 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
725 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
726 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
728 - new Sec "Documentation"
729 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
730 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
731 "Being kind to porter" too
732 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
733 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
734 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
735 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
736 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
738 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
739 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
742 - update French translation
744 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
746 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
749 - some grammar corrections
750 - update French translation
752 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
753 anymore; closes: #135559
754 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
756 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
758 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
759 that would be welcome)
760 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
761 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
762 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
763 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
764 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
765 - other minor wording changes
766 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
767 - Ch "Package uploads":
768 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
769 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
770 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
771 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
772 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
773 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
774 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
778 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
780 * from Martin Michlmayr
781 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
782 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
783 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
785 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
787 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
789 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
791 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
792 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
793 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
796 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
798 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
803 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
808 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
809 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
810 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
811 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
812 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
813 talking about uploading to distributions
814 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
815 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
816 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
818 - French translation updated
820 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
821 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
822 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
829 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
830 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
835 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
838 * fix a typo in a link
839 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
840 update documentation accordingly
842 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
843 forwarding bugs upstream
845 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
846 entities which should be used
847 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
848 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
854 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
855 * French version: completely up-to-date now
856 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
857 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
859 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
864 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
866 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
868 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
869 this translation needs updating
870 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
871 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
872 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
874 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
875 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
876 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
878 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
879 included yet, however
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
885 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
887 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
888 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
890 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
894 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
896 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
897 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
898 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
900 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
904 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
907 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
908 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
909 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
910 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
911 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
912 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
913 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
914 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
915 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
916 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
917 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
918 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
920 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
921 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
922 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
923 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
924 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
926 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
928 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
929 * update copyright notice for 2001
930 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
931 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
932 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
936 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
938 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
940 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
942 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
946 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
949 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
951 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
952 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
953 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
954 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
955 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
956 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
957 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
958 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
959 could be used if necessary
960 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
961 mention the rsync dupload method
962 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
964 * other small corrections
965 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
966 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
967 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
968 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
970 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
972 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
973 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
977 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
979 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
980 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
981 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
982 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
984 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
985 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
986 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
987 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
988 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
990 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
992 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
993 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
994 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
995 team (closes: Bug#52906)
996 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
997 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
998 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1000 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1001 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1002 - added a section about the LDAP database
1003 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1004 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1006 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1007 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1011 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1014 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1015 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1017 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1018 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1019 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1020 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1021 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1022 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1023 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1024 description from developers-reference.sgml
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1028 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1031 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1033 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1035 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1036 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1037 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1038 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1039 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1040 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1041 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1042 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1043 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1044 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1046 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1047 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1048 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1049 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1051 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1052 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1053 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1054 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1055 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1056 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1057 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1058 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1059 suggestion from James Troup
1060 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1061 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1062 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1063 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1071 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1078 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1079 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1080 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1081 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1082 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1083 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1090 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1091 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1092 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1093 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1094 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1096 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1097 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1099 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1103 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1107 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1108 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1109 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1110 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1111 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1113 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1114 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1115 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1116 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1118 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1119 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1120 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1121 a normal developer may have access.
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1125 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1128 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1129 step all over each other
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1133 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1136 address for PGP key updates
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1143 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1144 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1145 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1146 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1153 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1154 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1155 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1156 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1157 <keyring-maint> instead)
1158 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1159 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1161 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1163 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1164 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1165 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1169 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1171 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1172 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1173 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1174 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1175 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1176 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1178 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1179 tighten up the language a bit
1180 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1181 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1182 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1183 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1185 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1186 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1187 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1188 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1189 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1190 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1192 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1193 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1194 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1195 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1196 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1197 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1198 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1199 number of available packages
1200 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1201 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1205 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1212 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * not officially released
1215 * more spelling corrections
1216 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1220 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * not officially released
1223 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1224 * some PGP-centricity removed
1225 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1226 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1227 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1228 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1229 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1230 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1234 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1236 * not officially released
1237 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1238 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1239 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1240 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1241 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1242 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1243 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1244 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1245 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1246 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1247 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1248 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1249 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1250 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1252 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1253 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1255 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1257 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1258 take a couple of weeks
1259 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1260 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1261 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1262 excited about it and can't wait
1263 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1264 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1266 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1267 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1269 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1270 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1271 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1275 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1277 * move to 3-level version number:
1278 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1279 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1280 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1281 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1282 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1285 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1286 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1287 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1289 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1291 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1292 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1293 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1294 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1295 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1296 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1298 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1300 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1301 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1302 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1303 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1304 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1305 - "The CVS server": new section added
1306 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1308 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1309 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1310 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1311 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1312 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1313 with respect to GPG.
1314 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1315 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1316 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1317 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1318 a canonical location?)
1319 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1320 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1321 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1322 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1324 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1326 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1327 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1328 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1329 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1331 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1333 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1336 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1337 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1338 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1339 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1340 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1341 and should not be included in this Reference.
1342 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1343 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1344 maintainer tools only!
1345 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1346 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1347 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1348 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1349 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1350 * Little corrections here and there.
1351 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1352 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1355 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1357 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1360 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1361 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1363 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1364 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1365 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1366 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1367 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1368 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1369 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1370 do prior to uploading
1371 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1372 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1374 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1375 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1376 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1377 duties with respect to bugs
1378 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1379 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1380 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1382 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1383 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1384 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1385 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1386 explicit what is used to build this package
1388 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1390 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1394 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1395 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1396 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1397 * utilize the new URL tag
1398 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1401 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1403 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1405 * non-maintainer release
1406 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1407 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1408 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1409 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1410 text, it can't hurt you.)
1411 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1412 reflect this packages version number
1413 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1415 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1417 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1421 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1423 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1425 * New version numbering scheme:
1427 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1428 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1429 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1432 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1433 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1434 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1435 differ between the manuals.
1437 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1438 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1439 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1440 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1442 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1443 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1445 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1449 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1453 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1454 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1456 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1457 (as requested by James Troup)
1459 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1461 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1463 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1465 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1469 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1471 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1473 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1474 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1475 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1476 the non-maintainer release
1478 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1479 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1480 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1483 - Lots of typos fixed
1485 * Compressed SGML source code
1487 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1488 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1490 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1492 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1494 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1497 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1498 - Announcing package uploads
1499 * New section about Debian Mentors
1500 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1501 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1502 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1503 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1507 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1510 of our FTP server and the development process
1511 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1512 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1513 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1515 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1516 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1517 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1518 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1519 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1520 contacting the maintainer
1521 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1522 a new manual released soon)
1523 * Some minor changes
1524 * Include SGML source in package
1525 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1526 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1528 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1530 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1534 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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